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Does anyone knows what Bluetooth profiles does the iPhone support?
Actually i want to find out if the device supports A2P2 so that I could use wireless stereo headsets with the device.

I’m sure it will support bluetooth stereo headphones, I mean they’re pushing this phone as a media device as much as they’re pushing it as a phone....it would be a total disaster if they didn’t support stereo bluetooth headphones.

I hate to say it, but “disaster” is what you have for Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) support.  You can check out Vincent’s recent post on MyiTablet:  http://www.myitablet.com/?s=crippled+bluetooth

It seems Apple is purposely crippling the A2DP feature, even though the software provider (a company called Open Interface) already provides this on lots of other phones and devices.

Yeah, I thought this was going to be my new, state-of-the-art iPod replacement.  Hah!

You can enable Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) profiles via hardware solutions such as iBlueT from 8bananas.com. Basically it is a “Made for iPod” dongle and stereo headset bundle. You connect the dongle to the iPhone via the dock connector and then pair the stereo headset to your iPhone / dongle. I can confirm it does NOT have the annoying speaker playing at the same time problem that everyone has experienced with the workarounds of enabling A2DP via tricks / hacks etc… It only cost $99USD vs the Apple Bluetooth headset at $129 USD…