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Cell phone support on your Mac

June 18, 2008  |  mac, software  |  not published
Integration between your Mac and your cell phone is not necessary easy. You can sync the address book, the calendar and more with iSync, but it could be that your phone is not (yet) supported. You might want to use your cell phone as the modem to connect your MacBook (Pro) to the Internet, but this is not straight forward to set up (see Ross Barkman's Home Page). In earlier versions of Mac OS X you could send SMS messages with your phone using the address book. Now that has disappeared. Nova Media is a German company that provides software solutions for such cell phone integration. They provide iSync plugins that makes iSync support your phone (maybe), the Phone plugin enables SMS messages from address book, launch2net makes it easier to use your cell phone or modem to connect your Mac to the Internet, and FoneLink is a complete cell phone management application for your Mac. My experience is that they are responsive (e.g.~if you have an unsupported phone) and provide good service.

Regarding Internet access using your phone, you should be aware that since 10.4.9 Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) has been supported in Mac OS X (see Bluetooth PAN supported in Mac OS X 10.4.9 and HOWTO Setup GPRS/UMTS Access On a Mac). This makes life a lot easier when you want to use your phone to connect your Mac to the Internet (if your mobile phone support Bluetooth PAN).
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