Anyone using HTC Hero with Bluetooth?

[jayvee]

Just wondering if anyone is using the HTC Hero Android phone (Sprint) with their 2010 w/NAV?

I need to upgrade my phone and the HTC Hero looks like a better choice than the iPhone with its poor AT&T coverage and support, and better than the Palm Pre.

If you have the Hero, any bluetooth pairing, phone contacts, bluetooth audio, etc. issues?

[swich2mac]

Originally Posted by jayvee

Just wondering if anyone is using the HTC Hero Android phone (Sprint) with their 2010 w/NAV?

I need to upgrade my phone and the HTC Hero looks like a better choice than the iPhone with its poor AT&T coverage and support, and better than the Palm Pre.

If you have the Hero, any bluetooth pairing, phone contacts, bluetooth audio, etc. issues?

I am but there is one MAJOR issue with it and that is that it WILL NOT transfer contacts to the car!

[jayvee]

Originally Posted by swich2mac

I am but there is one MAJOR issue with it and that is that it WILL NOT transfer contacts to the car!

Thanks for the reply!

The contacts thing is not so big a deal for me - I don't have hundreds of contacts on my phone, so it's not a big deal to do a one-time manual entry.

My existing Samsung has the same problem, but I was still able to transfer them one at a time.

Again, thanks!

[jayvee]

I did end up getting the HTC Hero. It works great, except for the contacts transfer, as you indicated. Maybe they'll fix that in the next firmware. Android 2.0 is due out very soon, and the Hero is supposed to get it.

[daveelt]

I have a G1 and have transferred contacts. You have to export your contacts to a VCF file then transfer the file to the car via the Bluetooth File Transfer app. Works like a charm

[jayvee]

Originally Posted by daveelt

I have a G1 and have transferred contacts. You have to export your contacts to a VCF file then transfer the file to the car via the Bluetooth File Transfer app. Works like a charm

What vcf and transfer apps are you using?

I have tried this, but I can't get it to work.

[daveelt]

I created vcf from gmail on the computer and them moved the file to the phone and used the Bluetooth file transfer app on the phone

[jayvee]

Originally Posted by daveelt

I created vcf from gmail on the computer and them moved the file to the phone and used the Bluetooth file transfer app on the phone

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, Bluetooth File Transfer will not work on the (Sprint) HTC Hero. Tried every way I could think of - that app just won't run on that phone.

[daveelt]

Does it not run at all or are you having trouble getting it to transfer. It is not very intutive, took me a minute to realize how to use it.

[kennyaustin]

Originally Posted by jayvee

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, Bluetooth File Transfer will not work on the (Sprint) HTC Hero. Tried every way I could think of - that app just won't run on that phone.

You can also copy the vcf to a laptop then bluetooth it from the laptop.

Bluetooth phone book transfer using a laptop