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Yet another review of Qtek 8500 Smartphone July 10, 2006 [MS Smartphone] | By Edward J. R. Until recently only view MS Smartphone phones were stylish but now with Qtek 8500 (HTC Star Trek) it has changed. Here comes a review in which HTC Star Trek is is even confronted with Captain Jean-Luc Picard from the Star Trek! The biggest annoyance for me with the Qtek 8500 is the proprietary connector that handles charging, audio out, and synchronizing. I'm forced to use A2DP over Bluetooth in order to listen to music in the car and that means another battery to charge on occasion. It also means I have to use the extremely non-user-friendly and primitive interface for Wireless Stereo in Windows Mobile. I have to go through about 4 screens and 8 button presses to activate Wireless Stereo on a bluetooth device... and then there's no way of knowing whether the connection was successfully established or not. To make matters worse, I have to do this every time I want to send music to an A2DP device. If I go out of range and then come back within range, I have to set the device as Wireless Stereo AGAIN! The way it should work is there should be a menu in Windows Media Player that lists the paired A2DP devices within range and you select the one you want to output on. "Internal Speakers" should be listed there as well so you can easily switch and also easily see which device audio is supposed to go out on. Or maybe the A2DP should also be able to re-connect when it's within range automatically (just like Handsfree Headsets), and then there should be some sort of visual identification confirming with the user that this has happened. To read this extensive and in-depth review click here. This is a very good - very extensive and complete - review and other people reviewing Windows Mobile phones should use it as a role model. 
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