IPOD Jeep
 

http://densionusa.com/merchant/merch...de=IA_Chrysler

The site lists 96-04 Jeep products. Pull up the applicable year to make sure your model is listed. The icelink connection attaches to the back of the headunit. (If you go this route, far superior sound quality, but you will probably need a professional install to get to the rear of the radio.)

Comcast and TiVo make a deal
 

After talks initially fell through, the two companies reached a cross-marketing deal today. Read about it here.

Speakerboxxx
 

Does anyone have a good speakerphone that will do full duplex, mute, caller id, like the one in my office? Even better if it has a cordless phone that will take a 2.5mm earpiece and do mute on the earpiece.

I can find these features from a lot of phones, but I want to find one with very good sound quality.

My three-pronged (can't remember the brand, but you know what I'm talking about) home speakerphone is giving horrible feedback, and I really need one so that I'm not stuck at the office doing these calls when I don't want to be.

Speakerboxxx
 

If you mean polycom, that's what I would ahve suggested.

Such as the Soundpoint

http://www.polycom.com/products_serv...1-3021,00.html

Speakerboxxx
 

Ugh, anything cheaper? I think that I might just try some purchasing crap at Best Buy or something, testing it to see how it works, and then returning the bad ones.

Speakerboxxx
 

You'll not likely find a phone that does duplex in a big box store.

Speakerboxxx
 

or for less than a couple hundred.

Speakerboxxx
 

His avatar does convey "whiny cheap bastard" pretty well . . .

Speakerboxxx
 

Ummm, you're big law right? Steal one from a visiting partner office. They'll never suspect you.


I don't know what happened to training for these new guys.

Speakerboxxx
 

That seems stupid and unnecessarily risk-loving. I may see if I can pull off expensing it, though.

For $50 or so I can just roll the dice at eBay again. I only need a home phone for a few hours a week anyway, and it's just because I've been using to many cell phone minutes lately. Maybe I'll just get a good cordless with a mutable headphone jack. It's mostly about the handsfree.

Speakerboxxx
 

You could hold out for the new Uniden cordless, with bluetooth. Hands and cord free.

Clear Channel, Cloudy Mind
 

I know that there have been many posts on this, and I've actually started to look into this before, but please indulge me, as I've got a bit too much going on right now to sort through it all.

Can anyone tell how to play an iPod through the stereo of a BMW (2004/325) without a cassette player, other than the wireless FM transmitter? Does the BMW have an easy-to-use input that I just can't see?

Also, what's involved in getting Sirius or XM or whatever the satellite radio deal is?

ETA I've been to the Dension site. I just want to avoid the hassle of buying the wrong thing, or something I don't need.

http://densionusa.com/merchant/merch...ry_Code=IA_BMW

http://www.ipodyourbmw.com/
 

They list 3 series 2002 forward.

http://www.ipodyourbmw.com/
 

Excellent. Thank you.

Clear Channel, Cloudy Mind
 

There's a cheaper version, called the aux input. About $35 at dealers, plus installation (which you can do yourself if you want a small challenge. It basically connects to the back of the radio and comes out in your glovebox or other location of your chosing (center console is best).

Clear Channel, Cloudy Mind
 

Wait for the 2006 E90, which will have an aux input on the face of the radio, I think.

Clear Channel, Cloudy Mind
 

It will be in the center console. But I doubt RP is looking for the $12,000, trade-in-and-buy-new solution.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

I don't remember if this has been discussed here yet. Has anyone here used the BlackBerry 7100 series handheld as a primary device? Now that Cingular has the 7100g, I am considering it.

thanks,
AdL

BlackBerry 7100x
 

My co-worker does, and he is very satisfied. I'm thinking of biting the bullet myself. Make sure to get a bluetooth earpiece.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

BT is one of the primary reasons for getting it. I have a couple of headsets, and have BT on all of my computers and in my car. It's an indispensible feature, in my view.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

Would you mind explaining in some kind of simplified way what BT does that is so great? I have no clue what it is.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

Bluetooth is a low-power, low-range, low-security protocol for wireless devices. You can get small, light wireless headsets/earpieces that use it.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

You lost me at "security protocol" and at how a security protocol would be on a headset, and why I would want to listen to a security protocol.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

When used in reference to phones or crackberries, bluetooth is a system that allows you to use wireless headsets. I have a bluetooth headset for my cell phone and they're great. No wires to get tangled and my phone doesn't leave my pocket when I'm driving or on the train.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

This makes sense. How would Alex be using it on his computers and in his car? Would you use it in some way on a crackberry that is not phone-enabled?

BlackBerry 7100x
 

Translation: Wonk is one of those guys you see walking around with something from Star Trek clipped to his ear, maybe talking to himself, maybe not.

Second translation: so am I.

BT is the balls--it eliminates any reason (i.e., the cord) for not using a headset. It also allows you to transfer data to your BT-equipped computer, or vice versa, without plugging in your cell phone. So, it is incredibly easy to transfer your entire address book to your cell phone, updating it regularly. With full names, not abbreviations like mburg.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

OK, now I'm just curious about Alex's car having it. And, if you still have to run some kind of program to synch your phone with the computer, how that is oh-so-much better than sticking the cord in the phone/computer.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

Hmmm. Does it make it any more likely that naked pictures will get hacked?

P.S. Getting the iPod thingy installed in the car on Monday. I will report on whether it's great or not. Next step: satellite radio.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

my phone doesn't make pictures.

oh and to burger -- mmmmmm, meatballs.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

You will love the satellie radio. I have Sirius, but I am sure that XM is fine, too. Although I heard that ClearChannel is somehow involved with XM.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

Before you get it installed, ask the dealer if you'll also be able to install satellite radio too. If it's the icelink you're having installed, my recollection is that it takes up the jack used for satellite radio. But I could be wrong on that, because I have neither sat. radio nor the icelink, just the regular aux-in adapter.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

how many naked pictures do you have on your phone?

Wanna meet up?

BlackBerry 7100x
 

He may have his phone integrated with the car's phone wiring, so he can make calls through the car's speakerphone on his regular cell phone. Just think of it as a big, $30,000 headset.

Because you don't have to fiddle with cables? (e.g., leave it in your purse, sit down at computer, download/upload). and you don't have to go buy the cable specific to your phone, which you'll replace soon anyway, and then need a new cable? Also, BT is an open-standard, so that you don't usually need special software to move the addresses to your phone.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

It's not my phone I'm worried about.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

Oh, damn, good point. Site says it's not available if you have satellite radio.

Seems it might be better to get the aux-in, go without the neat features of skipping songs by using the steering wheel controls, and get satellite. I don't update my playlists endlessly and I do get sick of some things on my iPod.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

are you getting the BMW one? Because it's a pretty sucky interface. You can skip songs and choose from 1 of 5 playlists. You're prob. better off with the aux in, unless you need charging capabilities. Also, Dension makes one that may be able to work with satellite, although I think it's more expensive.

Of course, unless you're a travelling saleswoman, why isn't the ipod enough?

BlackBerry 7100x
 

Well, it's disgustingly easy to hack a Bluetooth device without appropriate security. And most don't have the appropriate security setup to start and most people never do it. I'm pretty unconcerned about wireless security generally, but there are tons of examples of people hacking into BT phones, making them do things, making calls, stealing the address lists and e-mails of people, etc.

For example, see this article: http://news.com.com/Sony+Ericsson+ph...78.html?tag=nl .

It's old, but there was just a big article in a recent Wired about bluesnarfing and the increasing use of it. It depends how much you use your phone in a public area with lots of other people around. If you are usually at home, at the office or in your car, or can figure out the right settings to not broadcast all your info, it might work for you. I'm not trying to scare anybody; I'm just saying that a lot of people I know and trust are very wary of Bluetooth generally for the transmission of personal information, and Bluetooth is one of the least secure digital wireless standards ever implemented.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

*sigh*

I wanted to know what purpose bluetooth serves that makes everyone so hyper about how fabulous it is. You totally are not addressing my issue. But now it's been addressed by Mmmmmm "I know how to read" Burger so don't sweat it.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

Sorry, sorry. You misparsed my original statement, but I thought that your question was already answered. It's not a security protocol, it's a protocol with low security. But the security issues are relevant.

BlackBerry 7100x
 

It allows wireless, hands-free use of the phone, using a built-in mic and playing the sound through the car's stereo system. I have a kit made by Parrot. It works exactly as advertised.