Windows Phone Thoughts: WM 5 AKU 2 Has A2DP - IMHO Awesome

"Last week I wrote the first time about the next coming Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 2 and it's new Bluetooth features and the announced support for the Bluetooth A2DP Profile and today I had the chance to test it the first time! What means A2DP for you? Basically it provides you Bluetooth stereo support for headsets which means you can listen your favorite music without any disturbing wires. That's cool and handy and in the future - I'm sure - we will see more and more car stereo devices which supports it as an input method as well which means as soon as you enter your car, your device will connects with your car stereo and you can continue listening your music on your car stereo!"



As Kris pointed out in his write-up over at Smartphone Thoughts, we've gotta get rid of all these abbreviations - but nonetheless, a lot of people have been waiting for the A2DP profile for the Microsoft Bluetooth Stack. What does this mean for us fortunate enough to have Bluetooth headphones - it means that we can (somewhat) ditch the MP3 player and enjoy tunes off our PPCs using those headphones. While I, like most, have a dedicated MP3 player, it is one more device to carry - and on days when space is an issue, this profile would free up one more pocket in the bag (or jacket) for other uses. Of course that could be a bad thing... the size that my MP3 player takes up is roughly the same as 2 candy bars that I don't need to be eating :wink: