Verizon Treo 650 and Pairing with 2005 Toyota Prius

[priusbob]

Boy was I disappointed to find out that when Verizon Wireless finally supported and started selling the Treo 650 that my 2005 Prius did not support it.

I've been reading this forum to find answers but can't seem to see anything about a Treo 650 on Verizon.

Has anyone tried using the Cingluar CarKit from palmOne on a Verizon phone?

Does anyone know of another solution to get the Verizon Treo 650 to pair with the Prius?

Thanks,

Bob

[BetsyHaha]

I just joined Priuschat because I want a Bluetooth-compatible phone for my 2004 Prius. (If I should have started a new topic, please forgive me and tell me which icon to click on.) My Verizon contract will be over next week. I spent a lot of time today trying to find out which company and which phones would be compatible. I really want to stay with Verizon, but that may not be possible. I called Toyota customer service, and was told that all compatible phones are to be found at www.toyota.letstalk.com. Interestingly enough, for every zip code I entered including my own and for EVERY model Toyota that has Bluetooth capability, the ONLY company is Cingular.
To anyone who has any experience with Bluetooth in your Prius, I would like to know is it with Cingular? Which phone do you have? Are you happy with it? Do you have a 2004 Prius?
Many thanks,
BetsyHaha

[priusbob]

My parents have Motorola flip phone with Verizon that works well in their 2005 Prius. Don't know the model off hand but Verizon doesn't offer many Motorola phones with Bluetooth.

[tag]

...Verizon doesn't offer many Motorola phones with Bluetooth.

Currently, the only Motorola phone with Bluetooth offered by Verizon is the V710. I have one and it works just fine with my 04 Prius except, of course, for the inability to transfer the V710's phonebook to the car. According to a few sources, the soon-to-be-released Motorola e815 could very well have that capability.

[ceric]

It seems to come down to a choice between

Verizon V710, but no phone contact transfer (use incoming/outgoing, 1-touch list only)

or,

Cingular V551, which works great!

We all know that Verizon has better signal in most area. That is a given.
Last I read from the web, Verizon is standing firm on the FTP issue. Even with the newer phones to be released, I don't think they are going to back down. If they do, they will need to correct millions of phones that are out there with BT. A sticky issue for Verizon.

[BetsyHaha]

Please tell me what FTP and BT stand for.
Thanks

[tag]

FTP = File Transfer Protocol (protocol for exchanging files).

BT = Bluetooth

[tag]

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Last I read from the web, Verizon is standing firm on the FTP issue. Even with the newer phones to be released, I don't think they are going to back down.[/b]

I agree; they probably won't back down. However, the e815, per the BT Qualification site and unlike the V710, has the necessary firmware. Thus, it could be a simple matter of enabling whatever VZW disables via a seem edit.

[Wino]

I picked up my verizon Treo 650 from the Palm one website a week or two ago. Came 24 hours after placing my order on the internet. Worked with the Prius strait out of the box no patches or anything required.

The only feature that doesn't seam to work is the repeater for the signal strength bars on the upper right corner of the dialing screen. However, since Verizon always works, I aint too worried about it.

Works great...

I had the motorola 710 before the treo btw...

Cheers
Wino

[solardell]

Wino,
I went to a Verizon Store last week and tried to get the Treo 650 to pair with my 2005 Prius and it would not even find the phone. Are you saying it works, ie the phone hands free and transfers the entire phone book to the Prius ?


SolarDell