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Sprint Releases Sony Ericsson T608

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First CDMA bluetooth phone in NA? What about Timeport 270c?

tflight

Dec 23, 2003, 5:53 PM
"...the first CDMA phone for North America with Bluetooth wireless technology..."

What about the Motorola TimePort 270c? It had bluetooth and was CDMA.
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KG4PEQ

Dec 24, 2003, 4:41 PM
As I recall (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) the 270c required an adapter to enabled Bluetooth. I know that was the case with the Sony Ericsson T61c, which was sold through Verizon Wireless indirects such as RadioShack about a year ago.

The T608 would be the first in North America to have Bluetooth integrated into the handset, no adapters required.

Steve
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hatoncat

Jan 5, 2004, 6:29 AM
To make it worse, the Verizon 270c had the Bluetooth adapter locked-out in firmware. You had to mail it off, and have it flashed with the generic Motorola firmware in order to get it to work...
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tflight

Jan 5, 2004, 7:21 PM
My 270c's bluetooth adapter worked fine with Verizon off the shelf. I never had to send it away. It must have come with the appropriate firmware. -Tim
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