Bluetooth Applications

[moRU]

You see all those bluetooth cell phones, even had a guy at a Mac store control iTunes with his, but is there anything else they can do? I know it probably depends on model, but what else is out there? I must have been using the wrong phrases in google b/c it didn't return much.

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

I have this app called Romeo that lets me do just about ANYTHING on my mac as long as it's applescript aware. I can control iTunes, DVD Player, MPlayer OSX, Safari, the mouse, brightness, volume. The coolest feature is it can automatically lock my screen and mute the volume when I leave the room, PERFECT for when I go to class.

[Fusion]

Well the most relevant application that I would use is the internet. Both t-mobile and sprint have unlimited digital transfer minutes for like 5 to 10 dollars a month more. It is meant to use the internet actually on the phone itself, but if your phone is bluetooth enabled, you can use your laptop and you phone as the connection. This is an alternative to paying another 80 dollars a month on a specific pcmia card plan and it means you can be on the internet anywhere you phone has signal. The speed is only 100k, but hey, that's enough for browsing and checking email. It is really cool for road trips. My phone just has usb right now, so it still works fine, but it's just one more cable. If you have bluetooth, you just set it to connect, stick it in your pocket, bust out your powerbook and you are set.

[Redestium]

I heard that there is a problem with BT devices and signal drop out, is there any truth to that?

[Carp]

ROMEO I saw is only available on the Sony Ericsson t68i (soon to be the P800 too). What about for other phones? Is there anything else out there for other phones? What can you do without this program?

[Wickedkitten Veteran]

i use sony ericsson clicker myself

http://homepage.mac.com/jonassalling/Share...reware/Clicker/

[mAcOdIn Veteran]

There's also the SE T6xx series that use bluetooth as well. I have a SE T616 and while I haven't found a way to get the phone online to the net over bluetooth(I don't think it's possible either) it has helped me personalize my phone with pics of allyson hannigan. I just download the wallpapers, games and ringers I want then hop on my phone and browse my pc's files from bluetooth and download them thatway.

[wilfried]

That's one of the main reason I got a Mac as my laptop. It works fine on XP as well but it's built-in the mac and OS X. It was a pain to install my BT usb dongle on my windows XP machine.

I can go on-line with bluetooth when I am not home. With T-mobile it's $10 a month for unlimited data (web and email only they block other ports) or $19 for unlimited/all ports. It's not broadband... but it's decent for checking emails and light surfing. (About dial up speed)

You can also control your computer with it. Not only iTune but anything really. You can move the mouse with the joystick of SE phone. Send pictures, theme, ring tones...

If you do presentations you can use your phone as a remote.

Same if you use it to watch DVD's.

Not to mention bluetooth devices such as mouse, keyboards and PDA. I am sure there will be more soon. (There is a bluetooth add-in for iPods that will be available later this year)

[mAcOdIn Veteran]

wilfried - You got your SE phone to actually be able to use the internet via a bluetooth connection? Mind if I ask how?

[xmr]

I use it for sending txt messages quickly by using Address Book... I also use iSync to sync my calendars from iCal and my address book to my T610. I used it for the net once, but it was horribly expensive so I stopped. I seem to remember it was a case of going into Network Preferences and setting up a new bluetooth modem.

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

I'm using Romeo with my Nokia 3650 thanks to Veta Universal. Works great :)

[ss1]

I use my T610 with iSync to keep my Calanders and Contacts up to date. I'll prolly check out Salling Clicker and see whether its worth buying.

Cheers,

ss1.

[wilfried]

  mAcOdIn said:

You got your SE phone to actually be able to use the internet via a bluetooth connection? Mind if I ask how?

Just to make it clear: I use the phone to connect the computer to the net. Not the other way around.

Here is a good link:

http://homepage.mac.com/jrc/contrib/tzones/

Only change is that I left the "number to connect" blank. (He had it set up to wap.voicestream.net and that did not work for me.)

Worked like a charm the first time!

I am using the "Ericsson GPRS CID1" modem script. You can get it here:

http://www.taniwha.org.uk/

If your data account is CID2, use the CID2 script. You can check on your phone what's the CID, it should be 1 unless you have many data accounts.

[mAcOdIn Veteran]

Ah bummer mate.

Thanks for the follow up!

[Wickedkitten Veteran]

if you have a t610 or t616 check this out as well

http://www.macmedia.sk/pa.htm

[moRU]

Welcome to Neowin Carp...

[Joseph Zollo]

  wilfried said:

That's one of the main reason I got a Mac as my laptop. It works fine on XP as well but it's built-in the mac and OS X. It was a pain to install my BT usb dongle on my windows XP machine.

I can go on-line with bluetooth when I am not home. With T-mobile it's $10 a month for unlimited data (web and email only they block other ports) or $19 for unlimited/all ports. It's not broadband... but it's decent for checking emails and light surfing. (About dial up speed)

You can also control your computer with it. Not only iTune but anything really. You can move the mouse with the joystick of SE phone. Send pictures, theme, ring tones...

If you do presentations you can use your phone as a remote.

Same if you use it to watch DVD's.

Not to mention bluetooth devices such as mouse, keyboards and PDA. I am sure there will be more soon. (There is a bluetooth add-in for iPods that will be available later this year)

Do you know if the wireless BT features will work on XP (net access). If so, I might just get a BT dongle for my XP laptop and get the service.

[xmr]

  Wickedkitten said:

if you have a t610 or t616 check this out as well

http://www.macmedia.sk/pa.htm

that app is great for theming and you don't even need to pay for it - just use the export preview, delete the JPG Preview folder, add an xml file with the byte sizes of each of the files then tar the whole directory and send to your phone. Worked a treat for my T610 Panther theme :D

[Fusion]

  JZolloXP said:

  wilfried said:

That's one of the main reason I got a Mac as my laptop. It works fine on XP as well but it's built-in the mac and OS X. It was a pain to install my BT usb dongle on my windows XP machine.

I can go on-line with bluetooth when I am not home. With T-mobile it's $10 a month for unlimited data (web and email only they block other ports) or $19 for unlimited/all ports. It's not broadband... but it's decent for checking emails and light surfing. (About dial up speed)

You can also control your computer with it. Not only iTune but anything really. You can move the mouse with the joystick of SE phone. Send pictures, theme, ring tones...

If you do presentations you can use your phone as a remote.

Same if you use it to watch DVD's.

Not to mention bluetooth devices such as mouse, keyboards and PDA. I am sure there will be more soon. (There is a bluetooth add-in for iPods that will be available later this year)

Do you know if the wireless BT features will work on XP (net access). If so, I might just get a BT dongle for my XP laptop and get the service.

It works yes, but I have heard that it is very hard to set up.

[autodefe]

  rastachops said:

  Wickedkitten said:

if you have a t610 or t616 check this out as well

http://www.macmedia.sk/pa.htm

that app is great for theming and you don't even need to pay for it - just use the export preview, delete the JPG Preview folder, add an xml file with the byte sizes of each of the files then tar the whole directory and send to your phone. Worked a treat for my T610 Panther theme :D

I wish they had this app for Windows... My T616 is lonely :pinch:

[am_fek]

I'm quite keen to know how to control iTunes from a cellphone, can anyone fill me in please? Thanks :yes:

Also, does anyone here use the new Apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse? If so, is it possible to wake a machine (specifically a PB) from sleep using them?

[wilfried]

  JZolloXP said:

Do you know if the wireless BT features will work on XP (net access). If so, I might just get a BT dongle for my XP laptop and get the service.

Yes it works on XP as well. It was easy to set up for me. If you have your T610 CD that came with it pop it in. There is an option to set up a dial up connection on the CD. It will ask you if you want to dial up an ISP or use GPRS then walk you thru. I got it set up with BT and IRDA just fine.

[wilfried]

  Opio said:

  I wish they had this app for Windows... My T616 is lonely  :pinch:

Here is Float's Mobile Agent for Windows:

http://eflame.com/fma/

More stuff for your lonely T616:

http://www.clubsonyericsson.com/en/software.shtml

[NeoMayhem]

  Opio said:

  rastachops said:

  Wickedkitten said:

if you have a t610 or t616 check this out as well

http://www.macmedia.sk/pa.htm

that app is great for theming and you don't even need to pay for it - just use the export preview, delete the JPG Preview folder, add an xml file with the byte sizes of each of the files then tar the whole directory and send to your phone. Worked a treat for my T610 Panther theme :D

I wish they had this app for Windows... My T616 is lonely :pinch:

lol, I keep telling you ms freaks that OS X has better apps :p

[Nexus-]

  wilfried said:

You can also control your computer with it. Not only iTune but anything really. You can move the mouse with the joystick of SE phone. Send pictures, theme, ring tones...

If you do presentations you can use your phone as a remote.

Same if you use it to watch DVD's.

Not to mention bluetooth devices such as mouse, keyboards and PDA. I am sure there will be more soon. (There is a bluetooth add-in for iPods that will be available later this year)

Ohh that sounds so awesome i so wish i could do that with my pc i would kill to have that funcionality on my pc with a cell phone :cool: I would love to control mouse pointer,o control winamp, wmp, or iTunes.

and the thing timdorr said about turning off the screen and muting it that would kill too for my pc i could just grab my watch, wallet, and phone head out the door and mute and turn off my screen on my pc.

I so wish i could do that *drool*

would like to hear more if all this is possible with windows as windows doesnt have applescript :rofl: