bluetooth phones
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- CX
Any of you using wireless phones with bluetooth or similar technology? Is it useful or are you doing anything cool with them?
- sexypixel0
the sony t610 has great bluetooth, but ive only used it to transfer contacts etc. but i hear the bluetooth headset is great for that phone
- jox0
i have a t68i, but i don't have another bluetoof device to connect to :(
- CX0
So you can easily tranfer contacts from phone to PC no extra software required?
- sexypixel0
software comes with the phone
- jox0
you will need a pc with some sort of bluetoof thingy in / on it.
don't make the same mistake i did. It DOESN'T fit the floppy drive. End of story.
- protoculture0
I've got a Sony Ericsson t68i. If you've got iSync, you can sync your contacts and calendar wirelessly.
I've also used it as a wireless modem.
Also check out the salling clicker.
http://homepage.mac.com/jonassal…
Fucking sweet software that allows you to use your phone as a "remote control" for pretty much any app on your mac. You can even set it up so that once your phone comes within range (30 feet) you can have iTunes start playing, and once it goes out of range (you leave the room), it's starts playing again. The possibilities are endless....
- CX0
I just got a Sanyo SCP-8100. Had a 4900 but dropped it in a bowl of soup like a dumbass. The reviews I read are good but the con seems to be a pain in the ass to sync (lots of additional software, cables required).
- ********0
yeah it rox!
- CX0
JazX what are you doig with it? After reading more about bluetooth the possibilities sem endless.
- ribit0
I'm using a T610 for GPRS internet access for my Palm Tungsten and Powerbook (actually still getting a modem error with the Powerbook).... and transferring photos from T610 to Palm or Mac(s), and for iSync synchronization of several hundred contacts across the phone, 2 Macs and the Palm...
still trying to work out if any of this is REALLY useful...
- xrusos0
i use my t68i as a remote for my dvd player when connected to my tv. also as a remote for powerpoint presentations. also as a modem to check email when i'm in weird places. and also to easily sync contacts and calendar items. very fun. sometimes i use it to control itunes as welll - like when i'm making dinner in another room.
- xrusos0
all that said... i really don't like the phone's speed (OS speed) and reception. t68i seems first generation in that respect. i live in the heart of silicon valley but i still have dropped calls. and it only works sporatically in my apartment.
- ********0
just pluggin' in a laptop and connecting. I once worked for a company in NYC where we designed Mobile Device (WAP-WML) interfaces for RIM-Devices and such. all of them came free to us and we just played with them all day. hee heee it rocked, i got let go from that job after 9/11
- CX0
xrusos, that all sounds really cool. Could you use it as a modem all the time if you wanted to or is that impractical? I imagine you have some PC or notebook with a bluetooth card. Does your DVD player have to have a Bluetooth card too?
- niku0
using my t616 as a winamp remote through bluetooth.
yep, no more having to get off the couch.
- jevad0
I have the t610 and a bluetooth little earpiece thing - it's great for teh office as I can just walk around without my phone - 8 metre range - same with driving and working at my computer...course..it does make me look a total cunt...
- ribit0
If you use a GPRS data service on your mobile, you can stay connected all the time..(you only pay for data transfer, not time online)... so your laptop or whatever devices using the phones connection are always online, and the data connection is paused to allow incoming telephone calls.
- xrusos0
CX - as for connecting all the time: ribit said it best.
as for my computer config... i have an apple powerbook 17" - it came with bluetooth (as they all do). - and the dvd player i was talking about was also my powerbook.
i use apple isync to auto sync my contacts and calendar items. all runs seemlessly. all came with the powerbook. (except for the remote control software - $10 shareware)
and i just use the modem when i'm on the road. a month ago i had a conference call scheduled and needed a document before the meeting... the problem was i was traveling from oregon to san francisco - so at 80mph, my mac found my phone, checked my email, downloaded the document, and read it to me (using mac's built in text to speech, and running the sound through my car's audio using the tape adapter i have for my iPod) all in time for my meeting, without pulling over. needless to say, i was pretty stoked to have that ability. - first time really testing it.
but most of the time, i hit up free wireless hotspots as much as i can for access. much faster than my cell. and they're pretty common around the bay area.
- xrusos0
but again, the reception on the t68i is pretty poor, so i'm waiting to replace it soon.