treo 700p = BAD. it syncs, phone book loads, but wont make or receive calls/quickly unpairs. i have an r53 and use the verizon treo 700p....it looks like i'm going blackberry

 

My Sony Ericsson w580i works great with the BT in my 2008 MC. My complete address book uploaded with 350 entries and 500-600 numbers. All the user interface functions on the MC computer and MFSW have worked flawlessly so far. I do not have the cradle option, just BT.

 

Great thread. I just wanted to give a few heads up, as I work for Verizon, on a few phones that work with the MINI. The LG-VX9400 works. As far as the LG-VX-8550 and VX-8700 are concerned, to get around the possible connection problems, they need to be updated to the latest software. (This can be done at any verizon store.) I hope this clears a few things up, and i'll let you know what else has been proven to work as I come across it. Cheers.

 

Many thanks siryoung , nice to hear that about the latest software updates and hoping it's true for the LGVX5300, though it's supposed to work, at least somewhat, according to this very helpful thread.

 

Blackberry 8310 curve works.

 

I'll work on trying to get those to sync with a coworkers mini and get back to you guys. I'll also be trying the treo 700p and 755p . Updates soon.

 

Do you know if there's a cradle available for this phone?

 

HTC PC 6800 Windows Mobile works.....

...downloads phone book, makes and receives calls...

 

There's not one specifically listed that I've found. Your best chance is probably to see if it's the same charger-type as one of the other Nokia snap-ins (non-Nokia snap-in's snipped):

 

My bad. I meant the Sony Ericsson w580i works perfectly.

 

The LG LX165, sold by Virgin Mobile as the "FLARE" basic functionality, placing and receiving calls, works (08 MCSa with Convenience Bluetooth).

Still figuring out some things, such as taking the phone out of my pocket and putting it where the car can "see" it when I start out...

 

I have two LG VX-8550s and both sync fine. I have not gotten the phone book to work yet but answering calls and voice number dialing work great.

 

Anyone with address book transfer problems with a Nokia phone may be interested in this thread over on Mini2. It looks like the contacts download software that is linked to provides an address book service on the phone that's compatible with the MINIs expected address book format. People in the thread report that it works with the car for the N95 and the 6120, but may make other syncs (such as iCal) stop working.

 

Motrola i335 ... doesn't seem to work. Still trying to configure the interface.

 

Indeed.. its works great with my Nokia N95.

Also - it categorizes numbers.. unlike my Razr. So instead of just seeing the same name, it shows Work, Home, Mobile, etc..


Check it out!

 

I have a blackberry curve with At&T. It pairs up nicely but only syncs up some of the contacts in my address book. Has anyone had any problems like this? I am thinking that it has something to do with some special characters in the contacts that it doesn't like. Maybe the email address? I'll try to do some more trial and error experiments and post later.

Also, does the contact information stay in the computer even when I turn off the engine. I'm just concerned about leaving phone numbers out for anyone to see.

 

With my Razr, when it's not connected to the car, there are no numbers or names in the car's phone book.

 

Just an update to the sync problem that I was having. It was because of the bluetooth options on my blackberry. There was a filter in the address book transfer setting that prohibited some of the contacts from being transferred over. Now I can see all 280+ contacts!

 

Thanks Minidrivr. I'm just a little paraniod, I guess.

 

I just got my mini and not too familiar with the car yet, i have the convenience package and tried to link up my K550i with the bluetooth and could not connect but my phone reckognized my mini but still couldn't connect, am i doing something wrong?

 

It's possible that you're doing something wrong- I couldn't find any reports of the K550i's compatibility, but the K580i's pretty similar and will connect (although there's other problems later...)

If you're still having problems, start up a new thread looking for help (the plan is to keep this thread as a report of known working or not working). Feel free to PM me with a link.

 

Anyone try a Palm Treo 680. I think only AT&T sells them. Sounds like the Palm Treos don't work but I haven't seen this one listed so I thought I'd ask. It syncs well with other Bluetooth devices including my Garmin Zumo.

 

I haven't seen any specific references to the 680, but I don't see any significant differences for the Bluetooth setup between them and the 700p's. Both running Bluetooth v1.2 and Palm OS 5.4.x. In case you hadn't seen it, the problem with them isn't that they don't sync, but after a certain amount of use the MINIs Bluetooth module locks up.

It doesn't seem like it would hurt to try once or twice, the risks with the 700p's come in after a significant number of syncs based on the reports I've seen. Of course, we don't really know what the exact problem is, and it doesn't sound like we'll get to find out.

 

Anyone try a Motorola V3xx (AT&T)? Will the V3 cradle fit the V3xx?

 

My Motorola W385 works perfectly with the car.