I like publicily ask sorry to Fidibus if he felt offended by my reaction.
It was not against him but against a common way of thinking who possess the majority of Joe users:
Originally Posted by
I am a Nokia 770 and I do not want to become Linux expert!
Exactly for this reason Linux loses many users
I understood his comment this way:
I have a N770 -> I need a BT headset -> how does it work? -> it doesn't work with a N770 -> huh, but there's a way to use it anyway -> huh, how much work! -> I do not want to become a Linux expert -> linux is hard -> linux loses many users
And I hope to have explained it with the rest of my previous message.
Many people works in order to let we have a good product, I personally bought my N770 because i loved the form factor, the screen and the battery life (this one was a major one), and the fact that it was an open source based product ensured him not to fall into oblivion if Nokia decided eventually to drop it.
Again, sorry if I used too hard terms, I had a hot reaction, I agree. But please, do not endorse Linux responsibility it doesn't have.
Back to the topic, afaik a BT headset is not officially supported. It is working with limitations and with some (lot of for a non expert) hacking on your 770.
The short answer, it would seem after some amount of googling, is that BT headset support for the new OS under development but it is not yet available as there are a number of hurdles to overcome. The page at the Maemo Wiki pointed to in an earlier post contains dead links to code for the old OS.
When we will see anything is unknown. Please bug Nokia if you want this as I suspect they will prioritize their development based on customer feedback. http://europe.nokia.com/A4144793
via the Nokia 770 support link here: http://europe.nokia.com/770
I don't have the info to "prove" this but connecting a bluetooth Headset (even it would be possible) will cause an other problem.
If the Nokia is like most Nokia phones it only has ONE bluetooth port. So connecting to your phone with bluetooth (GPRS/UMTS) AND having a headset will not work.
Same for a keyboard AND connecting to your phone.
Correct me if am wrong, so I learn something new....
But it would seem that the Bluetooth spec indicates that a BT master can have 7 other devices connected to it making up a piconet of 8 devices.
I only have one bluetooth device so I can't test the theory out. I have read of people being successful with BT keyboards and surfing the Internet through their BT mobile phone though.
I don't have the info to "prove" this but connecting a bluetooth Headset (even it would be possible) will cause an other problem.
If the Nokia is like most Nokia phones it only has ONE bluetooth port. So connecting to your phone with bluetooth (GPRS/UMTS) AND having a headset will not work.
Same for a keyboard AND connecting to your phone.
Correct me if am wrong, so I learn something new....
I haven't tried with three devices (like adding a BT keyboard), but definitely being connected to a phone for GPRS/EDGE and to a BT GPS at the same time does work, so it's not that simple...
A lot of people these days think everything works immediately, everything is easy, no effort has to be spent anymore, ... but on the long run they are wrong, ... it's our brains that make the 'humans' so special, so just use them. By the way, to understand the basics of Linux isn't that difficult, just a matter of reading a good book about it, experience a bit with it, and last but not least, think will you are doing all this, ...
you have a bt headset that works with 770? please elaborate
No, it's essentially a wireless headset, like the infrared ones you can find in shops, but with Bluetooth as the wireless carrier.
It consists of a litlle black box that plugs into any 3.5 mm phone-out plug and a headset with a couple of buttons on one earpiece. I plug the box in, switch box and earphone on (they pair automatically) and I have wireless music. The LiIon batteries last for 8+ hours.
The reason I bought it is because my P910 phone has no headset BT profile and I got fed up with the dangling wires during hikes, but it essentially works with anything that has a standard earphone connector (or for which a connector exists - I use it for watching tv with a a white-and-red plug to 3.5 mm connector).
