Control Your Mac With Bluetooth Phone

reidconti writes "Ever wanted to control your Mac remotely? Now you can, with the Sony Ericsson Clicker by Jonas Salling. Play MP3s or DVDs, command Keynote and PowerPoint presentations, all from your Sony Ericsson Bluetooth phone. Nifty proximity mode lets you pause your music when you leave the room and automatically resume when you re-enter." It uses AppleScript, to control whatever AppleScript can control.

Comments

Need longer battery life now..

[davo39]

This is really a geek tool. I love it .. especially the proximity sensor. You can actually program your Mac to execute a task via Applescript when you leave the BT radius, or re-enter it.

We need longer battery life now. Bluetooth is a real drain on your cell phone (or your Palm for that matter).

Re:Hmmm...

[tbmaddux]

It's quite safe - robably more so than having WiFi connections.

If it's so safe, why is security guru Bruce Schneier using it as an example of failed authentication schemes? A quote from the bottom of that Cryptogram section:

"I said something like: 'I can hardly wait for Bluetooth to become universal, because I really want a wireless keyboard and mouse with the "base station" built into my computer.' He said: 'Yes, but you really probably don't want to use Bluetooth for that, because then somebody could stuff keystrokes or mouse clicks into your system.' I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Talk about not getting it."

At least WiFi has "progressed" to the point that we all know it's insecure and those of us who are concerned about security can easily workaround it by using secure tools, just like we already do with email.