Bluetooth discussion - use my cellphone AS a headset via bluetooth

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use my cellphone AS a headset via bluetooth

alexnotalex@gmail.com

2005-10-28, 5:48 pm

I have been experimenting with using a bluetooth headset with skype on
my ibook. It works, but it's a hassle to set up, one more thing to
keep charged, and one more thing for my baby daughter to dissect and
eat.

Now, I can get my ibook to talk to my cellphone, to make gsm calls and
send text messages.

And I can get my cellphone to talk to my headset, speaking through the
headset and making calls.

And I can get my headset to talk to my ibook, again speaking into the
headset and listening on the headset or on the mac speakers...

BUT, is there any way to use my cellphone as a headset? so I could
talk into the mic on my cellphone and it go via my ibook over skype to
my friends? And I would hear their voiced on my cellphone... this way
I can link my cell to my ibook and make my skype calls without faffing
with the headset.

Sounds easy, huh? Has anybody out there managed to do this?

big thanks
Alex

nobody

2005-11-10, 5:48 pm

Most of these setups require a symbian based phone .. and in case's specific
phone models too ... I've been using my Nokia 6630 (6680 also works) along
with skype for a while now, but thats with a linux/windows platform ... not
a fan of mac's alas.

Windows http://www.skypeheadset.co.uk/
Unix http://www.ubuntuusers.de/wiki/ mob..._head
set

Bottom line ... it's very mobile specific .. and not very portable ... what
phone model do u have? ..

<alexnotalex@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1130518943.772040.276690@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I have been experimenting with using a bluetooth headset with skype on
> my ibook. It works, but it's a hassle to set up, one more thing to
> keep charged, and one more thing for my baby daughter to dissect and
> eat.
>
> Now, I can get my ibook to talk to my cellphone, to make gsm calls and
> send text messages.
>
> And I can get my cellphone to talk to my headset, speaking through the
> headset and making calls.
>
> And I can get my headset to talk to my ibook, again speaking into the
> headset and listening on the headset or on the mac speakers...
>
> BUT, is there any way to use my cellphone as a headset? so I could
> talk into the mic on my cellphone and it go via my ibook over skype to
> my friends? And I would hear their voiced on my cellphone... this way
> I can link my cell to my ibook and make my skype calls without faffing
> with the headset.
>
> Sounds easy, huh? Has anybody out there managed to do this?
>
> big thanks
> Alex
>

J. Clarke

2005-11-11, 5:48 pm

alexnotalex@gmail.com wrote:

> I have been experimenting with using a bluetooth headset with skype on
> my ibook. It works, but it's a hassle to set up, one more thing to
> keep charged, and one more thing for my baby daughter to dissect and
> eat.
>
> Now, I can get my ibook to talk to my cellphone, to make gsm calls and
> send text messages.
>
> And I can get my cellphone to talk to my headset, speaking through the
> headset and making calls.
>
> And I can get my headset to talk to my ibook, again speaking into the
> headset and listening on the headset or on the mac speakers...
>
> BUT, is there any way to use my cellphone as a headset? so I could
> talk into the mic on my cellphone and it go via my ibook over skype to
> my friends? And I would hear their voiced on my cellphone... this way
> I can link my cell to my ibook and make my skype calls without faffing
> with the headset.
>
> Sounds easy, huh? Has anybody out there managed to do this?

Does your cell phone have the necessary profile to appear _as_ a headset to
another device? If not you're trying to do something nonstandard that is
only going to work if you have a driver on your PC that specifically
supports using your particular cell phone in that fashion.

> big thanks
> Alex

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