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Apple may be working with AT&T on iPhone tethering plan:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/...

everyone I have spoken to has asked me how the iphone 3G is. I told them it is great but it hasn't got full bluetooth capabilities. Almost all of them said they would not purchase the phone owing to this!!

Surely Apple must understand that they are indeed losing many many more customers, owing to this alone!

You could play a noise, think Guitar Hero, when you miss a note. This will only help those with sound tho (iPhone or iPod Touch with headphones).

Well in 1.2 When you miss a note at the top it says MISS and when you do miss a note your screen will shake indicating that your multiplier is back to 1X

i just played Sololuna, the default Extreme track, on my iPhone 3G, with 2.0.2. I didn't notice any lagging, and had no false misses.

Can you give your setup, and which tracks are giving you problems?

Have also got the same problem as Chris XD

I think that it should make an erratic noise.

Before the newest update I used to get 80% to 90% on the expert songs bit now it keeps saying I've missed them when I haven't. I now get 40% to 70% on the expert songs.

The thing that disappoints me is that I can't transfer the files from my old phone to the iPhone and that if my wife wants to send me a file from her Samsung phone, she has to go through the convoluted process of pulling the file off her phone to her laptop, booting up my pc and copying the file to my system, then synching my iPhone to pick up that file. For a device that is supposed to make tasks easier, this seems to be more than a little daft.

David,

That would be pretty awesome. You've identified an example of Bluetooth that might make me care.

Why does the rest of the world have to suffer due to USA AT&T restrictions on tethered usage on plans? – MDNZ, on August 18, 2008 21:06

My prefs for Bluetooth usage: wireless sync & file/object transfer (however less of issue if able to do so over Wifi/Airport), tethered Modem (number 1 requirement)

The only reason _I_ would like better bluetooth is to be able to use my wireless keyboard with my iPhone. Other than that I see no need for it.

Apple once took away the floppy disk drive, which many people thought was outrageous. Turns out, no one missed it after all. Apple was ahead of the curve. I, myself, was puzzled about Apple's decision with that one. I was wrong. I don't even own a single floppy disk anymore (not even for nostalgic reasons). (Dell finally followed their lead five years later.)

But with Bluetooth, I am not as puzzled. If I want to, for example, share a picture, I just e-mail it from my iPhone. I guess I have already moved past Bluetooth. I have a Bluetooth dongle I haven't used in ages, and I definitely don't miss it. I guess it would be nice for some people to use it for particular devices and headsets. But, not me. I just use the headphone mic they gave me with the iPhone. Works great, and I don't look like a Borg member walking around with a piece of futuristic-looking plastic sticking out of one of my ears.

If you're not a long-time Apple user, thinking like I do takes some getting used to ("use what they gave you"). I think that the best thing to say is that if Bluetooth is a deal-breaker -- or a higher MP camera, or video -- then the iPhone is probably not for you.

why not voice it directly
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.... – MDNZ, on August 18, 2008 05:47

I can understand why many are frustrated by the limited BT functions/services that are supported (I am one of those frustrated) however to be furious? Since the release of iPhone 3G it has been voiced in many forums and in journalist reviews to the limited BT support. Also Apple do not promote that BT is for anything more than headset. I too am hoping this will change very soon, and we will be able to use more services, but as it stands we are well informed from the iPhone community and can made educated purchasing decisions accordingly. – MDNZ, on August 18, 2008 05:43

I was so happy to get an iPhone the other day!!! but today when I tried to connect with my friend bluetooth to share a song, it was unable to dectect her and she was unable to detect me, I am so furious about this!!!

yeah the 2X multiplier happens twice before you get to the 4X thats with me anyway LOL so it should be 2X 2X 4X..........until you miss again or not miss

It doesn't mean you missed a note if you get 2X it just means that you got two vary close notes tapped already, but yeah if at the end of the game it says 100% then your fine.

i had just planned to buy a aplle iphone 3g...buh wad d !@#$...it doesnt e1 support bluetooth...

n my friend henry u tawkin a bout emailin stuff...I stay in india n here to email a song or a video u need to activate ur GPRS system..which wld again charge you heavyly...n itz not affordalbe by most..n if u hav a bluetooth..it simply bcomez so eazy to transfer data...that to fee of cost...
n yeah thats a basic thing every tom dick n harry has on hiz phone...
n firstly it doesnt even hav a good camera..so a bluetooth wld hav made up for a bad camera..as v can plan sumthin like gettin a photo clicked on sum other phone n then been sending it on d iphone..
n here the phonez gonna b launched for 24000Rs/-..thats sumthin around 600 USD....if they r relli plannin to sell th phone for such a high cost..wldnt it b worth buyin it onli if it has all watz needed by the locals here...huh!!!...
itz relli hopeless unless sum1 cumz up with a good solution atleast for the bluetooth issue.....