Connecting N80 to Vista via Bluetooth (it’s painful)
Bought a laptop with Vista recently, and I had yet another painful experience using Microsoft product… (Rudy and Choon Keat, you mac users must be laughing by now.)
MY N80 FAILED TO CONNECT TO MY VAIO VIA BLUETOOTH!!!
I spent days and nights browsing the web, thinking why NOKIA has yet to release a Vista compatible PC suite. I realised I was wrong to blame Nokia on this when I read this:
The Microsoft Bluetooth stack has been stripped of all profiles except OBEX file transfers and Mouse and Keyboard HID profiles. No stereo audio, no hands-free, no pda syncing, nothing. Why? No idea, there is no official word on the issue…
Anyway, not complaining here. Just to share what I’ve experienced and let my pals out there who have, or going to have, this problem, a solution that works for me.
Thanks, Dev-Toast. Thanks cubespeed for pointing me there too.
Hey there, thanks for quoting my article. Please ensure you see the addendum article I’ve written to help give reason to Microsoft’s ways.
As of this writing, the retail version of the Microsoft Bluetooth stack does include some hands free and some lo-fi non a2dp bluetooth audio profiles for some devices.
http://www.dev-toast.com/2007/01/17/uncrippling-bluetooth-in-windows-vista-rtm-addendum/
Cheers!
Thanks Joe, that two posts are great and respectable. Not only providing solution for people around the world, and also provide a full picture of “why microsoft is not doing it right”. I respect this. This is so much better than just complaining without trying to understand the reason behind.
Thanks!