Romeo: More T68i Remote Control Software

interdigitate writes " There is another piece of beta Mac OS X software called Romeo which also allows you to control your Mac using the Sony Ericsson T68i Phone. It works like the Sony Ericsson Clicker except it is freeware." For now, it does not support arbitrary AppleScripts like Clicker does, but it does allow using the phone as a remote mouse. Also note that Apple has put up a page of Clicker scripts.

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[Lebannen]

Wow... I made slashdot :) There goes my monthly bandwidth, on the fourth day of the new month...

As a quick note in response to the most frequently asked questions:

1) Romeo will always be free. I may need to start a bandwidth fund, but it'll always be free.
2) 1.0 will include not only full user scripting - and key press scripting for apps like mplayer which don't use applescript - but also several other cool features, including tweaking it's status as an Application.
3) 1.0 will be out soon. No, really. On the order of a single-digit amount of days, although possibly on the high end of that.
4) Support for other phones apart from Ericsson would be nice, but may be impossible. Nokia and Simiens phones with bluetooth should connect quite happily with the current codebase, but won't display any menus because they don't have the necessary hooks. I'm looking into this, potentailly by means of a java app on phones that support it, but if anyone knows an accessory-menu equivalent for Nokia/Siemens do please drop me a line.
5) The P800 will be supported when the next version of the firmware for the P800 is released.

And finally, a few cool functions most people don't seem to notice:
* Try the slider on the side of the phone when in mouse mode. (Note: in 0.5 you need to have Zoom enabled in the Universal Access prefpane)
* Make sure you have mute-on-ring enabled in the prefs, and then get someone to phone you on the mobile :)

SEC and Romeo - Make Script repository, not war!

[gsfprez]

Any plans in the works on the two superpowers coming together to put together the truly great aspects of each software package?

Right now, it seems that SE Clicker has the jump as far as expandability, as well as the unofficial support from Apple - Romeo seems to have mousing and crashing (i know its .5, i know) down.

Together - a unified app wouldn't require one to jump between the two apps (of course, it would only take two scripts to jump between apps, wouldn't it?) may be able to more quickly focus expandability, functionality, bug squashing, etc...

right now - these are both great apps, but the bugs are still too many to be "trustworthy" for me to use my phone as a PowerPoint and Keynote clicker (i am a PowerPoint ranger - it is my life's blood).

And finally - maybe one single repository for quality checked scripts. Maybe a slashcode site? Maybe a sourceforge website? I dunno, but i do know that going between a ton of sites looking for a script here and there kinds sucks. I'd host it, but i've only got a DSL link at home.