Apple's bluetooth?

I JUST bought my iPhone the other day. So far, I'm in love. I'm thinking of buying a bluetooth headset for it soon (even though I think people who wear them 12 hours a day look like Robots), since I have a manual transmission.
What is everybody's experience with the Apple BT headset? It's pretty... but what's the quality like? I had a Jawbone at the top of my christmas list, but noticed the Apple BT headset is in the same price range. How do they stack up? Can I use either of them top down in my jeep?

I had a Jawbone and took it back. It was heavy and caused my ear to be sore. Got the Apple BT and I love it. I get about 2 1/2 days between charges. Its lite and fits well in my ear. I have read that others have had problems with it fitting their ears, but I don't have that problem. I can't wear anything that has a loop that wraps around my ear because of my glasses. The Apple BT was right for me. I have recommended to others. Sound quality is good. Volume is controlled by the iPhone. The mic is sensitive and will pick up road noise. I have to have the windows up in my vehicle so those that I'm talking to can hear me. They tell me that when the window is down the noise covers my voice. I just keep the window up when talking to anyone while driving. Over all its works very well with the iPhone.

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"No question, just a comment. Have been using the Apple Bluetooth headset now for the last couple of days and very impressed with the smallness, sound and ease of use qualities. It is much smaller than you can believe, light as a feather to the point of forgetting it is in your ear. Calls received and outgoing are crisp and clear. When I ask: "Can you hear me?" the answer is always a positive yes. Even when I speak in a low volume I'm heard easily. I think this is because the earpiece rides just on the top of your jawbone although I could be wrong.
Anything missing? Well yes, voice dialing would make it an absolutely perfect 9 and a perfect 10 would be a second earpiece w/o mic and the added ability to hear music/movies/tvshows. A quick tap to change songs or pause. Geez, THAT would be awesome!
I purchased the Jawbone and found it huge and a battery hog and now I'm quite pleased with Apple's Bluetooth offering. I sent the Jawbone back but I'll keep this piece of hardware. The dock is very cool (although the cord could be another foot for those of us with CPUs that sit on the floor. At home it connects nicely to my Apple Cinema and the cord is fine. Perhaps a retractable cord/cable?).
My recommendation to others sitting on the fence over buying a Bluetooth earpiece - buy the Apple offering. It is made the for iPhone, pairing was so quick and simple I had to look twice to make sure it was paired without any fiddling around, and extremely light, small and very powerful.
As soon as Apple gives us voice dialing this puppy will be very hard to beat.
Tim...

I continue to use my Apple BT and it works great.
Prior to Apple's offering I purchased the Jawbone. If I stuck my phone in my front pocket then the static was ridiculous. I don't have that problem with the Apple BT. I suppose if I put it in my back pocket.
The other things I disliked about the Jawbone was it's size and its failure to sustain a battery charge for a decent period of time. You do not want to use the masking feature because it draws the battery right down. Yes, the video that promotes it is right that you can stand next to a lawnmower and hear/speak to others but you can only do so for a minute or so and then blip! Low battery.
Did I mention the thing is very large? No matter where I went people stared. I'm a doctor so while on rounds and making verbal notes almost every patient asked me "What's that thing? Why are you wearing it?" While today I use the Apple BT and no patient has asked me about it yet.
I returned to Jawbone and hoped the Apple BT was half as good. It surprised me because it was just as good.
Tim...

I'm using apple's bluetooth keyboard and I need an easy way to switch between the text and numbers fields instead of tapping on the screen

I'm using apple's bluetooth keyboard and I need an easy way to switch between the text and numbers fields instead of tapping on the screen

While not in edit mode:
- if start typing numbers, then it enters number mode.
- if start typing text, then it enters text mode.
Using the arrow keys exits edit mode. So this should work for you:
1 Type text into a cell, which enters text mode.
2 Press Return to move to the next cell.
3 Press right arrow key to exit edit mode.
4 Press left arrow key to get back to the cell.
5 Type a number, which enters number mode.
Another method that requires more planning ahead of time is to format the cells as text or number before starting the data entry. Then when you navigate to a cell while in edit mode, you will be in the appropriate mode (without having to exit edit mode).
This all works fine for me. Hopefullly it does for you also.

The Apple Handsfree Bluetooth Headset

Don' you think that Apple should make their very own Bluetooth headset?
It should be slick, white and shiny with a little apple on it like every other cool Apple product.
1. Should allow you to play music and any other audio through the ear piece (I heard Jawbones can do this.)
2. Display battery life of the Bluetooth on the iPhone (again, I heard Jawbones can do this)
3. The little Apple could light up blue!
4. They could make a little dock for it and it can charge off the USB port. Maybe have a slide out USB plug!!....or use the iPod cable to charge....
and do all kinds of other cool stuff that none of us can think of but Apple can.
What do you think?

They made one for the first iPhone in 2007.
http://reviews.cnet.com/headsets/apple-iphone-bluetooth-headset/4505-13831_7-324 95087.html

What is the currently supported Apple-compatable bluetooth adapter?

I just purchased an Apple Wireless Keyboard and an Apple Wireless Trackpad for my Mac Pro (early 2008). I have an Asus Bluetooth USB Dongle which I use to connect the two devices through and everything seems to be working fine, except that neither device will wake my Mac Pro from sleep. As you can imagine this would cause me much grief.
I searched though the forums and found that there is a checkbox in the Bluetooth Preference Pane (By the way, currently running OS X 10.6.8 but I'm going to upgrade to Lion in a few months). In the Advanced... menu, I noticed that there is an "Allow Bluetoothe devices to wake this computer" checkbox but it is not selected and worse grayed out and unselectable. According to this article, when this box is grayed out it means that the setting is already in effect (See Section 10, Bullet 3). Well this is now really baffling.
After more research, I discovered that if you didn't purchase your Mac with Bluetooth already installed, then you need to use an Apple-supported Bluetooth USB Adapter in order to use some Apple-specific functions such as iSync and Wake From Sleep. I bet you can deduce that my Asus USB Dongle is not the supported device. According to this Apple Support Page, only the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth adapter (rev. B2 or later) is designated as such. So I continued my search.
The DBT-120 itself is not an expensive part, as I could find it anywhere from $12 to $60, but my is it ugly and big. But according to this D-Link page, the adapter is at it's End-of-Life as of May 1, 2011. Sigh.
Being that it is now several months later than that, does anyone know what the replacement Bluetooth USB Adapter is that will support Apple-Specific functions such as Wake From Sleep?

I just purchased an Apple Wireless Keyboard and an Apple Wireless Trackpad for my Mac Pro (early 2008). I have an Asus Bluetooth USB Dongle which I use to connect the two devices through and everything seems to be working fine, except that neither device will wake my Mac Pro from sleep. As you can imagine this would cause me much grief.
The problem is not your BT adaptor. Almost any USB BT adaptor is "compatible (I use a IOGear GBU421). The problem is it's, well, a usb adaptor. It's a chicken and egg problem. You have an adaptor plugged into usb. But if you sleep your machine there's not power on the usb so the adaptor is turned off. No power, no usb, no adaptor, no way for a BT device using it to wake the machine up.
I can see your "grief". I use a wired keyboard so pushing any key on the keyboard will wake my machine. I also know that unplugging and plugging the dongle back in will wake the machine. But that is some "grief" waiting for the devices to repair with the BT.
One solution would just be to get a cheap wired usb mouse. It's probably a good idea anyhow as a backup for the "moody" BT anyhow. Then just click that mouse to turn you machine back on.
Another scheme, and this is just a untested theory, is based on the reasoning that any active operation (clicking a key, plugging unplugging something) on the usb wakes the machine up. So perhaps a usb switch would have the same effect. Specifically I am thinking of this usb A/B switch. Perhaps just plugging it into a usb port, even not switching anything, is sufficient to wake the machine up. But like I said it is only a theory. Hey, a cheap $9 mouse is easier!

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I am looking for a bottom panel for my old apple wireless bluetooth mouse (not mighty). My son has dropped it down and that is how is not switching off anymore. I am thinking about replacement of that anyway removable panel (you remove it to place batteries),so I guess this part must be around somewhere. Any help is appreciated, thank you very much in advance!

Hello m:
The only people that can answer that are the Apple people. As far as I know, those parts are not available from the web site.
Frankly, I think I would buy a new mouse as something may be damaged internally.
Barry

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After installing the latest OSX update yesterday (something about iChat encryption), Apple Bluetooth Keyboard no longer works with my iMac.
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I just upgraded my iPhone 3GS to OS 4. I also bought an Apple Bluetooth Keyboard.
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I have tried so many many times and I cannot pair them together. The pairing process itself seemed to work just fine everytime I tried. But the problem is the keyboard itself never works. In the Bluetooth devices list in Vista's bluetooth menu it does list my keyboard there but it seems to be disconnected every 5-10 seconds or something. It says...
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I'm having problems with the tracking on my Bluetooth Apple Mouse and I was wondering if Apple has a manual on this mouse. There is at least one switch on there that I have no idea what it's about.
I've fiddled with it and gotten the tracking to work again. Other times it doesn't work. I have no idea what that switch is about.
Also, I've taken one of the batteries out and then back in again. Sometimes that works. Sometimes it doesn't.
However, with a haphazard working of both of these things, and repeating them several times over again -- at some point I'll get it to working and tracking once again. I can't see any pattern to what is causing it to start working again -- other than just doing these things over and over again -- until it does.
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Unfortunately, this could be any number of things.
One likely suspect is the batteries. If you're using
rechargeables, try good new regular ones for a while.
The rechargeables are 1.2 volts, regular AAs are
1.5. Sometimes that makes a difference.
I've thought of using those, but I don't. What I do -- though -- is take out one battery when I'm not using it. I don't use the mouse but every few days (or so), and maybe for up to a week or so. So, that way I figure I keep the battery in good shape.
Even brand new ones sometimes don't work, or don't
work right. Try cleaning the contacts in the mouse,
and the top and bottom of the batteries with alcohol,
acetone (carefully), or the like. Try other new
batteries. I've had brand-new ones test fine with a
volt meter, but just not work. Never did figure out
why. Others in the same pack were fine.
Well, I do carry a set of brand new ones, so that I'll be ready to replace them. And I've tried the new ones before, to see if that was the problem. I still encounter this kind of "tracking" problem. Now, mind you the "clicking" always works okay. So, I'm getting a Bluetooth connection always. However, it's only the tracking (and not the "clicking") that is not working. It's always that way without any variation (if there is any kind of problem at all).
Interference is another common problem. Airport,
cordless phones, etc., can interfere. Try turning
off everything you can find for a while. If you see
improvement, turn one at a time back on.
Now, I'll be (usually) in public places when I do use the mouse (like Starbucks or McDonalds), so that might be difficult to isolate any others that are using Bluetooth. However, I do use another Bluetooth device (but not at the same time). It's a Bluetooth GPS receiver. It always works (although it's the only bluetooth connected at the time).
If all else fails, I recommend a double Scotch.
Won't help, but you may not care!
Well..., it's irritating, but I can usually get it to working in about three to five minutes by taking the battery in and out and/or flipping that switch back and forth. It's never been any longer than about five minutes for me to get it to fully working again. But, since I've seen several others here mentioning this problem, it seems to me that it's some kind of hardware or software problem -- especially since the Bluetooth connection is made and is functioning with the mouse clicks (always without fail).
Good luck.
Thanks -- but say..., do you know what that "switch" is -- underneath the battery cover?
Best Regards...

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Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Pardon if this sounds like a smart-a.. answer, but the solution is, don't turn off the mouse!
I leave mine on all the time. Even at night when my iMac is snoozing. The mouse uses almost no energy when idle. I gave up on rechargeable batteries about a year ago, because they only lasted a few days. Now I just use normal new batteries and they last anywhere from a couple of weeks to a month, depending on usage.
Unless there's some other reason you're turning it off?

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