Bluetooth Mobile + bluetooth enabled PC for a VOIP solution?

Emmo

Sorry if this seems like a really stupid question but would it be possible to have a BB enabled computer with a bluetooth dongle and then use your blue tooth mobile phone to make VOIP calls using a program like Skype etc etc?

Emmo

Kommy

Yes,

Have been looking at plantronics stuff and there is a headset called voyager which has a bluetooth dongle which can be used on a pc.

let me know how u get on if u go for it.

Blaster99

Emmo wrote:

Sorry if this seems like a really stupid question but would it be possible to have a BB enabled computer with a bluetooth dongle and then use your blue tooth mobile phone to make VOIP calls using a program like Skype etc etc?

No. You would need a phone that has WiFi support and a SIP client or Skype on it, but then you don't need the computer of course.

cormac_byrne

http://www.rokviper.com/

UK-based ROK Mobile Communications has developed a VoIP application that uses your mobile telephone like a Bluetooth headset to connect to the company's network.

Once downloaded onto a Windows computer, the ROK Viper client also installs onto a compatible phone handset and, when run, copies the contact list from the phone to display it on the PC screen. It also displays presence information, indicating if that contact is currently logged onto the ROK network. Clicking on the name dials the contact, with the call being routed over Bluetooth to the handset.

All calls are free, but right now can only be made to other ROK users. The next few weeks will see the ability to dial any number, at a price, added. Such calls will be routed over the internet where possible, so charged at a very low rate, in a similar fashion to the popular SkypeOut service.
Currently, only a few handsets are supported (Nokia 6630, 6680, 6681, 6682, N70 and N90), but ROK expect to have over 100 handsets supported by the end of the year.

The alternative would be to use Skype with a Bluetooth headset connected to your PC. Obviously, this wouldn't integrate your phone address book, and can be difficult to configure, but it would mean you could phone a lot more people for free.

gerryo

Emmo wrote:

Sorry if this seems like a really stupid question... Emmo

No, that's a great question!:)

I would assume a phone that can run a Java app (J2ME) that allows access to bluetooth (JSR82) & multimedia (JSR234, I think) could be an excellent client.

Maybe something similar for Symbian phones, also for PDA's.

That would be a handy app, especially if the it could be running in the background & respond to incoming calls from a BT enabled PC as well as regular network calls.

Mossy

There is an application/service called EQO for Skype that lets you use Skype from your mobile. EQO is free, at least for the time being, but of course you'll still have to pay Skype for the calls.

Normally you'd have to pay for the GPRS data used in making a call in this way, but if you have a phone that is compatable with gnubox (some Sony Ericsson and Nokia models) then you may be able to use your PC's internet connection via bluetooth instead of GPRS. I.e. the application on the phone thinks it's connecting via GPRS, but it's actually connecting to your computer over bluetooth and using the computer's internet connection. To do this you need to install gnubox on your phone. Gnubox is free, but it's not a trivial task to setup. You have to jump through some hoops to get it to work, a potentially frustrating experience.

Earls

yes you can.
I currently use my headset for my mobile phone for voip on my laptop. saves having two devices.
You just have to make sure the bluetooh dongle drivers supports the headset profile as some only support data transfer for files or using a mobile phone as a modem.
But if you buy both headset and dongle together you should be fine.