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I slept last night... okay I really didn't, but this is the idea I got while I didn't sleep!
What stops us from connecting our cellphones to the Pandora via bluetooth? I see endless possibilities here. First off, we can at least satisfy these people (who really want their Pandora to act like a phone) a little. I'm thinking of just writing some simple Java or Symbian app (I got one of those bricks, P900) to open up a connection with an awaiting bit of code on the Pandora over bluetooth and send, for example, encrypted SMS-data whenever such a text is received by the phone.
With a keyboard it will be a lot easier and less of a pain-in-the-T9-ass to then answer those SMS:s and send the data back to the app on the phone, which in turn decrypts that information (we don't won't our privacy in the hands of some airsniffing bluetoothhackers) and forward it through the telephone net (therefore bypassing those laws denying direct access with our beloved). Especially if one is hung up on their new Pandora and the phone to reality seem like an obscurity (which I for one think I'll be doing...).
Of course, text messages aren't the only application area for such a connection, even though it most certainly is the easiest one. It should be theoretically possible to open up a connection whereas the Pandora can answer phone calls and send data from the microphone to the phone (and then to the receiving phone) and vice versa. Thus allowing phone conversations directly through the speakers (or headphones) and the microphone!
What do you guys think? Have you thought of something similar and does it sound like an interesting project to try?
What stops us from connecting our cellphones to the Pandora via bluetooth? I see endless possibilities here. First off, we can at least satisfy these people (who really want their Pandora to act like a phone) a little. I'm thinking of just writing some simple Java or Symbian app (I got one of those bricks, P900) to open up a connection with an awaiting bit of code on the Pandora over bluetooth and send, for example, encrypted SMS-data whenever such a text is received by the phone.
With a keyboard it will be a lot easier and less of a pain-in-the-T9-ass to then answer those SMS:s and send the data back to the app on the phone, which in turn decrypts that information (we don't won't our privacy in the hands of some airsniffing bluetoothhackers) and forward it through the telephone net (therefore bypassing those laws denying direct access with our beloved). Especially if one is hung up on their new Pandora and the phone to reality seem like an obscurity (which I for one think I'll be doing...).
Of course, text messages aren't the only application area for such a connection, even though it most certainly is the easiest one. It should be theoretically possible to open up a connection whereas the Pandora can answer phone calls and send data from the microphone to the phone (and then to the receiving phone) and vice versa. Thus allowing phone conversations directly through the speakers (or headphones) and the microphone!
What do you guys think? Have you thought of something similar and does it sound like an interesting project to try?
