<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Interesting.... </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We use primicell's (nokia 22's) to break
out mobile phone traffic at the office. I know these are more like full
blown mobile phones that u plug directly into the pbx but similar idea.
Would be cool to have a home version to allow u to get similar functionality
by just putting your bluetooth mobile near your asterisk server ;-)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">ie. Come home, plonk phone down. walk
off to another room - girlfriend calls, asterisk picks it up and rings
all phones in house... no annoying ear bashing about why I didnt take my
mobile with me and when I call her I can do so on my dirt cheap mobile-mobile
rate :-)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">On a similar note - has anyone got asterisk
to work with the nokia/sony PCMCIA GSM (or even 3G?) cards? - 3G would
open up the Videophone thing through asterisk - sure there is a very good
technical reason why that wouldnt work!!!</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sam</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Jay Milk <jay@skimmilk.net> wrote on 23/09/2004
18:10:11:<br>
<br>
> When I installed my first home-PBX three years ago, I was looking
at</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> "cellsockets" -- devices which will
accept certain cellular phones and</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> provide an RJ11 jack, generating the ring-voltage
and recognizing DTMF,</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> which in turn makes your cell-phone look like
a CO line. Pretty cool</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> stuff, in theory, but it just didn't seem to
be worth the cost,</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> especially since it locks you to a particular
cell-phone.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> Since then, I've moved to Asterisk. I looked at at cell-sockets
again</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> recently, but they haven't really gotten any
cheaper... And on top of</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> that, I'd now require a precious FXO interface
for *.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> I looked at some developer documentation for my particular phone (S/E</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> T610) while connecting it to my PC via Bluetooth.
For those who are</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> unaware, all GSM phones have a built-in set of
AT modem commands. Not</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> surprisingly, I was able to place calls as well
as receive</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> ring-indicators, caller-id information and call-progress
information via</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> the virtual serial port that the phone provides
over bluetooth. But</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> what's more, I was also able to utilize my PC
as a handsfree</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> speakerphone -- and all this over bluetooth.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> As I see it, all the pieces are available -- we got full phone control,</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> some form of digital audio going back and forth,
call-progress</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> reporting. I know there's at least one
bluetooth stack for linux, so</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> *technically* we're "there", no?</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> I foresee a chan_blue which allow Asterisk to utilize a bluetooth/GSM</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> cellular phone as a CO line, connecting by nothing
more than a $5</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> bluetooth dongle and 5ft of air.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> Who's up for the challenge? If there's enough interest in the</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> community, I'll be the first to add a bounty
on this -- it would be</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> worth at least $100 to me to have this functionality.</tt></font>
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