The 19th Century plug that's still being used

Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by scatters on Monday August 01, 2016 @04:06AM (#12200836)

Doesn't your car have Bluetooth? Or rather: how old does a car have to be before it doesn't come with Bluetooth as standard? Every rental I've had in the last five years has had Bluetooth to my recollection, and I don't hire expensive cars.

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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by thaumasiotes on Monday August 01, 2016 @04:08AM (#12200847)

As pointed out elsewhere in the thread, bluetooth is not a good solution when you want to use one speaker (the car) with several devices. The beauty of a cable is that it's unambiguously connected to whatever it's plugged in to, and not to anything else.

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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by lmm on Monday August 01, 2016 @04:52AM (#12200974)

Huh? How is it harder to disconnect a phone on bluetooth than to unplug a cable?

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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by ygra on Monday August 01, 2016 @05:31AM (#12201105)

I recently had the joy of having to delete a paired device in a car before I could add a new one. For some reason you could only have three devices paired.

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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by duaneb on Monday August 01, 2016 @10:59AM (#12202852)

Agreed; this is a normal part of renting.

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