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kennyd
12-11-2003, 07:03 PM
I have a T3 and a Sony Ericsson T610.

Pairing

Use "Phone Link" to pair the devices.
I tried pairing the devices via "trusted devices" in system prefs. Though the pairing occured the functionality between my T3's contacts and the phones did not work via BT. I could send contacts to the phone, but the dialing features were not working. After pairing through "Phone Link" everything was seamless.

Handsfree Headset

My first try was with an "Actiontec" wireless BT Headset. I liked how small the headset was, but the clarity was really bad, which made voice commands almost impossible.
After returning the "Actiontec" I went with "Jabra". Jabra was the bomb. Very clear, long battery life, large but comfortable, voice commands were still a little buggy but better than the first unit.

Contact Merging

The ol' builtin address book and the "Send Catagory" command. I chose "All". Every contact was labled once, with all phone type variations listed within that single contact entry. All phone type icons in the phone worked out nice. Seamless and took about 2 minutes to do 438 contacts. Not bad. In less than 5 minutes I can delete the entire database on my phone and simply send the catagory again to update if i've been too lazy to send em as I go.
I game "funBOOK" a go round, but didn't like it. It seperated every phone type as an individual contact, meaning one contact could earn as many as 5 entries...that's about all I can say about that besides it also cost $20 and my address book which handled the situation easier and faster is free. The speed of the built in far surpasses the speed of funBOOK.

All things considered, I love the three way set up of my T3, T610 and Jabra. I wish the T3 had a phone on it, or I wich that the treo had VG instead of thumbpad. Whatever, it all works like a charm and has made working and talking a lot easier for this carpenter/contractor who doesn't like to stop working while he's talking, and has always preferred to handle his contacts on his Palm instead of the phone. The only real reason that I have now for even having my contacts on the phone is for callerID purposes. I wear the head set most of the day and dial BT from my T3 , while my phone just hangs out on my hip.

Vidge
12-11-2003, 11:00 PM
I have almost the same set up. I've got the SE HBH-35 headset (soon to get the HBH-65 :D). I tried the Actiontec one, too. It was the only one in the stores around here, except the Jabra. I couldn't use the Jabra because it doesn't fit my ears, so I took a change and ordered the HBH online. I've been very happy with my setup as well.

I have only one contact in my phone - my office, set up for voice dialing. Everything else I dial from the Quick Connect app in Contacts. Works like a charm. (I don't need the caller ID. I don't give out my number :D)

I think the voice command problem is the T610 itself. I talked to T-M about it before I got the headset and they said it was iffy at best. I've been working with it to try to say the words the same and find that single syllable words don't work as well as multiple syllable ones.

kennyd
12-15-2003, 11:18 AM
Originally posted by Vidge

I think the voice command problem is the T610 itself. I talked to T-M about it before I got the headset and they said it was iffy at best. I've been working with it to try to say the words the same and find that single syllable words don't work as well as multiple syllable ones.
Thanks for the tip. I have noticed that "Home" does not work well when selecting phone type. I'll give it a shot.