VinceL
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Someone kindly responded to my inquiries elsewhere on the internets and spake thusly:
It would seem (and I would like the input of those on here with older windows phones to confirm) that windows phones never used the MAP profile. They weren't linking up with MFT for texting, but merely reading them through it. The phone was doing all the work and just using a bluetooth audio link to read the texts through the car's speakers.
EDIT:
Okay, after some experimenting, I have the low down. Windows Phone doesn't have the Bluetooth MAP profile. Never has from the official Microsoft documents. The way it is implemented is that the phone receives the text and then initiates a "phone call" that MFT answers automatically. The phone then does all of the heavy lifting, and all that MFT is left to do is allow the phone and driver to use the speakers and microphone. The phone does the rest. The advantage to this is that I have the choice of listening to the text or canceling. If I listen to the text, the phone reads it to me and then asks if I would like to reply, call, or cancel. If I say reply, I can then dictate a text message. No being forced to use canned messages. It is awesome! I find it a much better, and ultimately more useful and flexible solution than the MAP methods utilizing MFT more.
I hope this clears up any confusion. As a result of finally figuring out how it works, and just how useable this feature implementation is, my original irritation for what feature I thought was lacking has gone. I really like my HTC 8X. Great battery life, fast, awesome screen, slick interface, and great looking phone.
It would seem (and I would like the input of those on here with older windows phones to confirm) that windows phones never used the MAP profile. They weren't linking up with MFT for texting, but merely reading them through it. The phone was doing all the work and just using a bluetooth audio link to read the texts through the car's speakers.
EDIT:
Okay, after some experimenting, I have the low down. Windows Phone doesn't have the Bluetooth MAP profile. Never has from the official Microsoft documents. The way it is implemented is that the phone receives the text and then initiates a "phone call" that MFT answers automatically. The phone then does all of the heavy lifting, and all that MFT is left to do is allow the phone and driver to use the speakers and microphone. The phone does the rest. The advantage to this is that I have the choice of listening to the text or canceling. If I listen to the text, the phone reads it to me and then asks if I would like to reply, call, or cancel. If I say reply, I can then dictate a text message. No being forced to use canned messages. It is awesome! I find it a much better, and ultimately more useful and flexible solution than the MAP methods utilizing MFT more.
I hope this clears up any confusion. As a result of finally figuring out how it works, and just how useable this feature implementation is, my original irritation for what feature I thought was lacking has gone. I really like my HTC 8X. Great battery life, fast, awesome screen, slick interface, and great looking phone.