[BTM] Recommendations for a Bluetooth PCMCIA

[Daniel Croft]

The Mac doesn't have a bluetooth headset profile yet. A profile for a 
headset must be included with the BT drivers (which it isn't) which are 
supplied by Apple (they didn't).

Daniel

On Wednesday, Jan 8, 2003, at 14:23 America/New_York, Richard McKay 
wrote:

> Olly Wright wrote the following:
>
>> The external USB adaptor that Apple promote is not very durable
>> and I need something that will put up with a lot of travel and use. 
>> Any tips
>> would be appreciated.
>
> Not the cheapest solution but you could trade up to a new pb with 
> built in
> BT if you travel a lot and want maximum future compatibility with the 
> OS...
>
>> Another (strange) question: has anyone managed to get a bluetooth 
>> headset to
>> work as a microphone with your computer? ie voice over IP using a 
>> bluetooth
>> headset and a bluetooth adaptor.
>
> I tried headset (Motorola) and iBook (10.2.3) with the same results as
> Martin...no go. I am, however, able to use the headset to phone 
> (without
> touching the phone) when I dial using Address Book over BT, so the 
> three
> don't seem to be conflicting with each other at least. Of course the 
> headset
> is only paired with the phone. It would be a nice feature to have 
> integrated
> in the future!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
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