Technical Feasibility: Lose the Mobile Phone

After discussing possibilities with several electronics, computing, communication, hardware and audio specialist dudes, I came to the conclusion that the only way to use the mic on a mobile to communicate with our Bluetooth dongle is to write a custom app that offers our desired functionality.

Instead, I believe that the use of Bluetooth-capable headset devices (which are becoming more and more prevalent) would be far more feasible. This particular device from Blueant (http://www.blueant.com.au/X3micro_Bluetooth_Headset_voice_over_ip_voip.htm) would do the trick nicely:

When connected to a computer, the X3 micro becomes the default Sound playback device so that any program which utilises the Soundcard can send and receive audio signals from to the headset.

Perfect! That sounds like us! Now to find one to experiment with...