N80 Bluetooth issue still unresolved : WORST NOKIA...

I am tired of Nokia N80 problems. I was one of the first buyers. ( early buyer = alfatester) After two firmware upgrades and three months bluetooth connection is still absolutely unreliable. Soon this phone will be out of date. Waste of my good money. Lisperit

02-Aug-2006
10:07 AM
aumsu wrote:
1. Holux / GPSlim236 bluetooth
www.holux.com' target='_blank'>http://www.holux.com' target='_blank'>www.holux.com
2. from the site:
Input/ Output Interface:
I. Compatible Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), Version1.1 and class 2(up to 10 meter range).
3. what bluetooth profile is?Message Edited by aumsu on 02-Aug-2006
10:10 AM
ok, i checked this out.
the holux device only uses the serial port profile and bluetooth specification 1.2.
however, the also supports the serial port profile 1.1 - so there should be no problems at all with this.
the only other thing i can think of is the gps device is disconnecting the phone or dropping the connection. it would be good to hear from someone who owns the nokia gps device to see if the same thing happens.
sorry i couldnt help more

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