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  1. Bug #508522
  2. Comment #24

Comment 24 for bug 508522

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Alain Kalker (miki4242) wrote : Re: Mic is not available with A2DP Bluetooth profile

There _is_ documented, approved support for using both HFP and A2DP together.
Take it from the horse's mouth (i.e. the Bluetooth SIG): http://www.bluetooth.org/docman/handlers/downloaddoc.ashx?doc_id=49216

Headsets capable of both high-quality media playback and microphone input areclassified as having the role "HANDSFREE WITH RENDERING DEVICE CAPABILITIES (HF_RD)". Full implementation guidelines are in the document.

So my guess is that there's nothing holding back implementing this. Yay!
Like profiles for other sound devices, Pulseaudio should offer a profile like "High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) + Analog(?) Microphone Input (HFP Source)" for such devices.