BBHub reader Scott Kane is not able to come up with an explanation of why a series of BlackBerrys he has used all seem to totally lose their Bluetooth connection in his automobiles.
"I have had problems with the 7100, 7105, 7290, 8700, and now 8100 all dropping my Bluetooth connection in my car," Scott tells us.
He adds that his vehicle has a U-Connect from DaimlerChrysler factory installed. Not only has it been happening in five different cars and five different BlackBerrys.
By now, the first indications of a failure are familiar to Scott. He says that while the BlackBerry Bluetooth connection is fine and reliable at first, then before long then the BlackBerry starts showing "connection to U-Connect lost."
Removing the battery and then placing it back in provides temporary relief. But do you agree with Scott and me that constantly having to do this is a pain?
"At first I thought it to be the car," he writes. "But now that I've been through 3 cars and countless BlackBerry devices I think the problem lies in the BlackBerry."
Readers, have you had similar experiences?
1. I have had 3 different 8700c's and have tried 5 different Bluetooth headsets with them. None of them could maintain a constant connection with my BlackBerry. They all work fine when I am on a call, but when I am in between calls, my headsets all kept dropping connection/reconnecting repeatedly. VERY ANNOYING! It seems from reading forums, and articles like the one above, this is a very common problem. The Bluetooth headsets all worked fine with my wife's RAZR, so it appears to be something between them and BB. Process of elimination tells me either all 5 headsets from 3 different manufacturers are bad, or the 8700c is to blame. Is this the kind of thing that will ever be fixed by RIM?
Posted at 10:45PM on Oct 22nd 2006 by JoshR