Hi all,
Now we know that sadly, Blue & Me will not play back incoming txt messages to your iPhone whilst in the car... it just does not support it, however, with a little extra effort it IS possible
Here is what you need to do:
1 - Jailbreak your iPhone. - NOT AS SCARY AS YOU MIGHT THINK!...and as a previous Apple employee and a Software Engineer....perfectly fine!
2 - Download and install the "iRealSMS" (iRealSMS - Professional SMS on your iPhone - Home) app via Cydia (there is a free trial version that you can use to test it first if you want - if you decide you want it, it cost about £8...probably the worst part of all of this! ).
3 - In the iRealSMS settings, tell it to use iRealSMS as the default messaging app on your iPhone, and enable the "Read New SMS" and "Bluetooth Only" options.
4 - Make sure you are sat in your car and that your iPhone is connected to your Blue & Me.
5 - Get somebody to send you a txt message!
That's it! It should work a treat! Amazingly, it also responds to voice control just like the normal Blue & Me setup, so when a message comes in, your iPhone will first connect to Blue & Me and ask you (via the car speakers) "Do you want me to read the message from [message sender name]?" to which you can respond either "Yes" or "No" etc.
Brill!
I never really had a reason to jailbreak my iphone before, but glad I did just to get this working!
Another tip if you decide to go down the jailbreak route, there is an app called "NoAccessorySplash" which will let you control your music playback from your iphone screen whilst it is connected to Blue & Me. Normally you would just get the white "Accessory Connected" screen when loading up the iPod app on your phone, but with this installed, it allows full playback and control via both your iPhone screen AND your normal car controls at the same time.
All info courtesy of Tloram - Fiat Forums