Many people need to improve their cellular reception however they don’t want to be connected to the wire of an external antenna or cellular power boooster which can be very effective options at lower costs. One option is to leave your cell phone connected to an external antenna or power booster and use a Bluetooth hands free device to walk around with freely. With most Bluetooth devices, you can be within 30 feet of your phone and still make a connection.
When shopping for Bluetooth headsets, you must match more than just your phone’s Bluetooth version number. You should also match Bluetooth PROFILES for both your phone and the Bluetooth product you are considering to make sure you can take full advantage of its features.
BlueAnt Supertooth 3 Bluetooth Hands-Free
For instance, one of the newest and hottest selling Bluetooth hands free devices is the BlueAnt Supertooth 3. It is Bluetooth 2.0 compatible however, in order for your phone to take advantage of its voice dialing function; your cell phone must be capable of voice dialing. In order to take advantage of the Supertooth 3’s ability to dial from your mobile phone’s phone book, your phone must support sending its phone book entries to other devices (OPP and PBA Profiles).
Here’s a list of some common profiles.
- HSP and HFP – Headset and Hands Free is supported by most phones and required by Bluetooth devices
- PBA – Your phone allows it’s phone book to be used by other devices for browsing and dialing.
- OPP – Object Push Profile (allows transfer of an object file one Bluetooth device to another, photos, contacts, files, etc.)
- DUN – Dial Up Networking -ability to connect your laptop (for instance) to the Internet via the phone.
- BPP – Ability to connect to printers
- A2DP, AVRC – Connect to Stereo Headphones
- HID – Connect to external Bluetooth keyboards.
So, dig a little deeper into the specs of any Bluetooth device before purchasing to make sure your cell phone can take advantage of all the feature’s you’re paying for.
