Old instructions that connect the Mac OS X Address Book app to a phone via Bluetooth from O’Reilly and SillyDog. Once paired, the Address Book can initiate dialing, notify the user of incoming calls, and send SMS texts.
Bluetooth Texter SMS Widget, message2net, and BluePhoneElite all offer further tools to interact with your Bluetooth-connected mobile phone. [...]

Posted August 16, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: applescript, bluetooth, cell phone, mac, mac os X, sms, texting. 22 Comments.

Sometime ago I started work on figuring out how to get dial up networking (DUN) access via my Treo 650. Now I’m getting serious about mobile internet access and looking at this again.
The plan is that you should be able to make a Bluetooth connection between your laptop and the phone and then get piped [...]

Posted August 23, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: bluetooth, dial up networking, dun, mobile carrier wireless networking, treo, treo 650, treo 650 dun, verizon, verizon wireless, vzw. 5 Comments.

I’m still excited about that Bluetooth headset I got last week, but I did encounter a little problem with it. Rather, I encountered a problem with Mac OS X and the Bluetooth headset. I don’t remember all the precipitating details, but the obvious threshold event was when Gizmo Project complained that it couldn’t find the [...]

Posted October 12, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: bluetooth, bluetooth headset, bluetooth headsets, bluetooth pairing, connection problem, logitech, logitech mobile freedom, mac os X, mobile, won't connect, won't pair. 8 Comments.

As I was contemplating making angry calls to my hosting provider last week when they shut down MaisonBisson for a couple days, it occurred to me that I would rather make those calls via SkypeOut or some similar service that didn’t reveal my home phone number. After all, I wouldn’t want an angry sysop to [...]

Posted October 9, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: bluetooth, bluetooth firmware update, bluetooth headset, bluetooth headsets, gizmo project, gizmoproject, ichat, logitech, logitech mobile freedom, mac os X, mobile, skype, wireless. 4 Comments.

As if bluejacking wasn’t fun enough, now a few folks have now taken it a little further and figured out how to connect to the growing number of Bluetooth handsfree sets all around us.
Gizmodo fed me the link to what they’re calling “The Car Whisperer.”
Nothing against these guys, but it’s not like they did anything [...]

Posted August 3, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: bluejacking, bluetooth, car whisperer, default passwords, fancy cars, gizmodo, handsfree, poor security. 268 Comments.