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by jack

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My wife has a car that when her Razr rings it displays the caller on the radio screen via bluetooth and she can talk handsfree (mic in rear view mirror). I got a laptop with GPS on it and wondered if there was anything out there that would do the same thing on the laptop? My phone is also a Razr and the laptop is not bluetooth enabled but phone is. I don't need to upload or download, just want to use the laptop for speaker and mic, maybe display the caller info. Computer is a DELL Inspiron 8100 with XP pro.

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by oh smeg

I'm not sure about any available software to run on the NB to do this.

But no matter what you'll need a Bluetooth Enabled Device of some form as the Phone needs to communicate with the NB to transfer data across and if you are using the Mic & Speakers of the NB it is effectively the handset connected vis Bluetooth.

As for Security this could be an issue as Bluetooth is wide open and once you enable Bluetooth on the NB it leaves open the possibility of all the data on the NB getting stolen and if it's connected to the Business Network at the time of the breach all the Company Data is at risk as well.

Can you run the risk of a Major Security Breach just because you want to use something that is insecure?

Col

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