Well, with no replies I'm going to go ahead & contribute what I can. Keep in mind that I'm Symphony II+, with no nav to test these on. The only 3 things on the list that I can figure applies are the phone, compatibility & phone book.
Phone: Razr V3 (Unicel)
Compatible: Yes
Phone Book: Yes (took a bit to get it to import, but no problems after the initial import)
I hated the Razr, the only good thing about it was how well it worked with the Audi's BT. It never, ever dropped out & that was with about 9 months of steady use. But the layout of the phone & sync software (Motorola Phone Tools) sucked.
Phone: Nokia E62 (Unicel)
Compatible: Yes
Phone Book: No
This phone has a really nice clean layout with great reception, but unfortunately didn't work too well with the Audi. The phone book would never import at all & over the course of about 3-4 days of use I had frequent disconnects with the BT. It was incredibly frustrating to use in the car after so long with the Razr that I had to look for something else. Otherwise I'd still have this phone, it was a joy to use with great software that synced nicely with Outlook.
Phone: HTC S621 (Unicel)
Compatible: Yes
Phone Book: Yes
I just got this phone yesterday & I love it. It has all of the contacts grouped in such a way that each contact has 1 entry in the phone with all of its phone numbers within that entry, but the Audi BT is able to pick them all out & individualize them in the car's phone book. So sweet! (One thing that drove me nuts with the Razr is that I'd have multiple entries for people that had more than one phone number, it makes the list soooooo much longer.) Not only that, but in the car's phone book it has a little notation after each name that denotes what type of phone it is - work, mobile, home, etc. This is something that even the Razr didn't do. (Some phone numbers such as "other" wouldn't import to the phone from Outlook, but if you use something that the phone has an entry for then it will import.) It also seems to be a very solid connection with Audi's BT, which is the icing on the cake. Also, no extra software other than Activesync & it syncs beautifully with Outlook 2003. It took a while to customize Windows Mobile to my liking, but with Facade it's now where I want it. I highly recommend it!
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