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 :)

It's Watson all over again.

[lllama]

I have a sneaky feeling we may well see Apple's own version of the Clicker in 10.3.