tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860977.post110689660744281677..comments2007-07-24T13:17:00.959-07:00Mike Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08302143095140914164noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9860977.post-56299409462668322482007-07-24T13:17:00.000-07:002007-07-24T13:17:00.000-07:00I'm concerned that the Bluetooth Org standards to ensure interoperability have become "toothless". Many car manufacturers including Nissan, BMW, Mercedes and Toyota now specify which phones will work with their cars, and even this differs by model year. Expecting Bluetooth to be at least as interoperable as Wi-Fi I was flabbergasted when Infiniti told me that my AT&T 8525 was the cause of my M35 console freeze which made all functions including climate control, radio, CD, navigation, fan and backup camera unusable. Their first offer was another phone! But their IS no there is no other phone with a slide out keyboard, MS O/S, voice recognition, Wi-Fi, MS Office and Bluetooth. I rejected the notion that I should give up these features simply because they are out of compliance wit the Bluetooth standard. Now I discover many other car companies are in violation of their agreement to be interoperable and therefore infringe upon the Bluetooth trademark and its intellectual property license. I am told, disingenuously I think, that actions taken against companies that are part of the Bluetooth Organization cannot be revealed based on their privacy rights. However, if they are allowed to continue being arbiters of a standard they do not own by specifying which phones may be used in their cars then all of us that purchase multi-function phones will eventually find Bluetooth useless since we will be unable to be assured that our phones will work with any car that uses the Bluetooth trademark. Should this happen, both the trademark and intellectual propery rights of Bluetooth will be of no value simply becuase they were not defended.mannaciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11314959201288735082noreply@blogger.com