Bluetooth supported profiles on the 5150 & 550

[madbart]

Finally the headset profile is supported! :werenotworthy:

What Bluetooth profiles are supported in the iPAQ Pocket PC h5100 and h5500 series?
The following Bluetooth profiles are supported:
General Access Profile
Service Discovery Application Profile
Serial Port Profile
Generic Object Exchange Profile
File Transfer Profile
Dial-Up Networking Profile
LAN Access Profile
Object Push Profile
Basic Printing Profile
Hard Copy Replacement Profile (printing)
Personal Area Networking Profile
Headset Profile

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wpa/vac/genPage.do?vacpage=pocketpc/faq_h5550.vad&wf=WF05a&segment=sm&country=us&lang=en&fpoid=215348-64929-215381-314903-215381-322916

[freitasm]

Interesting is the next question in the FAQ page:

"Microsoft Pocket PC 2003 includes a Bluetooth stack, why is the iPAQ Pocket PC h5100 and h5500 series not using the Microsoft provided stack?

The Bluetooth profiles supported on the iPAQ Pocket PC h5100 and h5500 series provide a more complete set than the profiles provided by Microsoft® on the operating system."

So, why bother to go to lengths of publishing the great feats of Windows Mobile 2003 Software, incorporating x,y, and z, if the manufacturers say "yeah, right, but ours is better anyway". :roll:

[madbart]

Would it have something to do with the fact that the Microsoft BT drivers are a bit of a pig?

I mean the release a BT Keyboard & mouse set that would not work with any standard BT card.

I know that you can get it to work with a lot of messy around but once again Microsoft just goes off on their own tangent and expects everyone to follow.

[Shadowcat]

Can anyone that owns a H2200 series iPAQ confirm whether it supports the headset profile?

Thanks in advance.

[whydidnt]

Can anyone that owns a H2200 series iPAQ confirm whether it supports the headset profile?

Thanks in advance.
How can I check this? I've poked around in the Bluetooth Manager, but don't really see a list of supported profiles.

I'd be glad to look elsewhere, if you can point me in another direction.
:oops:
Whydidnt

[Janak Parekh]

Would it have something to do with the fact that the Microsoft BT drivers are a bit of a pig?
I think that's almost exactly what Mauricio is implying. :lol: Hopefully, longterm we'll be able to use the Microsoft standard for Bluetooth more widely, but they have to make it extensible first.

(My theory, BTW, is that it was easier costwise for HP to keep the existing stack.)

--janak

[freitasm]

Would it have something to do with the fact that the Microsoft BT drivers are a bit of a pig?
I think that's almost exactly what Mauricio is implying. :lol: Hopefully, longterm we'll be able to use the Microsoft standard for Bluetooth more widely, but they have to make it extensible first.
--janak

Correct :mrgreen: For the example cited previously in this thread, I've used the MS Keyboard and mouse with new drivers on my TDK adapter. But it would be better if:

- MS supported Bluetoot on W2k (not only XP like now)
- MS supported more profiles

Alas, no comment from them on this matter...

[Kevin Daly]

Can anyone that owns a H2200 series iPAQ confirm whether it supports the headset profile?

I don't, but it looks like the answer is no.

The equivalent FAQ for the H2200 series lists supported profiles as follows:

What Bluetooth profiles are supported in the iPAQ Pocket PC h2200 series?
The following profiles are supported:
General Access Profile
Serial Port Profile
Generic Object Exchange Profile
File Transfer Profile
FAX
Dial-Up Networking Profile
LAN Access Profile
Object Push Profile
Basic Printing Profile
Hard Cable Replacement Profile (printing)
Personal Area Networking Profile

It's at http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wpa/vac/genPage.do?vacpage=pocketpc/faq_h2210.vad&wf=WF05a&segment=sm&country=us&lang=en&fpoid=215348-64929-215381-314903-215381-322908#bluetooth

0X

[Shadowcat]

Thanks for the link. It's really kind of sad. The H5000 series has the profile. I would have thought it wouldn't cost much to add a bluetooth profile to a device. Thanks to all that helped!