Motorola V710
Bluetooth SIG Speaks Out
Excellent article in Laptop Magazine:
"Users have realistic expectations that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones will work with all their other Bluetooth-enabled devices, including cars, headsets, PCs, PDAs, etc. While we on the technical side understand that certain profiles must be implemented to enable various usage scenarios, we shouldn’t expect consumers, for example, to realize their phone does not have the OBEX or file-sharing profile. They just know they want to send a picture from their camera phone to their PC and can’t, and they don’t know why. This is much more frustrating for users than anyone else. It is the SIG’s top priority to do everything it can to influence a positive Bluetooth user experience."
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"Users have realistic expectations that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones will work with all their other Bluetooth-enabled devices, including cars, headsets, PCs, PDAs, etc. While we on the technical side understand that certain profiles must be implemented to enable various usage scenarios, we shouldn’t expect consumers, for example, to realize their phone does not have the OBEX or file-sharing profile. They just know they want to send a picture from their camera phone to their PC and can’t, and they don’t know why. This is much more frustrating for users than anyone else. It is the SIG’s top priority to do everything it can to influence a positive Bluetooth user experience."
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I wonder how they'll go about "influencing" companies like verizon to include such profiles...
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daveyp225 said:
I wonder how they'll go about "influencing" companies like verizon to include such profiles...
They control the 'bluetooth' moniker, I presume. Could they not demand that X functionality exist in order to use the logo, kinda like microsoft does to allow you to use the Win logo on packaging?
--Dave
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dsnelson said:
Could they not demand that X functionality exist in order to use the logo, kinda like microsoft does to allow you to use the Win logo on packaging?
--Dave
Not if they want a wide scale adoption of their technology. If they put too many restrictions on it, they will force others to come up with alternative methods.
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npitlor said:dsnelson said:
Could they not demand that X functionality exist in order to use the logo, kinda like microsoft does to allow you to use the Win logo on packaging?
Not if they want a wide scale adoption of their technology. If they put too many restrictions on it, they will force others to come up with alternative methods.
Dang... it's a catch-22.
--Dave
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