Apple Newbie

One of the things I miss having on my Windows workstation is Float’s Mobile Agent which I use to access my Sony Ericsson T630 mobile phone.

I’ve found a replacement for use on my Mac and I’m now a happy camper. It’s called BluePhoneElite.

BluePhoneElite allows me to manage my phone calls, my SMS inbox and outbox and it has this feature called proximity behaviours. Basically you set set disruptive events that depend on your phone’s proximity with your Mac, through Bluetooth of course. You can run or close applications, or just about do anything because it supports AppleScript. For example if you’re used to playing music on iTunes, and you want to automatically lower or mute iTunes when a call comes in. That’s possible with BluePhoneElite.

Here’s some of the phones that it supports.

Sony Ericsson - T39 T68 T608(1) T610 T616 T630 T637 K700 K750 S700 S710 R520 V800 V802 W800 Z600 Z800 Z1010

Motorola - A630 A835 E398 E815 E1000 Razr-V3 V330 V500 V505 V525 V545 V551 V600 V620 V635 V710 V80

Nokia - 6230 6310 6810 6820 7280 7600 8800 8910

A full list is available here.

Currently you can’t make calls using your Mac’s speakers and microphone though… that feature’s scheduled to be in BluePhoneElite 2.0.

Check out BluePhoneElite. It only costs USD$20. You can download a copy to check it out.