From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 00:43:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A8516A4CE for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 00:43:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.202.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0A1E43DA2 for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 00:43:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from carl@personnelware.com) Received: from [192.168.1.30] (c-24-13-52-189.hsd1.il.comcast.net[24.13.52.189]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20050515004356014003975ve>; Sun, 15 May 2005 00:43:56 +0000 Message-ID: <42869B59.9030705@personnelware.com> Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 19:44:09 -0500 From: Carl Karsten User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: bluetooth headset info quest X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 00:43:57 -0000 I am on a quest for knowledge: I want to understand why all bluethooth devices don't work with all bluetooth devices. I kinda get that there are “profiles” which seem to be another word for protocol. I have also heard that the current version of Mac OSC (4A428 ?) doesn't support the bluetooth headset profile, but the next version of the OS will. That suggests that profile support is a software thing. I have applications of this knowledge: 1)a friend says: : I need to know if i can connect a bluetooth audio handset to a fujitsu siemens 420 aka hp iPAQ 4150. I am guessing no, because pdf Page 80 (printed 8-4) does not list "headset" http://h200001.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00046424/c00046424.pdf 2)I have a toshiba 6100 laptop that did not come with bluetooth. For $60 I can get the internal addon, or $25 I can get various usb or pccard things. But not all the $25 options list the headset profile, so once again, is the limitation hardware, firmware, software, marketing-ware, vapor-ware, new-wave-ware, or what?! And is the $60 internal bluetooth thing going to work with Linux, or is it some super secrit thing like the built in CF card reader that doesn't even show up under lsusb, but I am pretty sure it uses the usb bus. I have read about 30 google hits, and the best info was in this list's archives. So I figure I will get some straight answers here. Carl Karsten