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Is there a program that lets you answer calls on your mac?

likemyorbs

likemyorbs

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how cool would it be to use your mac as a phone via bluetooth? just pair it up with you cell phone, and then when you get a call you get a prompt on the screen to accept or deny. you used to be able to do it with your home phone line on macs back in the early 90's since the phone line was hooked up to your computer. anyone know of an app that could do this?
 
Never heard of such a program, but I think it would be awesome! I hope Apple offers this as a feature someday. The closest thing I can think of is using a VNC client to control a jailbroken iPhone via your computer, but that's not really the same since it's not like you can use your computer's mic to talk.
 
jmann said:
I use Blue Phone Elite 2, works pretty well. :)
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That looks pretty nifty, only it doesn't seem like many features are supported for the iPhone. What I really wish is that my Mac could detect when my iPhone is close via bluetooth, and just allow me to send and receive text messages and answer / place calls from my computer. Would make things a lot easier when my phone's charging in the dock! I guess they'd need an entirely new application for this, since this def isn't something I'd want see integrated in the ever-expanding iTunes and Address Book is too simple for that.
 
You might check out Ring Central. It was suggested to me by an actual user, though I admit I haven't had time to look into it too much. Here's a little excerpt from the e-mail the user forwarded to me:
Using your Call Controller
Turn your computer into a full-featured business phone. The Call Controller is a powerful, free desktop tool that allows you real-time control of your calls and faxes.

Download the Call Controller from your account and:
• Answer calls through your PC
• Forward calls to your phone or another extension
• Direct callers straight into voicemail
• Send a text to voice message to callers with just a few clicks
• Conference, record or even pickup calls mid-message
When you assign a RingCentral VoIP phone line to your Call Controller, it transforms into a SoftPhone, allowing you to make outbound calls to anywhere in the world from your PC using a USB headset.

To download the Call Controller (Mac or PC):
• Log into your account
• Select the Download tab
• Click DOWNLOAD NOW
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I think their website is just www.ringcentral.com You can probably poke around on there for more info
 
icafelawrence said:
You can also use iChat to send a sms messages. I do it all the time! Very convenient!
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Yeah I've been doing that for a while. One nifty trick I discovered was that if you add someone's phone number as an extra screenname in Address Book, formatted as +1xxxxxxxxxx, and then add that "screen name" to iChat, you can right-click on their name choose which "screen name" to send a message to, being either their AIM name or their phone as a text message. That way you don't have to remember their numbers or have all those random numbers displayed on your buddy list. :)
 
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