Apple bluetooth and iPhone 3G

ItalianBoston · 07-02-2008, 01:40 AM

How will the new iPhone work with the existing apple bluetooth??
Dont you need to dock both the phone and the headset in the dock for it to pair?

The new iPhone wont fit into the old iPhone's dock will it?

acosmichippo · 07-02-2008, 01:50 AM

the dock has nothing to do with the bluetooth pairing... the bluetooh dock's only purpose (with regards to bluetooth) is for charging the headset.

and, no, iphone2 will not fit in an iphone1 dock.

ItalianBoston · 07-02-2008, 01:58 AM

I thought that is how you pair the phone and the headset, am I mistaken?

acosmichippo · 07-02-2008, 02:16 AM

i haven't actually used the apple headset, but any other bluetooh device pairs through bluetooth (i.e. wirelessly). I can't imagine the apple one is any different.

ColsTiger · 07-02-2008, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by ItalianBoston

I thought that is how you pair the phone and the headset, am I mistaken?

Initially yes. Not sure how it will be done to pair it to the new iPhone 3G yet. Hopefully, we'll get some clarification from Apple on this in the next few days.

ColsTiger · 07-02-2008, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by acosmichippo

i haven't actually used the apple headset, but any other bluetooh device pairs through bluetooth (i.e. wirelessly). I can't imagine the apple one is any different.

He's talking specifically about the pairing procedure. The pairing procedure for the Apple BT headset is to insert the iphone into the dock and the headset into the dock at the same time. There is no button pushing sequence like on other BT headsets from other manufacturers.

ItalianBoston · 07-02-2008, 02:19 AM

Yea Initially you have to dock both, thats how they pair. So I hope we find out how to pair it with the new iPhone soon.

acosmichippo · 07-02-2008, 02:21 AM

well that's retarded. they just HAVE to require unnecessary proprietary hardware...

ColsTiger · 07-02-2008, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by acosmichippo

well that's retarded. they just HAVE to require unnecessary proprietary hardware...

It certainly will be if the new iphone 3G doesn't fit into the old iphone/headset dock.

ItalianBoston · 07-02-2008, 02:56 AM

I may have discovered a way. I was just looking in my iPhone box and there is a travel charger in there. The charger plugs into the bottom on the iPhone and the headset docks with the bottom on the charger. I would guess its the same connection for the old and new iPhone.