hehe. that was a while ago, but I still use it in the car whenever on a long drive.

I use verizon's family plan which includes national access, meaning you can call from almost anywhere in the nation without roaming fees. Ontop of that, after 9pm (monday - friday) access is free, in terms of not using any minutes, until 7am. And ALL weekend is free as well. As for having it on 24/7 durring the weekday, you'd have to get some other plan. Otherwise durring the day you'd burn through your minutes pretty quick. I believe bluetooth, in theory ;-) , gets around 700 kbits/sec. But that's just the speed you are connecting to the phone; the speed to the phone network is the real speed test. Using Verizon's 1X data network you can connect at 114Kbits/sec. I get anywhere from 5 - 12 kilobytes/sec download speed, so not too bad for using your phone.

While going through the desert in vegas I got pretty good signal bars on my v710, so my internet connection was pretty reliable, in terms of not dropping a download or chat session. I imagine this is because there just wern't a lot of obstructing objects near the road; the desert was pretty open on both sides of the road. Although I didn't do any official benchmarking, I remember loading webpages may have seemed a bit slower driving then siting in the hotel, so perhaps moving in the car did affect the signal somewhat. I also remember that I needed to download AIM for my laptop, and got around 5kbytes/sec while in the car. Whereas while I was sitting still in the hotel, the max download speed I got was 9-12kbytes/sec. However, the max speed in the hotel could be because I was in the city and not on the road, so I had better line of sight with the cell tower. My point is that going 70mph in a car probably does affect the connection speed, but I don't want to rule out this being a line of sight signal issue. No real scienctific testing here, just some observations.

I was chatting on AIM with a friend and browsing the web for a good couple of hours without any disconnects while in the back seat. I didn't get a chance to watch the signal every minute to confirm if the slow webpage loading was due to low signal, but for the most part the connection was reliable, up until I started going through the border on Arizona, where you have some mountain/hills very close to the road, plus you're really far away from any major city. Once in that area, it did seem to slowdown even more, and disconnects would happen. So really is just depends where you are driving; going through the desert in vegas probably isn't an everyday test for people since most people are going in and out of cities, mountain areas, etc, with much more obstructing objects. But if you can count on your travel route being pretty standard with no major obstructions near the road and have a decent signal, then going 70ish in the car shouldn't cause your internet connection to be so unreliable that you can't maintain a connection. As for battery, I get maybe 2 hours with my motorola v710, so when on a drive I leave it pluged into the car.

Thanks mate for detailed info u given.....Hope u will come up with some new ideas in future ....On you next upgrade it would be nice if could take pictures in well lit area...or use better cam

hehe. yeah I should've checked the pictures before I installed the bluetooth module completly. Once it was in and I discovered they came out blurry I wasn't in the mood the rip it out again.

I'm waiting for someone here to throw in a dothan 2ghz and see what kind of improvements they get.

Thanks so much Notebook89,

I too have just sucessfully installed the BT module in my Aspire 2002 and it works great - pairing up with an HP iPAQ 1940 PDA. I love it!

My problem is that my laptop didn't come with the two screws or the clear plastic cover in the BT compartment, so my BT module is hooked up and being held in place with the battery. Do you or anyone else have any information on these two screws or can suggest where I might find some replacements? Radio Shack wasn't helpful nor the hardware store, they only stock down to #4 machine screws which are still too large.

Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks, Wm.

@notebook89

If you are interested in upgrading your CPU, I have the service manual which explains the diassembling of your aspire 2000.
Send me an email if you are interested.

has anyone tried the bt module mentioned in the other thread (http://www.x1000forums.com/index.php...9&hl=bluetooth) ? I want to do this before i cant get the module anymore. Any info on where to get the part besides the number listed?

-rev

Sorry, slightly out of topic but has anyone tried installing on the TM4000 series? Also is there any manual out there that shows how to disassemble this series? Thanks!

I was able to install the bluetooth module found in the other forum http://www.x1000forums.com/index.ph...59&hl=bluetooth. I think this module was for the HP Compaq zt3000s and X1000s. I had installed this into my Acer 2012 and it works fine. I am able to sync my PDA and connect to my cell phone without any problems.

I am using the HP driver 3.00B found from their website. I hope this helps as this seems to be another option for us if you are unable to get the Acer module.

I purchase the module from ebay.....for about $55 (incl shipping)

Hi bird23!
I just read your post about applying a HP Compaq bluetooth module into the Acer Aspire 2012. Have you installed the Actiontec BTM-200 or the HP official one?
(funny, I found that the hardware is the same for ZT1000/X1000 and NC4000, but the price of those each part is different at HP website [$78 and $90, respectivetely]).
I would like to know if there is any physical or logical flaw:
- the module doesn't feet?
- there is interference in your Wi-fi connection?
- the blue light button (right next to the red light Wi-fi button at notebook's body) works?
- any other problem?

Thanks.

Yeap. It works. And it's very cheap ($50 @ eBay).

why i can't see the pictures ?

Where did you order your BT module from? I am trying to find one for my Acer Aspire 5100-5840.