I just got a bluetooth headset

[bluedevils]

It is so convenient to have the earpiece on, talking to someone and be able to browse on the phone at the same time or just keep the phone in the pocket all together.  Voice recognition works great for dialing.  The earpiece makes the possibility of having a phone the size of a Z clamshell so viable.

My ultimate device would be a clamshell with integrated phone, wifi and bluetooth [coupled to handsfree setups (car or headsets)].  No need to carry so many devices and complete versatility.

[guylhem]

You know you can make the headset work on the zaurus too? I use it with flite to read me ebooks aloud, so I can read them while walking etc.

See: http://externe.net/zaurus/bluetooth-audio-sco/

I'm actually trying to have both the phone and the Z using the headset at the same time (say if the phone rings, stop reading the ebook), or making the Z emulate a headset for my cellphone to save a .wav of the conversation among other things... There are so many possibilites! When I got my bluetooth headset, I realised this was the real convergence thing. Wifi is cool, but bluetooth is better- more general, since you can use a wireless headset, keyboard, networking etc.

Using a Siemens S65 - S66 in the US - and a Bluetrek G2N. Will purchase a stereo bluetooth headset soon.

[xjqian]

guylhem, care to explain how to make the bt headset work (on 6K)? I don't know how to take advantage of the stuffs in the link you provided.

edit: saw the readme now. reading... and WIP. should be very nice. thanks guylhem, you always solve for me exactly what I want.
edit2: sigh! not many application support audiosco. The one I really hope to work is the VoIP (kPhone). seems not worth the effort to try it on my 6000L. nice to know it's there though.

[guylhem]

I'm glad you find my work interesting :-) so many hacks, so few time, and always the question : is this cool or stupid. Well, at least that one is cool :-)

Regarding audiosco, it is just a demo. Feel free to feed 8 bit mulaw data to the pipe from any application. Once, TimW made me a demo opie-reader which would simply pass the text being displayed to an external program. I then had flite produce audio. If you can add voice recognition to the address book, you'll have what you describe. Consider what I did a "proof of concept" - nothing more. It's not made to be usable, but if someone want to code something around, go for it.

I'm very into that convergence you mentionned - like you I believe different small things will go into different body parts to play different functions. Like everybody has a wristwatch and a usb key, in the future I imagine people having headsets for phone or vocal interaction, a small screen/keyboard that you can hold in your hand or video displaying goggles (soon - I had the opportunity to test a wearable pc prototype - wow. that on a zaurus would rock, if it could be fed enough power), along with some central unit for storage and wireless communication.

Someday :-)

[orange]

It would be realy nice if the Z would stop playing music and give you some kind of notification when the Phone rings

[Ferret-Simpson]

Need I point (Once again) At the icuiti?
www.icuiti.com

They started to make Zaurus drivers, but stopped after apparently a "Lack of demand" They shoulda advertised in Tokyo. . . .

They do have an SDK, but it only works under Windows. . . I could try and extract it on my Mom's PC? (Unix-User, Mother's is the only PC I have access to which still runs windows)