BIF said:
People, is this true? If so, that's friggin' insane! I have about 500 contacts. That's why I got a SmartPhone...so's I can interface with my Outlook contact database. I thought the bluetooth option was more intelligent than this.... :?
The ability to upload contacts is a feature of the phone, not of the Bluetooth system in the car. Depending on the phone, you may not be able to upload any contacts at all (like the Motorolla V710 (which owners have a class action lawsuit against Verizon over it) and the RIM Blackberries), you may only be able to upload 1 contact at a time (like the RAZR and most Nokia models), or you could upload the entire contact list at once (like most Sony Ericsson models).
Some things to note about uploading phone numbers:
The Prius will only accept the first number associated with a name. So, if you have one contact for John Doe with multiple numbers associated with it (home, work, cell, fax, etc.), it could get very interesting on which number it picks. Best to set up your phone book with multiple descriptive names for each number, like John Doe H, John Doe W, John Doe C, John Doe F, etc.
The Prius does not like the three characters ()- embedded in a phone number. If those characters are transferred with the number, then on the Prius display you'll just see a bunch of ||||| characters.