N800 has cell phone reciever/headset
 

Hello everyone

Great community...I'm a long time reader, first time poster (going to finally be getting my n800 in a few days). I've been doing a lot of reading of course, but i can't find out one thing; can I use the n800 in a reversal of roles, in that i use it to send and receive calls from my bluetooth paired cell phone? I know the Samsung P2 mp3 player can do this....so there must be a way such a powerful unit could somehow also have this feature? (or am I ignorant of another fact?)

Thanks again.

Re: N800 has cell phone reciever/headset
 

If it's possible, I haven't seen any signs of it.

Re: N800 has cell phone reciever/headset
 

It's possible, of course, but I'm not sure if anybody has (stably) implemented the protocols and front-end, yet, though.

Re: N800 has cell phone reciever/headset
 

Well, a lot of Bluetooth headphones and headsets (such as the Nokia BH-500) have call controls. The BH-500 routes the call entirely through the headphones, and lets you answer or redial the last number, so you can effectively use your phone without removing it from your pocket.

As General Antilles says, this should be technically possible on the tablets too by using the same Bluetooth profile, but no one has done it yet.

I think to be honest though, most people would wonder why anyone would want to do this. A phone is so much easier to dig out of your pocket than a tablet, and you'd have to carry both for a Bluetooth solution to work, so why not just use the phone by itself?

Another approach is of course to use a VOIP service such as Skype on the tablet, with the phone as the internet connection.

Re: N800 has cell phone reciever/headset
 

Another solution might be to have a BT access point or BT on a SIP/Asterisk server. You drop the phone near the BT and route calls through a SIP service. In other words the cell ties to a SIP server and your NIT (or any other SIP client on PC etc) can use the line.

I'm thinking of doing this mainly for inbound calls that happen to come in on a cell #. (I don't own a cell but the workmates do). Outbound on SIP via other trunk lines are usually much cheaper. The cell becomes a trunk line for the SIP server.

This isn't exactly what you were asking but is what I'm planning. The idea is that people drop their phones near my server when they come to work and then take them home later. The deskphone and NIT can take regular calls as well as their cell calls.

Re: N800 has cell phone reciever/headset
 

That's an interesting idea, but why don't they just take their mobile phones with them to their desks?

Or do they want to disguise personal calls as business calls? ;-)