About six months ago my embarrassingly old Nokia 1600 was dying a slow death. After looking around for a decent mp3/camera phone I chose the Sony Ericsson W810i, which has been great. It came with Bluetooth. Ok, great.

Then the face plate of my car stereo got lost (it wasn’t me, really) and I needed a new stereo. I looked around a bit and and decided to get the Sony MEX-BT5000. The sales guy pointed out that it had Bluetooth, so I bit. Bluetooth, ok great.

After installing it I spent about 4 minutes reading the manual and the next thing I knew my phone and my stereo had become one:

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Now whenever I get in the car the stereo detects it. When the phone rings the music cuts out and the it rings on the stereo. A push of the volume dial and I’m talking on speaker phone through a mic in the stereo face. I can use the stereo to switch between phone and speaker mode, as well as redial. If I’m on the phone when I start the car, it automagically cuts to the stereo. It’s so cool! Complex technology made simple that just works. I love it.
I now have seen the Bluetooth light! How’d I ever live without it?