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Old 05-18-2006, 02:57 AM
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There are also multiple versions of each unit. I "upgraded" the combo unit in out 04/'04 because the bluetooth didn't work and we wanted to retain assist. The new model which was the '05 part worked, but at some point the Assist portion failed. BMW replaced it with a newer part (also a motorola part I believe) and I noticed signicant improvements with the newer module. The first was the time it took for the intial phone book transfer. With the old module it took a very long time i.e. over 1 hour, with the new module it was just a few (~10) minutes. With the older module, when the phone was paired with the car, you couldn't use the handset (it would take forever to respond to key strokes). With the new module it behaves as I would expect it to...
I really want to get the W810 and a snap in, but I don't want to buy it and have it not work with the car. When Cingular picks up the phone here in the next couple months, I'm going to see if I can test one out with the car before I buy it.
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