Submit Response is a weblog by Jack Mottram, a t610 on the Desktop
I’ll stop with the t610 gushing soon, I promise. But in the meantime, how cool is this?
I could tell without even taking the phone out of my pocket that this was a call I needed to answer, albeit after leaving the caller hanging on for nine rings while I took a screenshot. If you are as lazy as I am, this is important. Very important.
It get’s better though.
Midway through completely failing to help the unlinkable Hannah McGill get a dial-up connection in her hotel room, the following popped up:
Note the Reply button, making it possible to continue the SMS coversation without ever touching the telephone. Wonderful.
To enable these features, which I assume work for all Bluetooth-equipped handsets, open Address Book and click on the Bluetooth logo. Er, that’s it. To send an SMS from scratch, or make a call, you just click and hold on a contact’s mobile number.
I
want
one
of
them
phones
Posted by Donna at 6pm on 14.08.03
i
have
one now
it was FREE!
at phones4u
£30 a month / 200 free minutes inclusive + rollover / 500 free texts
now i need a bluetooth adaptor…
best phone ever.
Posted by g.ape at 8pm on 14.08.03
Yes, I suppose the Address Book features are quite nice when you get used to them. Hiding the SMS integration behind a mystery-meat interface (how did you find out it was click and hold? Did someone tell you, perhaps? Is it in the menus? Oh, no it isn’t!) is hardly a good thing, though.
I’m also less than impressed with Bluetooth File Exchange, although at least iSync works.
(What, no preview button?)
Posted by paul mison at 10am on 11.09.03
I only found out about the click ‘n’ hold thing by accidentally clicking and holding! Haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere…
You’re dead right about the File Exchange - bloody awful. The fact that you can’t Get multiple files beggars belief. And the lack of preview means you have to sit there with your phone looking at the pics to find out what number they are. Not being able to delete images on the phone from the Mac sucks too. I keep meaning to ping the LazyWeb to see if anyone can/has already come up with a superior alternative… perhaps I will now.
Posted by Jack at 11am on 11.09.03
Oh, if memory serves, I’m not so clever/lucky - this entry over at Mac OS X Hints tipped me off.
Posted by Jack at 12pm on 11.09.03
Line rental for £25, (this goes DOWN after the 1st year!), calls from 8p per minute, handset from £79 at:
https://www.telecomplus.co.uk/store/index.taf?exref=108022
Posted by David at 5pm on 29.10.03