Comments on: VoIP: headset, USB phone or BT headset?

By: Ewan Marshall

Ewan Marshall — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:12:52 +0000

I always thought bluez could do both the client and server side…. as openmoko just uses the bluez stack…

By: Ted Lemon

Ted Lemon — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:22:25 +0000

For what it's worth, I was able to get the Plantronics Voyager 510 to work with the stock bluez-utils on Ubuntu's Feisty Fawn release. It did take a bit of fussing with config files, though.

Audio quality is great - it's easy to hear, and people can hear me well.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:40:09 +0000

Plantronics makes really nifty Bluetooth headsets. I’m going to get the Pulsar 590A to use with my (soon to get) Neo. It’s quite bulky, but it has A2DP, so you can have wire-free HiFi music playback on tour :)

See http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/products/cat1150057/cat1150057/prod29780013 for details (make sure to get the 590A if you want the “legacy” audio transmitter)

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:19:50 +0000

Ewan: Neo1973 can use headset but not work as one.

By: Ewan Marshall

Ewan Marshall — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:55:52 +0000

s/openmoko/neo1973/

By: Ewan Marshall

Ewan Marshall — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:55:31 +0000

Why not use the openmoko handset as a bluetooth phone?

By: Al

Al — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:14:21 +0000

The Yealink P1K is supported in the kernel and has been rebadged by several manufacturers including US Robotics. It works well with Yeaphone, an extension of linphone that uses the keypad and display on the handset. http://www.devbase.at/voip/yeaphone.php