iPod Touch and Bluetooth

As of today we know nothing other than rumors about the next iPod touch software release. Apple, unless I've missed something, has only officially discussed the iPhone 3.0 release, and even that has been sketchy. We'll have to wait for further information from Apple, which may come at the WorldWide Developer's Conference in June.

Two things - first, Apple does not pre-announce new features/bug fixes for future firmware releases (anything you read to the contrary is pure speculation). Second, since bluetooth requires additional hardware (a bluetooth radio), I think your only alternative is to purchase a bluetooth adapter for your iPod.

I'm led to believe that the iPod Touch has the same chip in it as the iPhone but in the Touch the Bluetooth capability is simply disabled. This being the case, no new hardware would be needed in order to enable Bluetooth.

I believe that this is true for the 2nd gen iPod Touch. However, the 1st gen iPod Touch does NOT have bluetooth installed therefore, there will be nothing to enable.

I've been look around the apple site and i found the iPod Touch 3.0 Firmware ( http://www.apple.com/uk/ipodtouch/softwareupdate.html) and it say: Bluetooth Stereo.
I Don't get it

what don't you get - the new software upgrade available on 17th june, will enable bluetooth on 2G ipod touch....

HI all i have a sony vgn-sz770fn i wanna know if the ipod touch bluetooth can sync itune throught the laptop that have bluetooth...any suggestion?

So I've purchased and installed the iphone os 3.0 software update as I was eager to try out the new bluetooth features on my ipod touch 2G - specifically the possibilities for connecting with external devices.

However I can't seem to get it to work correctly. When entering the Bluetooth sub-menu in the settings application I enable bluetooth and the OS purports to be scanning the surroundings to give me a list of nearby bluetooth devices. However the list never displays any device regardless of them being set to to be visible.

So far I've managed to pair my mobile phone with the ipod by using my mobile's discovery function. My laptop also managed to discover the ipod but in the Widcomm bluetooth manager the ipod shows up as a "stereo headset". Also, after pairing the mobile with the ipod the mobile shows up in the list of connected devices but nothing happens if I tap it to connect. Also I am unable to send pictures from my mobile to the ipod as it doesn't show up in the list of available devices on my mobile despite having paired it in advance.

In other words: I can't get the discovery function of the ipod touch to work and I have yet to find any functions built into the iphone os that enable me to use bluetooth for say

My question is this: Where can I find documentation to understand how to utilise the bluetooth function on the ipod touch and does anyone know if it has any built-in limitations?

Ideally I'd like to use the bluetooth function on the ipod to do the following:
connect to the internet via the 3G modem in my mobile
send photos, contact information and other data between my mobile, computers and ipod
connect my ipod to an external gps dongle using bluetooth
connect to other ipods using bluetooth
use my ipod as a bluetooth remote
synchronise my ipod over bluetooth
connect my ipod to an external bluetooth headset to get microphone functionality

I imagine that much of this functionality is probably dependent on me purchasing relevant applications that will enable the functionality considering Apple's approach of sandboxing data within each application.

Does anyone else have experience using the bluetooth feature on the ipod touch 2g after installing iphone os 3?

I'm as frustrated as you mate..... It appears the BT Stack will ONLY work with Stereo BT headsets - not even a Stereo audio receiver with A2DP, such as the Anycom BAR-10, which I love and use all of the time with my Sony BT dongle and looks like I will need to continue using it.

Another shortcoming is one can not skip songs, but only play & pause - why would they disallow that feature as it can/is process commands back upstream with the play/pause buttons....

All in all, I am very dissapointed with the implementation and I too want the capability to tether to my phone for 3G Internet access - if they would only enable that feature, it will grow their market share as others would like to leverage that feature, as well.

Furthermore, there is a thread going on below, where this also being discussed:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9651872#9651872

I got my iTouch the past July and really can't tell which generation my iTouch is. Anyway, I downloaded the 3.0 update and seemed like I got all the new features but no blue tooth. I played around for a couple hours and couldn't find out how to enable my blue tooth. Very frustrated..

Wish I could help. I've been trying to connect a Phillips BT stereo headset to my iPod touch G2. The iPod sees my iMac - the iMac sees my iPod - I get a 6 digit code the BT indicator on the menu becomes dark. Thats it. I go to services to at least try to connect for a sync but am told the iPod has no services to allow it OK but I think I saw a AD2P - or something like that allowing stereo headsets was included in 3.0.

**** I cuss my cell phone (cheap one - reason I don't have a iPhone :)) for the same problem. Maybe not all BT is BT - is there a standard?