BLUETOOTH: I think it's time for action...

[MattMac]

Hey,
Im not so sure if this has been covered before... but I can't find any major topics on this issue in my skimming of the forum... But I have come across this thread and it has sparked my once interest in the topic of BLUETOOTH...

And going by what the has been posted and discussed, there is no reason that this isn't impossible...

It is noted in the MMI Wiki, here, that the iphone only has 2 out of the 25 possible bluetooth profiles... Meaning that the bluetooth feature is fully functional, it just needs the profiles to run it...

My theory is, couldn't you basically port the needed profiles to the iPhone and make an application to manage them allowing us to send files to other phone, use the iphone as a dial-up device, and the many more features bluetooth had once blessed us with... My questions are "is this, at all possible?" and "has anyone actually tried it?"

Please developers, here my call, and hopefully others, and try and develop a way for us to used the full capabilities of bluetooth like would with our Nokia's...

I will be willing to donate to anyone who will develop a way to use the full functionality of bluetooth on our iPhones, I urge others to do so too...

Matt.

[Uko]

What can I tell. Bluetooth file transfer is cool, but actually I can live without it. But there is such thing as A2DP & it will be really cool to have wireless headphones working on the iPhone without $75 adapter.

As for theory... well I hope it will work, but there are tons of developers in the world & it's strange that no one have figured this thing before.

[MattMac]

Originally Posted by Uko

What can I tell. Bluetooth file transfer is cool, but actually I can live without it. But there is such thing as A2DP & it will be really cool to have wireless headphones working on the iPhone without $75 adapter.

As for theory... well I hope it will work, but there are tons of developers in the world & it's strange that no one have figured this thing before.

I know what you mean..
It seems almost like none of them have been giving it any thought at all..
Well, maybe they have, but bluetooth gives many advantages.
Having the full features opens up a world of possibilities.

Make sure you vote man. =]

[luiz]

matt,
i as well as you MISS BLUETOOTH SO MUCH! lol
but really, my bro is like "yo send me that song" im like... "cant"...


lol but really... im sure devs have tried but maybe failed, maybe someon has got it but its a big project and hell release it soon complete (as a surprise so to say)....

[seann33uk]

hopeing this will work but i doubt it.
if you look at the files on your iphone you will notice music is oddly categorised and kind of imposssible to tell which song is which; this means any recieved songs are going to be difficult to impliment unless you have the app change received data the same way itunes does. But also sent songs are going to be oddly named and possibly even iphone only encrypted so the app might even have to do major decoding before send the song.

The iphone isn't like any other phone or mp3 player with simple folders for music and video with basic compatability. But may be just maybe its possible.
You should beable to send pictures quite easily I know that much.

[MattMac]

Originally Posted by iWant 1.1.1

matt,
i as well as you MISS BLUETOOTH SO MUCH! lol
but really, my bro is like "yo send me that song" im like... "cant"...


lol but really... im sure devs have tried but maybe failed, maybe someon has got it but its a big project and hell release it soon complete (as a surprise so to say)....

Lol, thanks for cracking a joke dude.

But no one has documented that they have failed... And I know that it would be a long and difficult task... But like SwirlyMMS they could make it bit by bit.

Just to port one of the profiles and maybe even be able to use it would be a huge advancement...

Could you pull a profile off another phone or off a computer and put it into the phone or would there be compatibility issues?

If we can produce tools such as ZiPhone to downgrade the bootloader and pnwed to override the iPhone checking for signed code than I'm sure this can be done to since it isn't a hardware issue...

Originally Posted by seann33uk

hopeing this will work but i doubt it.
if you look at the files on your iphone you will notice music is oddly categorised and kind of imposssible to tell which song is which; this means any recieved songs are going to be difficult to impliment unless you have the app change received data the same way itunes does. But also sent songs are going to be oddly named and possibly even iphone only encrypted so the app might even have to do major decoding before send the song.

The iphone isn't like any other phone or mp3 player with simple folders for music and video with basic compatability. But may be just maybe its possible.
You should beable to send pictures quite easily I know that much.

The songs aren't encryped. The only thing changed on the music file is the name. The song information (Song name, artist, album, etc.) remain imbedded. You can take the song off the phone and play it on any Windows computer that has never even had iTunes installed for example. The app I stated could read the tags on the music for use in finding the right song to send and rename it for sending to another phone so the recipient would know the name.

LOL. But that's getting more technical... Starting off sending a picture would be the best start. As you said, that would be the easiest.

Matt

[Alperovich]

the idea is defiantly cool. I'd love to have the added feature's of other bluetooth services.