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shop floor staff are wrong?

4 replies · 3,120 views · Started 12 November 2003

knuckleskin 12 Nov 2003, 01:56

I wanted to know stuff about the n-gage so i went to my local network provider shop for more info on the n-gage. I had these simple questions...

1. Can i use any bluetooth headphone set with the phone? Cos i didnt want to look like i was talking into a sandwich. And can i listen to my mp3s and radio through it?
Shop assistant: Yup
Now this may be right, im not sure, but all the stuff i read points this out to be wrong, because you need the headphones, especially for the radio plugged in, to act as an arial

2. Is there changeable covers?
Shop assistant: Yup
I think this is right, but as yet, i havnt seen any new covers to buy.

3. Is there any way i can get pictures into the phone?
Shop assistant: Dont know
This one im feeling more and more confident about. You cant plug that grey nokia camera into the phone, but the new "Fun camera" the red thing, i think has removable memory, which i think is an SD/MMC so that could go into the phone.

Those are the only ones i couldnt find any concrete answers too, after 2hs of searching on google, ngage and technology sites. The �1 a minute number the store gave me to their help center and the ngage center wasnt what i wanted. Im not dissing the store cos they tried really hard to help me, but failed miserably. Thing is, its easy to find information on features that exist, but damn difficult to find features that dont exist. So i leave it to you guys to give me a point in the right direction.

Thanks

GhostDog 12 Nov 2003, 11:37

1.Some Bluetooth headsets will work,some won't it depends what Bluetooth profile they support.I think the N-Gage support the new Headset profile where most older BT headsets support the Handsfree profile.

2.The N-Gage does support XpressON covers.

3.Nothing about a working camera has been confirmed yet.

knuckleskin 12 Nov 2003, 18:34

Thanks for your help.
On the headset one tho, to listen to radio say, which profile do i need for it to work? or is it just trial and error?

I also thought of a nother one.

4. If i have a local network, with internet connection sharing and a bluetooth adaptor, can i use the n-gage to connect to the internet through my server?
Shop assistant: Dont know
If nokia were really bright they would include this feature its not actually as hard as it sounds to implement, if the phone could use a normal HTTP protocol and display a HTML page. But im not sure if it does. I have heard it is possible tho.

I might be asking questions way out of the depth of the knowledge of this forum, but ive seen other similar phones that have these features. Or the ability to have these features.
Thanks

hornma 12 Nov 2003, 19:02

you cannot use a BT headset to listen to the radio or mp3s.. its for calls only.. you have to use headphones for the rest (or the speakerphone.)

Matt