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Originally Posted by VTbound' date='Feb 25 2005, 09:46 AM
Bottom line: BMW is leading in deployment of Bluetooth in-car systems. Great.
But they are not yet compatible with most manufacturers' BT phones. Result: Very limited usefulness. :thumbsdown:Robert :bashwall:
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Originally Posted by rduncan' date='Feb 25 2005, 11:28 PM
[quote name='VTbound' date='Feb 25 2005, 09:46 AM']http://www.bmwusa.com/BmwExperience/BMWTec...uxury.htm?id=96
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Bottom line: BMW is leading in deployment of Bluetooth in-car systems. Great.
But they are not yet compatible with most manufacturers' BT phones. Result: Very limited usefulness. :thumbsdown:Robert :bashwall:
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[/quote]And very few info and availability of cradles...
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Originally Posted by rduncan' date='Feb 25 2005, 11:28 PM
[quote name='VTbound' date='Feb 25 2005, 09:46 AM']http://www.bmwusa.com/BmwExperience/BMWTec...uxury.htm?id=96
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Bottom line: BMW is leading in deployment of Bluetooth in-car systems. Great.
But they are not yet compatible with most manufacturers' BT phones. Result: Very limited usefulness. :thumbsdown:Robert :bashwall:
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[/quote]Huh. Not compatible with "most manufacturers' BT"?
BMW is one of a select group of cars that works with the v710 - the 2nd largest carriers only option. It worked with the v500 series which is likely to be Cingular/ATT best selling bluetooth phone. Those 2 phones probably represent the majority of bluetooth phones sold in the US as those 2 carriers represent up to 70% of the US market.
Bluetooth as a protocol is a little bit of the problem. Handsets don't store phone numbers and make calls so have a fairly simple protocol. OPP and OBEX are not issues with handsets.
My opinion is that now (since Verizon and BMW worked it out - if you can say that) that the majority if not all of the US market has an option. Given all the crippling of bluetooth by the phone carriers - this is impressive. Blame should not go to BMW - the v710 was clearly Verison's fault. The treo 650 in purely native form is arguably TREOs or Sprints fault.
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Originally Posted by 300TTto545' date='Feb 26 2005, 05:59 AM
Huh. Not compatible with "most manufacturers' BT"?
BMW is one of a select group of cars that works with the v710 - the 2nd largest carriers only option. It worked with the v500 series which is likely to be Cingular/ATT best selling bluetooth phone. Those 2 phones probably represent the majority of bluetooth phones sold in the US as those 2 carriers represent up to 70% of the US market.
Bluetooth as a protocol is a little bit of the problem. Handsets don't store phone numbers and make calls so have a fairly simple protocol. OPP and OBEX are not issues with handsets.
My opinion is that now (since Verizon and BMW worked it out - if you can say that) that the majority if not all of the US market has an option. Given all the crippling of bluetooth by the phone carriers - this is impressive. Blame should not go to BMW - the v710 was clearly Verison's fault. The treo 650 in purely native form is arguably TREOs or Sprints fault.
BMW is one of a select group of cars that works with the v710 - the 2nd largest carriers only option. It worked with the v500 series which is likely to be Cingular/ATT best selling bluetooth phone. Those 2 phones probably represent the majority of bluetooth phones sold in the US as those 2 carriers represent up to 70% of the US market.
Bluetooth as a protocol is a little bit of the problem. Handsets don't store phone numbers and make calls so have a fairly simple protocol. OPP and OBEX are not issues with handsets.
My opinion is that now (since Verizon and BMW worked it out - if you can say that) that the majority if not all of the US market has an option. Given all the crippling of bluetooth by the phone carriers - this is impressive. Blame should not go to BMW - the v710 was clearly Verison's fault. The treo 650 in purely native form is arguably TREOs or Sprints fault.
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Well said.
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Originally Posted by mflauer' date='Feb 26 2005, 10:30 PM
[quote name='VTbound' date='Feb 25 2005, 11:46 AM']http://www.bmwusa.com/BmwExperience/BMWTec...uxury.htm?id=96
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