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iPhone Bluetooth Compatibility issues, 2.0.1 possibly on the horizon, App Request!

Posted on July 25th, 2008 by grinthock.
Categories: Apple, iPhone.

We are getting scattered reports about bluetooth compatibility issues.  Various headset, many complaints from Chrysler / Dodge owners (I’m assuming this would probably affect Mercedes Benz as well) that their existing U-Connect Bluetooth systems (built in Factory Bluetoot) is not working with the new iPhone 3G.

One of our correspondants drives a Chrysler 300C, and upon testing the phone simply refused to pair with the car, we have tested with 3 other headsets as well as the bluetooth in a Lexus without a problem, so it appears to be some sort of compatibility issue.    Some users have reported that turning off the Wi-Fi fixes the problem, however it didn’t seem to help our U-Connect.

Did the big fruit change the Bluetooth chipset and not bother to perform additional testing?  Can this be fixed in a new revision?  How long will people need to wait for the iPhone 2.0.1 software to launch?

We can confirm from viewing our website logs that iPhone 2.0.1 is out there in the wild, so it’s in testing, the question is, with all these bugs being reported now, and 2.0.1 already seeding, will these issues be fixed in 2.0.1?  Did apple know about these issues already, launch a buggy product just to get it out the door and then knowingly fix those issues in 2.0.1?

Many questions to be answered in the coming days.

Phil, buddy, we all like you, but can we PLEASE get some fixes here?  Things are getting quite difficult.

Also — APPLICATON REQUEST!   3 of our correspondants are now walking around with this…. Thing… and we all have the same request, there was an application available in installer that allowed you to VERY quickly turn on/off the various radio’s in the device to save power — somebody write one of these for the App Store (or at this point, even a jailbroke 2.0 app).  It would really help us.

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