Samsung SGH-E105

I just bought the Samsung e105 and tried to beam a contact from a phone to this phone but it failed. I read one of the reviews here and they complained about the IR not working. Anyone help with this? I activate the IR on the phone and the little icon shows up, my sending phone shows that it's connecting to the Samsung e105 but then the transmission fails. ???
Otherwise it seems like a great phone (rats! no speaker phone option!)
help.
thanks,

chad