[BTM] T68i, Jabra, & Mac OS X Address Book...

JA ja_person at mac.com
Thu Mar 27 22:12:26 PST 2003


I confirm that, CMP. The T68i only support being connected to one 
device only at any given time. I also included a Palm Tungsten in my 
tests. It seems to be a T68i limitation, not a Bluetooth limitation.

Jose Salcedo

On Friday, Mar 28, 2003, at 05:26 Europe/Lisbon, Christopher Pavicich 
wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I just tried this myself. When dialing from the address book,  the 
> phone
> prompted my to take the call in the headset or the phone (my prefs are 
> set up that way on the phone).
> I chose the headset.
>
> No dice. When the call connected, it was in the handset. The phone 
> would not
> allow me to transfer the call to the headset while the call was in 
> progress, and the connection
> was active between the mac and phone.
>
> I tried again, this time disconnecting the G4 from the phone [via the 
> bluetooth button in address book].
> During the call the phone would allow me to switch the sound source. 
> However, the phone 'hung' while
> connecting to the BT200.
>
> It looks as if the T68i only supports being connected to one device at 
> a time. This is just a theory based on this
> limited test.
>
> If anyone has any further information, please share it with the list.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers,
> CMP
>
>
> On Thursday, Mar 27, 2003, at 21:58 US/Eastern, Michael C. Mendelsohn 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm new to this list, so my apologies if this problem has arisen 
>> before.
>>
>> I've been using my T68i with Mac OS X for a few months now, and the 
>> advanced
>> Bluetooth features of the Address Book app (dialing, answering, etc) 
>> are one
>> of Jaguar's coolest features.
>>
>> Today, I decided to go and get a Jabra Freespeak BT200, and I was 
>> able to
>> pair that and operate it just fine with the T68i.
>>
>> Here's my problem: they won't all play at the same time. 
>> Hypothetically,
>> what I want to do is, for example, dial the number from the address 
>> book,
>> and then conduct the call from the Jabra without having to touch the 
>> phone.
>> Right now, I can only use the phone and the Mac, or the phone and the
>> headset; the headset won't communicate with the phone while the phone 
>> is
>> engaged with the Mac (using a D-Link adapter, by the way), and vice 
>> versa.
>>
>> All of the devices are paired correctly. I was under the impression 
>> (and all
>> of the literature accompanying any of these products seem not to deny 
>> it)
>> that Bluetooth devices could connect to about 20 devices 
>> simultaneously. If
>> anyone knows anything, I'll be grateful..
>>
>> MCM
>>
>>
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