I bought an Azio dongle with BlueSoleil 5. When I upgraded to Windows 7 x64, everything stopped working. I contacted Azio, who suggested the FREE upgrade to BlueSoleil 7. I didn't work until, per Azio instrucitons, I uninstalled all BlueTooth devices and drivers, rebooted, and reinstalled BS 7. NOW EVERYTHING WORKS BEAUTIFULLY.
I do have 2 complaints:
1. I would like to rename the devices. I switch back and forth between 2 identical BT headsets due to battery life. It would be great if I could name the devices so that I could tell them appart in the BS control panel.
2. Windows 7 has a known problem with audio level. Sometimes the volume is much louder than needed, but it is often not loud enough. This is not a BS problem, per se, but an audio equalizer, or some other control to boost the sound output would be a most appreciated feature for BS. I know it isn't my hardware because when I dual-boot over to Linux, I always have to turn the volume down and it is never inadequate.
In any event, thank you to BS for their great product and thank you to Azio for their great dongle and technical support.
As far as the licensing is concerned - the BS license is embedded in the Azio dongle firmeware, so BS is not useable without the Azio dongle. In a situation like that, it does seem to me strange that all of the hardware vendors that license BS wouldn't include upgrades -- after all, it only works with their device and when the customer upgrades, they're more likely to buy a device with BS if they liked using the BS software. To the extent that BS software included with a hardware device does not include free upgrades is short-sighted for both BS and for the hardware vendor.
I would likely upgrade to BS 8 if I could buy a version upgrade, but I'm not willing to pay 20.00Euros (the full price of a license) when I have a perfectly working BS 7 on my system.
