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re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Steve Morgan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Hi Kanak,

Thanks for your comment.

Your comment about lack of voice control is interesting, because that's working just fine for me. The only issue I have remains the downloading of contacts.

I see that Bluetooth issues seem to be surfacing regarding the iOS4, so maybe Apple will take note and resolve the problem shortly.

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Kanak — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:24:01 GMT

Hi Steve,

Well, thanks for all the info on your blog. Last year I bought the 616 but before I bought it I was scouring the web forinfo and came across your site. I put a question upand you kindly answered. However, I did not check back as I thpought the site was down and couldnot access it. Imagine, this am I was having exactly the same problem as you having followed your footsteps in buying an iphone 4. Can't get contacts,not voice control.I'm pulling my hair out. I need hands free for work. I am on call(medical) and can't afford to have dropouts on the road.The 616 has been good tome when I finnaly got a E51 that would talk toit on a more regular basis than any other SAP phone I tried (and I've been through them). I am now thinking about a sim card insertion inot the 616 and call diverting from my iphone. What a bummer that's gonna be having to keep switching the divert on and off! My alternative may well be Bury 9060 which I had fitted and removed within 2 weeks because of the old problem with bluetooth and Faraday effect inside the car. Surely someone somewhere can think of a better solution than all this hassle. Any thoughts or suggestions? Kanak

PS keep the updates going,I'll be watching with tenter hooks

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Steve Morgan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:26:42 GMT

A further update...

I've now upgraded to the iPhone 4 and while it's functional with the Nokia 616, I'm back to not being able to download contacts.

If I start the download process, the Bluetooth connection with the phone is immediately dropped (the Bluetooth icon goes 'dim' on the phone) and the 616 reports 'Downloading contacts is not supported' before restarting and re-establishing the Bluetooth connection.

I'll persevere, as I'd rather not replace the car kit, but I'm not especially optimistic at this point. Disappointing that the upgrade seems to have been a retrograde step in terms of Bluetooth compatibility with this kit.

As soon as I have anything further to report, I'll update it here.

re: HowTo: Insert an image into a Word document and display it using OpenXML

Steve Morgan — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:21:00 GMT

That's a very good question and one that I don't have a decent answer for at the moment!

All of the examples that I found while researching this topic used Drawing, but using Picture certainly looks far more straightforward.

I'll have to do some more investigation, now.

Thanks for contributing!

re: HowTo: Insert an image into a Word document and display it using OpenXML

Baffled — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:05:25 GMT

I'm needing to do something similar, and so I'm wondering why you are using a Drawing (w:drawing) for your images rather than the Picture ( w:pict ) tag? Would it not be simpler to use the w:pict -> v:imagedata approach?

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Martin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:07:25 GMT

Sorry for not noticing your reply earlier, Steve!

Yes, if I ever get around to getting the 616 firmware upgraded I'll let you know what the effects are. (I wonder if it makes Handsfree mode any better, though I doubt it.)

I ended up taking the 3GS back ... it was nice, but it didn't quite do it for me. The E51 is going to soldier on for a little while longer!

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Steve Morgan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:22:32 GMT

Thanks very much for the extra info, Martin!

I presume you're going to have to take your 616 to a Nokia Service Centre to have the firmware upgraded. Would you mind keeping us updated if and when you do?

Thanks for the info on the 3GS. That'll be particularly useful when I get around to changing mine, soon.

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Martin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:29:57 GMT

My 616 (bought in October 2005, software versions dated May 2005) will pair with my Blackberry Bold in either Handsfree or SIM Access Profile -- the latter with a bit of persuasion. That's the good news. The bad news is that in either mode the Bluetooth connection gets dropped after maybe 30 seconds, and it won't re-establish. I found out today that there is more recent firmware for the 616 so if I can get that installed without shelling out too much I'll give it another try. I'm not too bothered because my Nokia E51 has always played nicely and the Blackberry's the work phone.

The other snag with the Bold, and I guess the Storm will be the same, is that it will only download the SIM contacts to the 616 (assuming you get a connection for long enough!)

I found that the iPhone 3GS would pair nicely with the 616 in Handsfree mode, and also download all the contacts. The progress bar didn't work, but it went back to the menu afterwards and all the contacts were there. I'm not a fan of the Handsfree mode on the 616 (no network name or strength, for instance) ... SAP is much nicer. I gather other car kits do a better job with Handsfree mode.

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

John — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:36:20 GMT

Can anyone help me, I have had my 616 for quite a while now and was going to sell the car and keep this for my new one but guess what I still have the car.Any can i use this with my blackberry storm for I do not want to go out and get this fitted if it will not work. Thanks in advance John

re: Stop Visual Studio Prompting for TFS Credentials

faffy *** — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:57:00 GMT

in Vista, go to Start->Run and type:

control userpasswords2

Click the Advanced Tab, then Manage Passwords.

Be carefull not to have this backfire because the applet might get stuck in your pooper, like what happened to my colleague here at work.

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Steve Morgan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:50:41 GMT

Hi Kanak,

Well, I wouldn't claim to be anything of an expert. What do you want to know?

The 616 is good, but it's a pretty old piece of kit. I bought it nearly two years ago to compliment my Nokia N70 and it was getting a little long in the tooth then. It wasn't fully functional with the N70, despite Nokia's claims on their website, due to software imcompatibilities. I was just lucky that it works well with the iPhone 3G.

While it works for me, I'm not sure I'd recommend it as a new purchase these days. Nokia evidently aren't actively developing it and who's to say it will work with the next phone you buy?

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

kanak — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:20:34 GMT

Hi Steve,

Wonder if this blog is still active.You Seem to know a bit about the 616 whcih I am thinking of having installed. Can you tell me about it?

Kanak

re: In search of reliable WiFi

Wayne Faulkner — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:21:24 GMT

Interesting network for the home, I've not enabled subnets myself, but I also have an interesting network; I also suffered from the tat from D-Link and Netgear's residential offerings, and after undertaking a CCNA course decided that business equipment was the way forward.

My present setup consists of a Netgear FVS-338 in control of a Draytech Vigor 110 ADSL 2+ Modem on Business ADSL, together with a rollover to an email only V.90 Rockwell External Modem, these form the basis of a wired network on CAT-5 that links the Hallway to one bedroom and the attic (well the bedroom was on the way!), in the attic we have a Netgear Prosafe 100Mbit Switch distributing to a Tyco Media Converter and WAG102 AP, the AP covers the entire house from the attic, from the attic a pair of ruggedised fibre optic cables run to the shed in the garden, and via another media converter a CAT-5 network. The reason for the fibre is that I am a radio amateur and ethernet cabling would not have a hope of shielding against a 400 Watt transmitter, plus there's no chance of picking up the wifi in the shed due to it being lined with four ply aluminium radio frequency shielding/insulation to protect the CAT-5 network and various rackmount, tower, and laptop computers operating in the shed.

I may need to line the attic roof with aluminium shielding, if there's any significant RFI problems affecting the AP.

There's no planned AP for the shed due to the possibility of RFI from any unshielded Intermediate Frequency used by an AP, Amateur Radio Receivers work by detecting weak signals, so a low noise floor inside the shed is important.

As it happens I am also connected to a 144MHz Radio Network and 1.8 to 14.35 MHz Radio Network, on APRS, Packet, and Automatic Link Establishment using datalinks between 75bit and 1.2kKbit, plus encrypted Satellite Weather Imagery running at 2Mbit on 12GHz.

Maybe my network is more interesting?

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Steve Morgan — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:20:59 GMT

Hey, that's good news, indeed.

It's good to know it's been validated by somebody else.

Thanks for letting me know, Giles.

re: iPhone 3G works with Nokia 616 car kit

Giles — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:44:07 GMT

I tried it again and it worked! Works perfectly - obviously just needed a good old fashioned reboot.

Thanks for your article about this - it was good to know it was possible so I didnt spend hours labouring in vain!