Voice Control over Bluetooth: 3GS (FW 3.1) and Plantronics Discovery 975

Anyone get this combination to work? If so, how? If not, is there an approved list of headsets that do work? Even though I think it's ridiculous that Apple can't get this to work like every other smartphone on the planet, I'll schlep back to Best Buy, return my 975 and pick one up that works, but I'd like to know what ones those are.
Incidentally, the Bluetooth Version on the Discovery 975 is "2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) + eSCO + Secure Simple Pairing (SSP) for pairing earpiece without entering PIN code/Passkey"; and the Bluetooth Profiles supported are "Headset Profile (HSP) for talking on the phone" and "Hands-free Profile (HFP) for talking on the phone and operating the phone".
Thanks in advance!
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P.S. Solved it. Went into BT settings on the iPhone, "Forgot Device", turned off BT; reset iPhone; re-paired; works great. Rather than taking down my post, I'm leaving it here in case these instructions prove useful for anyone else.

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