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BluePhoneElite - 2.1

Bluetooth cell phone caller ID, SMS & proximity suite.

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All Time:	(3.8)
Version 2.1:	(4.0)
Selected Version:	2.1
Release Date:	2009-02-08
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 2.1):	706
Downloads (all versions):	109,586
Price:	$24.95

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Product Description:

Call Features

Dial and answer calls from your desktop
Log calls with time, duration, caller and notes
Display caller ID using your phone's phone book or Apple's Address Book
Pause iTunes and DVD Player or set iChat away message when a call is in progress
Customize a variety of visual and aural call notifications
Export calls to iCal, Address Book or external files

Text Message Features

Send and receive text messages using email-style Message Center
Archive text messages to your computer using hierarchical folders
Pop-up incoming text messages on-screen
Export SMS to iCal, Address Book or external files
Trigger AppleScripts for different SMS events

Other Features

Display power and signal status in the menu bar
Proximity detection controls iTunes, iChat, DVD Player and the screen saver
AppleScript-able

What's new in this version:

[ BPE2 ] Added "New SMS Chat" Apple Address Book plugin
[ BPE2 ] Added help button to preference window
[ BPE2 ] Added Spotlight Metadata folder to Uninstall app
[ BPE2 ] Arrow and Tab keys can now be used to escape/select in the phonebook auto-complete field
[ BPE2 ] Background-only mode now authorizes user if permissions require
[ BPE2 ] Files opened from the Finder would not load if BPE2 was not running
[ BPE2 ] Improved uninstall script to allow better component selection
[ BPE2 ] New call, chat and message windows auto-fill the recipient using the current call or message selection
[ BPE2 ] Phonebook auto-complete interfered with multi-keystroke input
[ BPE2 ] Printing now includes full phonebook descriptions
[ BPE2 ] Updated documentation for version 2.1
[AddressBook] Added phone number formatting based on Apple AddressBook prefs.
[AddressBook] Improved speed of phone number to name lookups
[AppleScript] Added "connection change" event
[AppleScript] Renamed "bluetoothphone inrange" event to "proximity change"
[AppleScript] Update iSync sample scripts
[Bezel] Trash button was broken (did not save changes)
[BPE2] Backup files with custom names would not import correctly
[BPE2] Better looking split view
[BPE2] Data file upgrade now offers option to save backup file
[BPE2] Simplified setup, removed assistant
[BPEnabler] New version for S60v3: messages could not be read from S60v3 phones with thousands of SMS
[Calls] Added button for recording call audio
[Calls] Added fix for crash when starting calls with Talk-Thru
[Calls] Added keypad support for calls with Talk-Thru
[Calls] detect when headset is plugged in (during a call) to change speaker muting
[Calls] Improved tracking of missed calls
[Calls] Incoming calls were duplicated for some phones
[Calls] Some calls were not detected as missed
[Calls] Talk-Thru audio buffer was not opened or closed under some circumstances
[Calls] Talk-Thru audio now works for phones that require enhanced call commands but report themselves as not supporting these same commands (affects Nokia E61 and similar models, may apply to other phones, too)
[Chat] Added window background color option
[Chat] Message chat will update device popup if window is already open when new message comes in
[Dock+Menu] Device menu could reappear after device was removed
[Dock+MenuBar] Added preference pane for Dock and Menu Bar plugin
[HotKeys] A modifier key is no longer required to add an F-key shortcut
[iChat] Away message will not be set until call is answered
[MenuBarStatus] Added missed-call and message indicators to menu bar icon
[MenuBarStatus] merged dock and menu bar plugins
[MessageChat] Added chat interface
[MessageChat] Chat window will remember last screen
[Messages] Added chat button to message windows
[Messages] Added display of enhanced format SMS (colors, bold, italic, etc)
[Messages] Added option to empty trash on exit
[Messages] Added option to filter address field for mobile numbers only
[Messages] Added option to fix message dates when moving
[Messages] Added option to remember open messages
[Messages] Added option to search field to search all folders or just selected folders
[Messages] Added panel for editing message dates
[Messages] Added possible work-around for LG with corrupted message memory info
[Messages] Added warning when moving messages without dates off of devices
[Messages] Added work-around for LG duplicate messages
[Messages] Crash occured when selecting alternate chat log folder
[Messages] Creating a message folder selects new folder name
[Messages] Fixed crash reading messages from GSM phones
[Messages] Fixed issue where message folder would display the total number of messages in all folders
[Messages] Fixed issue where messages would be read endlessly
[Messages] Fixed issue where some phones would refuse to send SMS if SIM card was full
[Messages] Fixed merge error when moving multiple groups of messages to or from the same folder
[Messages] Fixed potential crash if message changed folders while message window was open
[Messages] Merging a backup would duplicate device folders
[Messages] Message folders may have collapsed unexpectedly
[Messages] Message service will ignore Hands-Free channel on Symbian phones to avoid known errors
[Messages] Messages can now be addressed to more than one group
[Messages] Moved sent-SMS-location option to Message Center prefs
[Messages] Outgoing messages can now be forwarded
[Messages] Progress indicator was not removed from empty row when folder was collapsed
[Messages] Restoring a message backup now recovers SMS that were stored on the phone
[Messages] SMS character counter now built into editing window
[Messages] Very small date column did not show any date
[Phonebook] Contacts with multiple phone numbers only displayed a single number on some phones
[Phones] Added new multiple-SMS-send work-around for Sony Ericsson phones
[Phones] Added option to set computer's Bluetooth class to that of a HandsFree device
[Phones] Added support for network and power stats on Blackberry devices
[Phones] Added triggers for Network and Power changes
[Phones] Added work-around for LG phones missing call waiting on hands-free channel
[Phones] Added work-around for Symbian phones, should fix mark-as-read for SMS on SIM card
[Phones] BPEnabler can now be installed on first-generation (v0.9) Symbian S60 phones
[Phones] BPEnabler would not send when setup assistant opened at launch
[Phones] Calls failed to dial on phones requiring a channel switch for Talk-Thru
[Phones] Crash could occur if audio device erred when starting
[Phones] Error occurred when adding iPhone that wasn't paired with the computer
[Phones] Extended message reading timeout for slow Sony Ericsson phones
[Phones] Extended time-out for slow Motorola SMS listing
[Phones] Fixed crash during connection
[Phones] Fixed exception if device make was not detected
[Phones] Incoming SMS alert did not show up for some types of Motorola phones
[Phones] Incoming SMS notification ignored on some phones when Talk-Thru enabled
[Phones] Message sending will try 3 times to work around +CMS ERROR: 500
[Phones] No longer allow Talk-Thru to be disabled on phones with only HF channel
[Phones] Reading of SMS/phonebook memory stopped if BPEnabler forgot to include an entry
[Phones] Removed Symbian work-around for duplicate 'ghost' message after sending... in some circumstances it would cause endless SMS re-reading
[Phones] Should not have auto-disconnected while calls were active or messages were sending
[Phones] SMS memory was not detected on some older Motorola phones
[Phones] Some Motorola phones would hangup calls when connecting
[Phones] Symbian phones will not try to read phonebook if memory appears empty
[Phones] TalkThru can now be used with voice-activated dialing
[Phones] Text messages (and other strings) with escaped characters were truncated
[Phones] Updated BPEnabler for Symbian S60v2, S60v3, S80, UIQv2 and UIQv3
[PlugIns] Enabling a plugin in the preferences would not load the plugin until next launch in some cases
[Sound+Speech] Added default sounds folder with old-fashioned ring tone
[Sound+Speech] Added option to turn on/off repetition of sounds for incoming call rings
[Sound+Speech] Reactor options had no default selection
[Triggers] Added option to import/export triggers
[Triggers] Crashed when opening trigger prefs if trigger contained a reactor whose plugin was disabled
[Triggers] Renamed events (and some triggers) with more sensible names
[Updater] Fixed crash when canceling the download of an update added work-around for Motorola's strange drafts-without-addresses style logging changes

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4.4 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.1:
Overall Rating:	(4.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(3.0)

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Still not 64-bit! - Version: 2.2.3, 9/28/2009 09:38AM PST

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libertyforall1776

Not SO "Elite" it's not even 64-bit yet...

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Oooh, poor thing.

Google Voice integration?! - Version: 2.2.1, 7/28/2009 01:19PM PST

libertyforall1776

How about adding some Google Voice integration?! That would rock, and generic SIP dialer functionality...

if u have a macbook(Pro), get this! - Version: 2.1.1, 2/23/2009 01:34PM PST

pegasusbay

have been using BPE since earliest days, and with a macbook Pro n Nokia N 95 & 73 & 6310, this is just cellphone heaven, what a lovely couple!
great interaction, dashboard in menu, notification, plus an email center just like apple's Mail.
Use yr macbook to send sms, use yr macbook to read them ! no fiddling with mini buttons etc.
almost prefer to use SMS over email now ! hehe
great developer, attentive and good follow up of the suggestions we made over the years