T610

After a brief stint with the Stabbing Pain That Is Nextel, I upgraded my trusty old Nokia 8290 phone to a shiny new Sony Ericsson T610.

I love this phone. It’s truly a revolutionary leap beyond the old Nokia, acting as a PDA, a camera, and a voice-note recorder, as well being a pretty good phone.

I picked up a Belkin Bluetooth adapter for about $40, which drastically improves the usefulness of the phone. Using iSync, I’ve now got a standard set of contacts, calendars, and memos, between all my Macs, my .Mac account, my iPod, and my phone.

Bluetooth connectivity, paired with the Salling Clicker, allows me to use my phone as an integrated remote control for all manner of Mac OSX apps. So far I’ve tested it as a very handy remote control for iTunes, and as a DVD remote.

Salling Clicker is fairly smart, too: if I’m listening to iTunes, and I get a call, SC can pause iTunes, set iChat to be “away”, display the caller’s information and picture on the Mac’s screen, and answer the phone. I can also very easily move files between Mac and phone, which makes transferring ringtones, wallpapers, camera photos, and themes very easy.

Another nice feature of SC is ‘proximity-based actions’. If I’m listening to iTunes, and go out of Bluetooth range, SC will pause iTunes for me, until I get back within range.

James, (and anyone else who’s interested), go to MyT610.net for lots of free wallpapers, themes, and so on.