A2DP Stereo Bluetooth Support

I agree with tokatta, I actually do have an adaptor so I CAN stream music on my 3G. However, I currently still use the default Apple earbuds and here's why:
-I own the Plantronics 855, Motorola S9, and Jabra BT8010 and they all have awful sound
-fastforwarding and rewinding isn't as easy as clicking (they usually require holding down a button for 3 seconds, and then it takes another 3 seconds to kick in so 6 seconds in all to fastforward a track)
-none of the 3 headsets are actually good for exercising; Motorola might come closest but if you read any of their reviews, sweat completely destroys the Motorola
-interference gets really annoying after awhile
Maybe I haven't found the right headset, but those 3 are the most popular at the time, yet none of them came close to satisfaction.

Hello, I'm new to the iPhone world. I'm a skier in Colorado and just got a helmet with Bluetooth enabled. It's possible to sync a phone and music device to the headphones to be completely unwired. This would be nice due to the fact that skiing with wires dangling can be dangerous.

It was quite simple to sync the iPhone for phone use, but it seems impossible to do the same for the music side of things. It strikes me as a lack of A2DP.

My question is: Is it, or will it, be possible to use my iPhone to listen to music and send/recieve calls over Bluetooth?

Hi. I recently purchased a Motorola Stereo Headset HT820, and no where does it say that is incompatible with the IPhone. To my shock, the IPhone says "Paired" when I do what I have to do with the settings, but the headphones don't work. Luckily a friend of mine bought them and promptly used them on his cellphone which was not from Apple. The sound was great. My question: is this the problem you are talking about the A2DP? If so, then that really *****. Apple has enough money to go around to have to disallow these pairings. When I try to call both Motorola and Apple, they both blame each other, what a laugh. Can you tell me if I am right about this, or am I missing something here? Thanx, Bill

So, are you saying you can have the A2DP feature with a plug in device? If so, what is that device and how does it work? I'm new to this A2DP concept and just reading this discussion has been a help. Thanks for any help you can offer.

this works:
http://mobile.brando.com.hk/proddetail.php?prodid=03476

I also use an XDA running Windows Mobile 6 and let me tell you, it's a POS compared to the iPhone. Yes the iPhone is missing some features that some users would think essential, but it's still the best phone based device you can get. Windows Mobile is just unbelievably sucky (hmm, does that word get past the censorship:-).

As for A2DP, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Everything I've tried has incorporated a background hiss, to a greater or lesser extent, depending on the devices being used, but it's ALWAYS there - like going back to listening to cassettes all over again.

That's not to say I think Apple should leave it off the iPhone, far from it I think it really ought to be there, but it's not the end of the world until it is.

Wow.. this thread saved me money, I was just about to order a $150+ Bluetooth Headset. I just had assumed music playback would work (why else do they sell those high quality bluetooth stereo headsets on the store). So if I understand this right, the iPhone will not send out any music through the headsets, not mono or anything right?

Anyway that Wikipedia article hints that A2DP support is planned?

Hi, I recently bought a Iphone 3g and thought that the exercise concept with a bluetooth head set is the perfect fit. Don't miss a call (not for work purely personal) and listen to tunes while riding a bike at the gym. I was a wee bit miffed to find the BT headset only works for the phone not the ipod. Fortunately for EBay I did not pay the 150$ for the headset and certainly would not had I done a bit of research on this first. It just seemed that with BT built into the phone the music feature would also work.
Yes Apple has a bit of feature work to do on the phone, cut copy paste would be a huge help but the stereo sound through BT is a must. Yes it will drain the battery faster but so does the wireless feature and the data network feature 3g network.
The iPhone is a fabulous device that can only get better with future updates. We should remember, this is Apples 2nd device and they are quite new to an already existing cell phone market. They really have done a great job.

Bill

I just want to clarify one thing.. You can't get any music through a bluetooth headset right?, or is the problem that it is only Mono instead of Stereo?

I'm pretty sure the sound quality with bluetooth headset would be comparable with radio. And most people are ok with listening to radio. The whole point with bluetooth headsets is to get rid of the wires, so having to carry around a wired headset too defeats the purpose.

Well most people only care about good audio quality when listening to music at home. When on the go it is more important that wires don't get in the way, and things are easy to carry around. I'm willing to sacrifice audio quality for that. It is not exactly an optimal solution to carry around a bluetooth headset and wired headphones.

At home I would listen to music on my full sized speakers anyway.