On Jan 8, 2007, at 15:21, John Francis wrote: > And probably doesn't work as well, either. > > I can't use my (Bluetooth) Treo 700w with my (Bluetooth) BMW Z4, even > though the BMW supposedly offers full integration - sound through the > car audio speakers, and a microphone on the steering column. That's > because the car wants to know the contents of the phone book (so it > can identify an incoming call on the in-car display, etc.). But it > expects phone numbers to consist of just the digits 0-9. > Unfortunately > the Treo is a Windows Mobile 5 device, and uses Outlook Mobile as the > contact manager. This displays phone numbers formatted for human eyes > complete with parentheses and hyphens. This upsets the car, and so it > drops the Bluetooth connection :-( >
One wonders if the PalmOS-based Treo700 has the same limitation... -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
