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cdare13
01-02-2003, 05:50 AM
I'm trying to find a bluetooth headset that works with the ipaq 3970/5450 and neccessary software to assist this. Please help :!: :!:

BGinWA
01-02-2003, 06:23 AM
The documentation I got with my 5455 says it does not support headsets, but they MAY offer it in the future.

daS
01-04-2003, 05:59 AM
Not only do the Pocket PCs not support the Bluetooth headset profile, you will find a problem with most (perhaps all) current headsets dealing with more than one device at a time.

For example, if you were to be listening to MP3 music from your Pocket PC and your phone were to ring, the headset couldn’t gracefully hand-off to the phone for you to answer the call.

Of course the other issue is that the headset would not be very good for anything but voice sound. The Bluetooth headset profile uses the same audio coding algorithm that the telephone system uses. This makes it useless for music.

The Bluetooth SIG is working on a stereo profile. Of course this will not be compatible with any of the existing Bluetooth hardware. :(