Unrequired Ashtrays

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 12:43 pm

Don't Carphone Warehouse install Bluetooth Hand free for Â£250?

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 12:47 pm

Well here's the clever thing with the Nokia 7650. It has Bluetooth, BUT the stupid sods at Nokia decided NOT to include the audio profile, so you can't use it with bluetooth headsets/car kits etc. REALLY frustrating!!

toot · Post by **toot** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 7:59 pm

Don't Carphone Warehouse install Bluetooth Hand free for Â£250?

They do but you either get a Nokia one or Motorola. I'm the type of chap that likes to change my phone every 6 months and, although i am a big Nokia fan, if I decide to change to a make other than Nokia, I'm left with a car-kit I can't use. MattB, I didn't realise a 7650 couldn't be used with a car-kit! Are you absolutely sure on that??? Again, the bit behind the handbrake is handy however, like you say, with the music up, no chance of catching calls.

I maybe receive/make 2 calls a week at the most while I'm in the car so can't justify that kind of money on the kit. Why spend all that on a car-kit I'll hardly use when i could put it towards my I.C.E and other lovely extras?

As for driving without due care and attention, how many of us leave our hand on the gear stick for extended periods of time just because it feels a bit more right and manly than having both hands on the wheel? I know I do

Next they will want us to not talk to the passengers they want us to carry (to cut down on congestion) because talking to someone sat next to you or in the back seat is a distraction. Humph, bunch of Arse.

Lyndon, if you're reading this, maybe where the ashtray sits is the ideal place to fit a starter button? Its on show, not difficult to reach and there is plenty of room.

Post by **Lyndon** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 8:39 pm

hi toot,

thanks for tip for the starter button (i take it, it was you i was emailing about it

)

cheers

Lyndon

toot · Post by **toot** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 8:55 pm

Yes, t'was me. I was just thinking of it today and thought it might be a possibility other than above the drivers vent or just under the steering column to the side of the aircon system.

Also got that new camera. 4 Million Pixels and all that malarky, lovely job. should have some updated pix of the car soon.

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 10:12 pm

MattB, I didn't realise a 7650 couldn't be used with a car-kit! Are you absolutely sure on that???

Yep, 99.9% positive. If you look on the Nokia site there are no bluetooth audio bits available for it. Feel free to ask phone shops, but you'll get the same answer everywhere.

Bloody useless!

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 10:15 pm

Just checked a Carphone Warehouse brochure has Data only against Bluetooth Logo.... so I guess so.

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 10:44 pm

It would appear that the 'only' Nokia phones that can use Bluetooth for audio are 3650, 6310, 6310i, 6650, 8910 & 8910i

toot · Post by **toot** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 10:59 pm

I assumed that bluetooth was an all in one type thing. i.e. it was universal and could use any device with any other device for any purpose.

Waste of time in that case.

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 11:33 pm

I'm afraid not - Bluetooth is a protocol and there are profiles that run over the top such as audio, data etc. The 7650 doesn't have the audio profile.

toot · Post by **toot** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 12:37 am

load of pants!

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 11:11 am

universal and could use any device with any other device for any purpose

Well yeah, it can. But only in the same way that a wire is universal and can be used to connect any device with any other device. However, each device needs to support what you're trying to do.

For example, you can connect two fax machines via a telephone line. Try getting a fax out of a normal telephone though. Or talking to someone over a modem that doesn't support voice.

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 11:19 am

what seems strange though is once you made a device with all the blue tooth hardware you don't provide software for all relevant uses.

Alex LS · Post by **Alex LS** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 1:49 pm

It is a bit daft, especially when you're talking about audio accessories for a phone. :rolleyes:

toot · Post by **toot** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 3:57 pm

universal and could use any device with any other device for any purpose
Well yeah, it can. But only in the same way that a wire is universal and can be used to connect any device with any other device. However, each device needs to support what you're trying to do.

For example, you can connect two fax machines via a telephone line. Try getting a fax out of a normal telephone though. Or talking to someone over a modem that doesn't support voice.

i know what you're saying but I'm not talking about a fax to phone, I'm talking about a phone to a headset/car-kit. A mobile phone is a mobile phone and the prime reason for owning a mobile phone is to talk to some one else. With that in mind, you would think that any mobile phone that has bluetooth would have the ability to be used for that very purpose - talking to someone.