so you need a third device? the Jabra adaptor? If yes, its not for me.

So, the only thing I need to do to get my Bluetooth-enabled Treo to function as almost every other Bluetooth-enabled smartphone is to buy something that has nothing to do with the Treo?

Amazing. And this is a site that supposedly promotes the Treo?

I'd hate to see the articles you'd publish if you had a problem with the phone. Maybe articles like this one, because this certainly doesn't portray the Treo in a very positive light.

Well, the truth is, Palm is the one that did not, I repeat did NOT, implement the full Bluetooth API for voice dialing into the ROM's of the Treo smartphones.

This solution allows existing Treo owners to do true voice dialing with out touching the Treo. Most states will move towards this law in the car, and now there is a solution to address this lacking feature of the Treo’s.

If you want to make negative comments about MyTreo.net, I would suggest you point the negative comments to Palm for not addressing this issue in the ROM of the devices.

Come on, let’s be positive about the information they do provide. The first to point the finger, seem to be the ones that don’t research out the real problem before speaking.

I'm all for it - mytreo.net is only publishing information that points out how absolutely stupid and ridiculous Palm has been about this issue. And, it is a very kludgy solution - but if it's absolutely critical for someone to have this working then they now have a solution that claims to work 100%.

So, between the WiFi sled and this bluetooth voice recognition add-on, it's obvious that there is some very basic and commonly expected "smartphone" stuff that works on the Treo, that Palm could have put into the Treo had they wanted.... but didn't.

I designed and published a workaround for the missing reset hole on the Treo 755, again it wasn't as elegant a solution as just leaving in the %#$% reset hole... but it works "good enough" for those few of us that actually need to reset a Treo once in a while (wink, wink).

Thanks for the feedback.

This article was written by the author of VoiceDialit and posted here at his request. Our goal was to be supportive of him and share information some in the community may find useful.

We agree that Palm should incorporate this functionality into their smartphones. From our meetings with Palm, we have developed an impression that they grasp the race that they're in, and are moving to compete aggressively.

We expect that to mean features like the one described herein will become standard. That said, we have no special insight as to when we might see this included in an update or future model.

Well it something, I guess. I use VoiceSignal and it works for me. I already keep my phone in a window mounted cradle and use a visor clipped on bluetooth. So for me, pressing the side button on the phone is just as easy as pushing a button on the bluetooth. The phone automatically forwards the call to the bluetooth. I cant stand those things in my ear. Besides, I got tired of people thinking I was talking to myself or them. :)

Aside from the aforementioned issue that it's yet another device that has to be attached to your Treo, there's another issue.

My first bluetooth headset was a Jabra that came with its own dongle, like the A210, which I used with other phones. The wire that attached to the 2.5mm plug was flimsy, and after a short period of time, the unit became, pretty much, non-functional, because it couldn't maintain an actual connection, internally.

Ok, enough about what Palm should've or not done. We do what we must to have the features we need. I have the Jabra BT8010 stereo headset working with my Treo 680; thanks to AudioGateway. Now I can do some kind of telephone book dialing internally with the headset, but... Anyway, I wonder if the VoiceDialIt software will work in my 680 running AudioGateway? Or, will the two conflict and shut eachother down?

WARNING!!!! I have an earlier version of the Jabra adapter and it has a very annoying problem that led me abandon it.

Being that the adapter is not part of the phone, it has no way of knowing, without a doubt, if there is an active conversation or not. It can detect voices going in either direction from the BT headset to the adapter and back.

Unfortunately it cannot tell from your voice if you are talking on the phone or the person next to you. So, the adapter goes into power-saving mode if the remote party doesn't speak every 30 seconds or so. As a result, if you tell a 31 second joke the adapter goes into power saving mode and your voice is cut off.

Once the other person starts speaking or (I think) if you hit the connect button on your headset things restart, but this is really annoying. Furthermore, the model I have goes into standby without a beep or any audible notification. So, when I was rambling on, I could go a long time before I realized the other person couldn't hear me. I just thought that they were enraptured with my conversation ;-)

Whoa!!!!! Step back everybody. This entire article and discussion is a waste of time. There is a FREE way to do this and it WORKS!

I use Sprint and there is a voice command operator with voice recognition that blows all the Treo software away. All you have to do is add names and phone numbers to your address book in your online account (you can upload from your email application). Then press "*" and Talk/Send to dial the voice operator. The firs thing you hear is, "Ready." Then just say "212555xxxx" etc, or say the person's name or nickname if you gave them one online. The operator repeats it back and you confirm. Then the operator says "dialing". Now tell me that all the crap you have to go through to make it work with commercial software is easier than this... I didn't think so.

BTW: Most bluetooth headsets allow you to press the talk button twice to redial. Well guess what? When you do that, you get the voice operator again. So, all you have to do is press the button twice and then put your hand back on the steering wheel. Sweeeet.

I've tried all this so-called voice dialing software and none of it works as well as this.

Trying to look at the humorous side, the $20 Jabra is more portable, and a lot cheaper, than my current “hands-free, Bluetooth Treo voice dialing” solution ($40K Dodge Magnum – grin)