[maemo-users] Bluetooth headphones and mp3's

[From: Neil MacLeod]

Simon Pickering wrote:
>> I haven't heard these HSP/HFP/A2DP headsets being called "multipoint"
>> before but I've been calling them "combo" sets. The interesting thing
>> here is the set prefers to be master on both its active connections so
>> it can communicate with separate hifi and voice devices in a single
>> piconet.
> 
> That's just from my browsing on Amazon and other online retailers 
> before I bought mine (a reasonably priced Jabra BT320s), I (and they) 
> may be using the wrong terminology.
> 

Sony Ericsson refer to this feature as "multipoint" so it is the correct terminology, at least according to some vendors (inc. the original inventor of the technology!) :)

The following is printed on the packaging of my SE HBH-DS970 headset:

* Multipoint function
  - listen to music stored in Bluetooth-enabled PC/PDA
  - handle in-coming calls