iPhone 1.1.1 "bug" unleashes music over Bluetooth

The iPhone 1.1.1 update has a hidden little surprise for y'all: Bluetooth audio streaming is now available off of your iPhone for whatever you darn please, meaning you can finally listen to music from the phone wirelessly. Oddly enough, this "function" has been unleashed by a Visual Voicemail bug that leaves Bluetooth audio on even after you've left the Voicemail interface. Of course, it's only mono audio, and the audio keeps playing out of your built-in speaker -- if you plug in headphones to cut off the speaker you'll lose Bluetooth streaming as well -- but it's nice to see Apple forking over some "should have been there in the first place" functionality accidentally to go along with all that stuff of the same ilk 1.1.1 took away from us.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2007 5:52PM]

This isn't new. It's been around since at least firmware v1.0.2 and has been documented on numerous iPhone websites. Here is an example of a post from August 24th http://applephoneshow.com/index.php/archives/752

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 30th 2007 11:44AM]

Wait - it's A2DP? That would be awesome since it would FINALLY get companies to make good A2DP accessories I could use with my WM6 phone...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2007 7:22PM]

ZZZzzzz Im going back to my blackberry. Super powerful mail device.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 29th 2007 10:04PM]

WOW! What an awesome feature that my Motorola Q had 15 months ago!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 30th 2007 12:11AM]

Dual mono is not A2DP.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 30th 2007 10:40PM]

I concur with number 1 - this has been around for awhile. It DEFINITELY isn't something new to this version...I've been doing this for quite some time. Yes, it IS annoying though - this should be a standard built-in function...but I found this little 'fix' on a blog somewhere awhile ago and have been making due for now. I would update this post engadget....it makes you seem like you're not on the ball, and we all know you are!