Originally Posted by
nerys
yes the S3 does. but the S3 is a $500 phone. more when you factor in plan prices.
I just figured out the gimmick that MIGHT let me get an S3 for nothing. I would "STILL" like to see regular BT because its not obsolete.
RECORDS are obsolete. you can't put a RECORD into a CD player.
but a BT device "CAN" connect to a BT4 brain (phone)
do I expect "high end" makers to use BT? no they make HIGH END stuff. I am just annoyed there is no LOW END makers making this stuff.
just like I can spend $100 on an expensive cycling computer if the $8 I spent on the nice panoramic backlit multi screen cycle computer I bought off ebay. (before I found out I could use my phone for much of this Grrr but at least it was only $8)
Very few people are any interested in a BT3 transmitter that 1) uses too many batteries, 2) is too big/bulky, or 3) requires recharging (given that it's likely going to be
zip-tied to the bicycle).
Very few people are going to be interested in yet another box (
they might have to spend $100 for) to deal with translating ANT+/BT4 to BT3.
It's
unlikely that there's is any market for a box that converts
analog wireless cadence/speed data to BT3.
If there was a large market for this sort of stuff, we'd already have seen multiple companies providing products!
Originally Posted by
nerys
but a BT device "CAN" connect to a BT4 brain (phone)
You keep getting this backwards. The problem isn't the phone. It's the transmitter (which needs to be small and very low power).
BT3 has been out for a long while. If it didn't
suck for this purpose, we would have already seen transmitters to support it!