I transferred phone book (BT) easily on VERIZON!

I'm interested, when did you get your 8300?? I'm eligible for the 2 yr. upgrade in a month and I think your phone must have the new firmware in it. I've been looking at the 8300 or the motorola Q.. how do you like your 8300?

 

Just checked Verizon's specs on the LG8300. This model supports Object Push for vCard but not Obex for file transfer. In other words, you are able to transfer to the Prius because it also supports vCard.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(akasha77 @ Aug 25 2006, 11:56 PM) [snapback]309686[/snapback]</div>

Ummm I wouldn't say that. I have had both an E 815 and an E816 from Verizon paired with my Prius. They both work just fine. When I have an incoming call, the radio cuts out and the car rings through the speaker. I have the phone set to auto answer in 5 seconds, so I just say hello and am talking away. I place calls either with the speed dial or voice dial selections.

The only issue I had was transferring my phonebook but I only have a handful of numbers so I programmed them in manually.

 

I think thats just GREAT news!! I've had Verizon serivce for the last 4 years, they are about the only service provider that has good coverage up here in the mountains, so I don't want to change. When I upgrade my phone I'll get a bluetooth model that has the ecard transfer (if not the full file transfer) feature. I'm glad, at least to some extent, Verizon seems to be catching up to the rest of the world......

let me know how you continue to enjoy your 8300!!! and thanks for your post.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(akasha77 @ Aug 25 2006, 08:56 PM) [snapback]309686[/snapback]</div>

Actually this is a recent development in Verizon's policy of not allowing BT information transfer. vCard just means virtual business card, I believe, and is a universal text structure for transfering information such as business names, phone numbers and the like. You'll notice that Verizon is very careful to state that the Obex (object exchange) profile is not supported...because that would enable file transfer and thus the transfering of pictures and ringtones outside of the Get It Now revenue stream. As far as I know, the LG 8300 is the only Verizon phone to offer Object Push. Possibly some of the PDA phones do too. Permitting the transfer of 10 contacts per try is pretty good given that most of the uncrippled BT phones from the other providers only allow one contact at a time. BTW you won't have access to your Prius phonebook above 4 mph, only the one touch dial numbers. I think Toyota isn't hip to the functionality of the LG 8300 at this point.

 

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I also have an e815 which paired quickly and works well. I don't have the phone book (yet) in the Prius, but I don't live on the phone. 98% of the calls I make are either to my home or parent's house so most calls are taken care of by the 1-touch buttons (although I don't have names). 1.5% are set up as POIs in the NAV system (if you have a 2005 or have cut the purple speed sensor wire you can do this), which is called by pressing the INFO button and then the green phone button (you can also make calls from the NAV database this way). The remaining 0.5% is done either from the phone itself or on the MFD (I cut the purple speed sensor wire for the BT).

UPDATE: I got a non-Verizon BT phone on eBay, put the phonebook in that and then sent the whole phonebook at once.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(akasha77 @ Aug 25 2006, 10:56 PM) [snapback]309686[/snapback]</div>

This is annoying. I have a VX8600, which according to Verizon supports Object Push for vCard just like the VX8300 does. However, when I select Options under HANDS FREE, I'm not given "Send Name Card" as an option and so I can't do this .

Has anyone else been able to do this with a VX8600?

One potential difference -- I have a 2004 Prius, not an '06 like the original poster.