Are Adroid 2.1 Smartphones 100% compatible with Gen III 2010 Prius with Nav?

android is developed by google which means you u need a gmail (google mail) account to activate the device. you can import your contacts to the gmail account on your home computer by any number of methods and it automatically syncs up with your phone wirelessly. as far as BT compatibility, i would think there would be minimal issues.

once upon a time, the technology; which is supposed to be platform free, was hampered by cell providers due to its ability to do things that the provider did not want to do. internet access without a data plan, transferring protected files, etc. but those days are, for the most part, long gone.

 

I use the Motorola Droid, and it works very well with the hands free. Paired it once and it has stayed paired with no issues.

I don't use it as a music player, so I cannot tell you how that works, but the phone works really well.

Rob.

 

It should have no problems. I have the Moto Droid and its paired both for Phone and Music Streaming.

 

I just purchased a Prius V. I love it. I also have the Droid which I paired with no problems but for the life of me I can not get the address book to transfer. Any suggestions?

 

I just updated my Sprint HTC Hero to Android 2.1 (previously Android 1.5) - It works fine with my Gen III NAV unit. A bit of a delay, still, in the caller being able to hear you after you answer (2-3 sec.), but that's a NAV issue, not Android, and 2.1 solved the contact transfer issue I had with the Hero. I have noticed that it sometimes says "Check your phone" right at the beginning of placing a call (like there's a Bluetooth problem), but the call connects anyway in half a second, and it's fine. Music player thru Bluetooth works as well - although no Artist/title info displayed using the Hero.

It stays "paired" until you purposely "remove" (delete) the phone in the radio/NAV unit. It connects automatically whenever they are in range and both turned on (unless your phone is connected to something else, like a headset or headphones)

I think this is somewhat phone dependent, but as mentioned above, 2.1 solved this for the Sprint Hero. Now it transfers perfectly (although you may want to reorganize/delete contacts in your phone before transferring...)

Haven't tried this, but I would expect that you can - you can "mount" the SD card on the Hero so it's visible to the USB connection. I will try and re-post.

 

With the Droid the SD card needs to be setup for mounting then the USB connects up. Bluetooth streaming is flawless except no metadata displays on the Nav. Steering Wheel controls work to control in both USB and Bluetooth Stream modes. USB UI is clunky and disabled when car is in motion making it useless.

 

Confirmed same with the Sprint HTC Hero.

 

Samsung Moment (2.1) works great with BT - pairs automatically and effortlessly - the contacts and gmail account is a hassle but thats how google wants to play the game ... Android is awesome - its getting mucho addictive

 

The biggest annoyance with the Moto Droid is that the phone starts playing music immediately upon making the Bluetooth connection, every time. I wish I could make it stop, but I cannot find any way to stop it.

 

I have the HTC Incredible after having the Moto Droid for a short bit. The Moto synced contacts much easier although when it did so it was still 2.0.1. I got the 2.1 update just before returning it for the Incredible. But being it was already uploaded into the contacts I'm not sure if it affected it or not. As for the HTC, it doesn't seem to like transferring the contacts properly. It does transfer although it somehow and for some reason randomly duplicates some of my contacts on the pone itself as well as the list in the car. Really weird. Not just doubles the names, but in some instances it will have 6+ of the same contact. Hopefully an update will take care of it with the phone. We'll see. As for it working with the car just for talking, it's great. Connects very quickly and everything else works great.

 

I paired my wife's Evo and my Evo last night to my Gen II with no problems. I did not need to transfer contacts so I can't comment on that. The only problem I've noticed was it did not ring in the car until between the 2nd and 3rd ring on the phone calling in. On the "telephone screen" it showed the remaining battery charge on the Evo while on phone calls. Good because of the relatively short battery life of the Evo compared to my old non-smartphone.