asterisk users - Oct 2006 - chan_bluetooth, mobile handset as VoIP terminal?

I have been looking at chan_bluetooth, so far being unable to make it
compile with Asterisk SVN trunk.

I was wondering about the different ways it can be used. What I have read so
far implies two possibilities:

1. Asterisk pretends to be a handsfree unit, and can use the cell phone
   for placing calls over the mobile network, or answer inbound calls from
   the mobile network.

2. Asterisk pretends to be a phone, and you can use a headset as a VoIP
   terminal (unfortunately only useful for receiving calls, as headsets
   don't have keypads)

However, the possibility which really interests me is:

3. Can I use my mobile phone as a terminal, originating calls over
   bluetooth via Asterisk, using the phone's keypad to dial? And answering
   inbound calls from Asterisk?

This makes my mobile phone into a cordless phone replacement - avoiding
mobile charges while at home, and being able to receive PSTN and VoIP calls
via Asterisk.

I notice BT's "Fusion" service appears to work in this way -
http://www.bt.com/btfusion/ - as it looks like you get a normal mobile phone
which can route VoIP calls via Bluetooth and DSL when in range of the base
station.

So the question is:
- has anyone got Asterisk working this way?
- what bluetooth profile would the phone need to support to do this?
- does that limit me to particular models of mobile phone?

If this is possible, it's not clear to me how the phone would know that I
wanted to set up a call over bluetooth rather than over the mobile network.
Would I need to load some sort of app onto the phone?

Thanks,

Brian.

The Nokia E60 and E61 can do this, however it's over WiFi

On 10/17/06, Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
wrote:
>
> I have been looking at chan_bluetooth, so far being unable to make it
> compile with Asterisk SVN trunk.
>
> I was wondering about the different ways it can be used. What I have read
> so
> far implies two possibilities:
>
> 1. Asterisk pretends to be a handsfree unit, and can use the cell phone
>    for placing calls over the mobile network, or answer inbound calls from
>    the mobile network.
>
> 2. Asterisk pretends to be a phone, and you can use a headset as a VoIP
>    terminal (unfortunately only useful for receiving calls, as headsets
>    don't have keypads)
>
> However, the possibility which really interests me is:
>
> 3. Can I use my mobile phone as a terminal, originating calls over
>    bluetooth via Asterisk, using the phone's keypad to dial? And
answering
>    inbound calls from Asterisk?
>
> This makes my mobile phone into a cordless phone replacement - avoiding
> mobile charges while at home, and being able to receive PSTN and VoIP
> calls
> via Asterisk.
>
> I notice BT's "Fusion" service appears to work in this way -
> http://www.bt.com/btfusion/ - as it looks like you get a normal mobile
> phone
> which can route VoIP calls via Bluetooth and DSL when in range of the base
> station.
>
> So the question is:
> - has anyone got Asterisk working this way?
> - what bluetooth profile would the phone need to support to do this?
> - does that limit me to particular models of mobile phone?
>
> If this is possible, it's not clear to me how the phone would know that
I
> wanted to set up a call over bluetooth rather than over the mobile
> network.
> Would I need to load some sort of app onto the phone?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian.
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