[X-Unix] cellphone-ibook communication

[Simon Forster]

On 22 Mar 2004, at 16:28, Warren Pollans wrote:

> I'd like to learn about cellphone (sanyo 4900) ibook communication - 
> via usb-cellphone cable.  I want to learn how this works so I can 
> backup the phonebook on my phone to my ibook.  Any ideas/suggestions 
> about where to start?

Assuming your phone supports infrared communication (IrDA), another 
idea is to use GSM Remote <http://www.traud.de/gsm/remote/index.html>. 
This is shareware ($10) which'll communicate with most IrDA enabled 
phones. For most Macs you'll need to buy a USB IrDA adapter too. I've 
used this with a number of Nokia phones to swap contacts around, make 
backups, send SMS text messages and the like. It's a little basic but 
quite functional.

As an aside, once you've attached the USB IrDA adapter, effectively it 
becomes a serial device. You can then use a number of tools to send AT 
commands to the phone. I hacked together a quick script which captured 
incoming SMS text messages to a FileMaker database and then deleted the 
message from the phone.


Simon Forster
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