S55 + Bluetooth + O2 = Happiness

I to am a fan of Ross Barkman.
I’ve been (un-successfully) trying to integrate my iBook and Nokia 6100 phone though Ir using an external USB connecter (that clearly has no Mac drivers).

After taking apart my USB Ir thing I discovered it uses the same chip as the “generic USB cable” driver - and one other.

So installed the generic driver to my iBook on osX to no avail - as I still cant figure out how to make osX understand Ir - But i did remember seeing an Ir control panel in os9.

But, after hours of toil my iBook gave up - its never liked running os9 since I started using 10 and now 9 konks out before I can use it.

Bah.

For 30 euros I can buy a java browser app for my phone, so I could blog from their. Blogger does audio blogging so I guess I could do that (bar thinking my own voice is rather irratating). I’m not sure I like blogging or the net *that* much though.

twice.
yay!
(apologies)

so are you trying to connect the phone through IR or USB?

OSX works with an IR connection to a mobile really well - you just have to activate the port through the system preferences>network tab.

if it’s through USB I don’t think you’ll get it to work…

Just had a reply from Siemens after sending a note to their tech support asking how I go about updating the firmware on my phone if I’m on a Mac (they only provide a windows version). This is what they said:
“Thank you for your e-mail. It is not possible to connect your S55 to Macintosh G3 powerbook as Siemens do not support Apple Mac and Siemens have not manufactured a cable to use with Macintosh.”
Why not create a cross platform app that can update via bluetooth? - PRICKS.

nokia are just the same… they *only* produce stuff for pc.

but, who can blame them for only supporting pc’s? Apple users don’t count for anything; even in Apple’s eyes… (Talking about the music store, the photo books and the complete lack of answering *any* emails sent to them via the website). If apple don’t really care then why should siemens or nokia?

trying to connect my phone via a USB IR cable - it looks like a mouse, but has an IR set up and some flashy LEDs on it.

I cant get OsX to recognsise the potencial IR connection as I dont think its understanding whats plugged into the USB port.

Ross’s site says some cheap USB to phone cables use some chip, the “PL-2303 USB-Serial chipset manufactured by Prolific Technology in Taiwan”. After ripping open the IR end bit of the IR-USB cable it had one of those chips, and one other. I downloaded the driver for that - but still cant just find any options in OsX around IR except that one in network. The the one in network seems only concearned with modem usage, which also wont work.

I also think its not gonna work. Os9 might do, but my ibook totally HATES running 9. And so do I! haha

It is quite funny that all our OsX’s come with mobile phone modem drivers that dont work and so we need to download better ones from Ross’s site.

Does iSync not do Siemans phones?
Or one of those Apps listed on Ross’s page?
Haha if iSync supported IR, now then I might be in business; but instead it chooses to use a crappy old technology, oh yeah, Bluetooth.
lol

Yeah iSync works great with my S55 - and all over Bluetooth - no need to point and shoot!

You can use the generic USB cable driver from Ross’ page with the Siemens USB data cable.

I have it working with my S55, connecting over GPRS in OS X on my PB.

However, it doesn’t work with iSync

I bought the USB cable, because it’s needed to upgrade the phones firmware (I also have an old PC I can use for that), but since iSync 1.1 supports some Motorola phones over USB I’m a bit P*ssed off that it doesn’t work with my S55 - just because it has BT shouldn’t mean I’m forced to use it !

Anyway, you can use GPRS via the USB cable, so it’s not completely useless on Mac.

Argh! I have exactly your combination - S55, iBook, D-Link Bluetooth USB thingy, o2. Couldn’t work out how to get online using this combination. So I googled and found your post. But I still can’t get it to work! Which script did you use? I’ve tried all of them several times (each with + without various options on to see if it helped). Each time it dials, connects, then disconnects immediately. Have I missed something incredibly obvious?

I’ll screenshot the settings in my iBook and maybe the settings on my phone - hopefully that will help. The only problem is the iBook is having the screen repaired (again) so it might be a few days till I get it back.

I don’t really understand what all that stuff up there means..

I bought two Siemens s55’s for my boss’ and when I opened the box and tried to use the CD I realised they are only compatible with PC’s.

All I want to be able to do is use the camera to take pics and then download on the G4 & iMac and possibly email them too.

Can someone tell me exactly what I have to buy to make it work?

Thanks.

Okey dokey. First off, if your Mac does not have built in Bluetooth then you’ll need a USB Bluetooth adapter. There’s a few on the market but I use the one made by D-Link. Make sure your S55 has Bluetooth turned on (Menu>setup>connectivity>Bluetooth). Plug the Bluetooth adapter into a spare USB port and then fireup the Bluetooth Setup Assistant which is built into Mac OS X. Follow the on screen instructions to pair the phone with your Mac. That’s as far as you need to go for basic connectivity - you should now be able to browse the files on the phone using the Mac’s Bluetooth File Exchange. As for getting it to connect to your service provider, that comes down to specifics. This post has talked about o2. The best best is to call your service provider and ask them what to do now. Hope that helps. I will post screenshots of my iBook settigs when I get it back from Apple!

Oh yeah - a way cool thing is turning on Bluetooth in your Mac address book. When someone texts or calls your phone and you’ve got the Address book running, that persons name will appear on your screen. You can even reply to text messages on screen. How cool is that?

hey, i also have a siemens s55 phone on o2. I was wondering if you had the settings for the o2 email account as when i try to connect to my o2 email account or send or receive emails on my s55 it says ‘’unable to connect to account!'’ my s55 also fails to download games and applications, i was wondering if you had any advice on this.
i work in a recording studio with apple mac G5’s G4’s, and Ibooks too, so if you needed any advice i have a large range of knowledge on apple machines. thanks ed.

I have a siemens s56 and a G4 powerbook. Are the procedures to connect to the internet through bluetooth the same even though I have at&T wireless m-mode?

hi.I want to program my s55 to send commands via Bluetooth.(I press 1-> phone sends something…)Can someone help me?

here is an IR client for some S/E phones

http://homepage.mac.com/jonassalling/Shareware/EricssonClient/

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6518 Very well said chappy.