Bluetooth on iPhone and MacBook...

[tommoran]

So I have bluetooth on both my iPhone and MacBook.

Can I use BT to transfer files, sinc iTunes, use my Mac keyboard for my iPhone etc.?

Can I "Zune" songs to and from friends?

 

[ivi7]

No you can't do anything of that sort. All you can do is use it as a BT headset. Apple has locked down the other features.

 

[joshysquashy]

Apple could add extra features in the future, and I believe they will. But for the moment there is nothing like that.

Eventually someone will make an app that handles file transfers I think, but that will require hacking the iPhone.

 

[benfilan]

No you can't do anything of that sort. All you can do is use it as a BT headset. Apple has locked down the other features.

i think thats the stupidest thing. say i' standing with a friend somewhere, and i've just showed them the most hilarious picture from last night on my iPhone.

"haha, thats hilarious! send it to my phone"

me: "uh, i cant."

"well picture message it to me"

me: "uh, i cant."

 

[joshysquashy]

i think thats the stupidest thing. say i' standing with a friend somewhere, and i've just showed them the most hilarious picture from last night on my iPhone.

"haha, thats hilarious! send it to my phone"

me: "uh, i cant."

"well picture message it to me"

me: "uh, i cant."

or,

"send it to my phone"

me: I can email it to you, is that ok? (with 3rd party apps!)

"cool, then I can send it to all my friends for free, and keep it in my lovely iPhoto collection!"

Ok, ok, it was a bad move, but at least there is a solution!

 

[zub3qin]

No you can't do anything of that sort. All you can do is use it as a BT headset. Apple has locked down the other features.

What possible money-making (cause there is no other reason for Apple lately) reason could Apple have to disable the bluetooth features on the iPhone?

 

[ivi7]

What possible money-making (cause there is no other reason for Apple lately) reason could Apple have to disable the bluetooth features on the iPhone?

They will probably roll out some features with future updates so the iPhone is always in the limelight.

 

[mdwsta4]

them: email? no, send it to my phone. i don't have email on my phone.
or
them: 'i have email on my phone? how does that work?'

what normal non-business user has email set up on their phone? i can tell you it's a very slim margin. non-business users use SMS and MMS, they have no use for email on their phone.

not having MMS is absurd as is disabling BT capabilities of the phone. i like certain aspects of the iphone, but all these faults make it impossible to live with as my main phone. it was a great first attempt, but hopefully with V2 of the iphone apple will realize they're making phones, not ipods and see what every other manufacturer offers (BT, usable speakerphone, MMS, video, not breaking hacks, file transfer, copy/paste, editing parts of SMS messages, etc, etc).

or,

"send it to my phone"

me: I can email it to you, is that ok? (with 3rd party apps!)

"cool, then I can send it to all my friends for free, and keep it in my lovely iPhoto collection!"

Ok, ok, it was a bad move, but at least there is a solution!

 

[MrT8064]

them: email? no, send it to my phone. i don't have email on my phone.
or
them: 'i have email on my phone? how does that work?'

what normal non-business user has email set up on their phone? i can tell you it's a very slim margin. non-business users use SMS and MMS, they have no use for email on their phone.

not having MMS is absurd as is disabling BT capabilities of the phone. i like certain aspects of the iphone, but all these faults make it impossible to live with as my main phone. it was a great first attempt, but hopefully with V2 of the iphone apple will realize they're making phones, not ipods and see what every other manufacturer offers (BT, usable speakerphone, MMS, video, not breaking hacks, file transfer, copy/paste, editing parts of SMS messages, etc, etc).

It really is daft not being able to bluetooth photos to friends... we both put our phone's bluetooth on, he found me and paired, by typing in 1111... i went to a photo, clicked on that little arrow... i was hoping to see 'bluetooth photo' but no, i had to email it... and his little samsung was clearly incapable of recieving emails, so he has to go home, find some cable in a draw, install some software just to get a silly photo on his phone... APPLE, YOU MUST TRY HARDER!!!

 

[cdsuggs]

BT headset

All you can do is use it as a BT headset.

I would like to pair my iPhone and MBP via bluetooth in such a way that the laptop acts as a bluetooth headset paired to the phone.

Phone rings, I accept the call, and use the mic and speakers on my MBP to converse (speaker phone style).

Is this possible?

Any tips or a link you can point me to would be much appreciated.

many thanks,
chris

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