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Control Your Mac With Bluetooth Phone

Posted by pudge on from the computers-can-do-that dept.

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.

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  1. Great geek aid by MrMickS · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This is a great addition to my hotel room automation kit. Now as well as being able to use my Palm to control the TV I can use my T68i to control my computer. I never need to leave my bed again :)

    On a serious note it's saved me having to buy a remote from Keyspan.

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  2. Re:Will it work with Nokia 6310i? by Lebannen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Afraid not. At the moment, it doesn't even work with the P800 - this relies on the menu publishing capabilities that Ericsson put in phones from the T38 to the T68i.

    I'm working on alternative methods for the P800 though, as it seems to be the hot new phone to have :)

    [Note: am in no way connected with Clicker]

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  3. Re:Need longer battery life now.. by thefinite · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I can go *three* days on my T68i, with Bluetooth on the whole time, before I need to recharge the phone. I realize this doesn't say whether or not BT is a drain, but it does say it doesn't matter on a T68i if it is a drain.

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  4. Simple Bluetooth Keychain by affegott · · Score: 3, Interesting

    All-

    Does anyone make a very small Bluetooth keychain type device? I really like the "Proximity Sensor" mode... but I don't want to need a Sony/Ecicson phone to use it... :-)

    Something like a keyless entry keychain, but with Bluetooth... someone must make one, right?!?

    Later,
    -Affe

  5. demo movie by stux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    very interesting demonstration of this nifty utility in use

    http://homepage.mac.com/rtouris/iMovieTheater38.ht ml

    This is the first truly cool thing I've seen with BlueTooth :)

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  6. Re:Scripts to automatically lock & unlock your by mithras+the+prophet · · Score: 2, Interesting
    For the unlock script, may I suggest the following:
    do shell script "kill `ps axww | awk '/ScreenSaverEngine/ {print $1}' | head`"
    which doesn't require saving your password in the script. (I used that construction instead of killall because killall wasn't working for me. YMMV.)
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