| I guess you've all seen that watch phones are | | | | watch to a bluetooth headset (mono or stereo) |
| one of the growing trends in 2009, and almost all | | | | and use it for taking/making calls, listen to music |
| of them have embedded Bluetooth chips inside to | | | | or radio from the phone. It's obvious that the |
| make them easier to use in conjunction with a | | | | bluetooth headset acts more like a speaker, not |
| bluetooth headset when making/taking calls. In this | | | | at all advanced like a iPod Touch, who can't be |
| case a question arises: what if you would connect | | | | used as a speaker (because it doesn't have a mic |
| an iPod Touch to a wrist watch cell phone. Would | | | | to record your voice and send back to the phone |
| it be automatically transformed into a fully fledged | | | | to be transmitted to your caller). |
| iPhone? I'll try and answer this question in this | | | | Remote SIM: will it help? |
| post as easy as possible for you to understand | | | | First, let's see what remote SIM is: a function that |
| and try. | | | | allows a bluetooth phone to be connected to a |
| Who's connected to who and why? | | | | device like a car stereo for example and then |
| If two devices have Bluetooth technology | | | | used to call other using this external device for |
| embedded into them it doesn't automatically mean | | | | dialpad and agenda functions. Your phone acts in |
| that they can connect together. There are a lot | | | | this case just a voice/data carrier (or transmitter). |
| of factors to consider here: bluetooth version | | | | In our case you need a phone that has Remote |
| used and installed bluetooth profiles on both | | | | SIM for Bluetooth enabled and an iPod Touch |
| devices. | | | | application that can take advantage of Remote |
| Now, let's also see why a watch phone is fitted | | | | SIM. That's it, all you need to turn an iPod into the |
| with a Bluetooth chip: you'll need it to pair the | | | | more expensive iPhone. |