Installed MSI BToes 2.1 EDR Micro Dongle from NCiX in Canada. ERP: BT2-USB-030R UPC#4719072000349  complete with software onto my MSI netbook with Windows 7 Ultimate. [MSI]<=> [MSI] should equate to less technical and functioning challenges.

Re-boot and connection to my HTC Desire smartphone, Blue Soleil page popup advising upgrade to  ver 8.

Download/install updated software (which uninstalls the previously installed,  included software) Prompted to provide registration key which was removed by the update.

The software/driver is an expected basic requirement of the device to function. Blue Soleil's pop-up notifies a new update is available; it requires uninstallation of the original product. Once downloaded, the user is expected to pay.

Negative Billing has been the subject of a bill passed in Canadian Parliament in 1999 to protect Canadian Consumers from unscrupulous business practices which outlaws negative billing.

"The Canadian consumer protection statutes is a chronicle of legislators attempting to ensure that the offer is conveyed without misrepresentation by the vendor to a purchaser who has an opportunity to make an informed choice to accept or refuse the offer. This is because a contract that is made with a consumer who is unaware of key elements of the contract such as price, quantity and quality of the goods to be delivered is subversive of the efficiency of the market as a whole"

The ball is in Blue Soleil's court... which is a gift to redeem the situation. Otherwise it will be harder if Blue Soleil sells it's products (bundled or not) in Canada not to avoid finding it's way into Canadian courts... in My Opinion of course.

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=53114&vpn=BT2-USB-030R&manufacture=MSI/MicroStar

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12980AC4574&vpn=BT2-USB-030R&manfuacture=MSI