Odd E60 Bluetooth Behavior w/Treo700wx
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Mrs. ExGMan complained for three days that her Verizon Palm Treo 700wx had stopped pairing with the E60. I tried everything to get it to pair...'phone off...BT in phone off...BT in E60 off...turned everything on...nothing happening. iDrive menu said the 'phone was still on the top of the list, but the car would not recognize the 'phone. Finally, Mrs. ExGMan pulled out her Motorola BT earpiece and turned it on to see if the 'phone would recognize it. Mirabile Dictu! The activation of the BT earpiece (normally never used in the E60) somehow convinced the car's BT to recognize the 'phone. She turned off the earpiece power and the Treo stayed connected to the car...and we made a call to test it.
I have no explanation for this (perhaps someone else has one), but maybe the information will help somone else.
I have no explanation for this (perhaps someone else has one), but maybe the information will help somone else.
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Are you sure the phone wasn't paired to the earpiece the whole time it wasn't pairing with the car? Maybe when she turned the earpiece on, she really turned it off which dropped the pairing and freed up the phone to allow it to finally pair to the car?
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='431576' date='Jun 3 2007, 10:48 PM
Are you sure the phone wasn't paired to the earpiece the whole time it wasn't pairing with the car? Maybe when she turned the earpiece on, she really turned it off which dropped the pairing and freed up the phone to allow it to finally pair to the car?
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Then it sounds as if it was just a fluke/quirk in the Treo. That's one of the reasons I'm happy I switched from Palm to the BlackBerry. After using Palms since their inception, I switched to BB and am constantly amazed at how much better the BB works -- not only in hardware but in user interface too!
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='431685' date='Jun 4 2007, 09:31 AM
Then it sounds as if it was just a fluke/quirk in the Treo. That's one of the reasons I'm happy I switched from Palm to the BlackBerry. After using Palms since their inception, I switched to BB and am constantly amazed at how much better the BB works -- not only in hardware but in user interface too!
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It sounds to me like the IT person is misinformed -- unless they're using some heavy proprietary mail system or protocol because the BB usually can do whatever the others can do and more...
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I never tested the 700wx but I did test the 700w and it paired consistently although we found the voice quality iffy.
The Treo 680 did very well in our tests by comparison.
I have been told the test report should be online later this week.
The Treo 680 did very well in our tests by comparison.
I have been told the test report should be online later this week.
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