Make your Phone a Bluetooth remote control for your PC

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3779/bluetoothremotecontrol3gk4.jpgMobileWitch is a very interesting free of charge computer software that allows you to turn your phone into a Pc Remote Control. It will allow you to access various PC application with your Phone. Now you can easily remote control your PowerPoint presentations, Mouse Cursor or simply explore the content of your computer directly from your mobile phone. To take advantage of this software you will need to have a PC and a phone that support bluetooth to send and receive data. Key Features include

  • Remotely control Mouse, Keyboard, PowerPoint, Winamp, Windows Media Player and much more
  • Get access to your desktop from your phone
  • Bluetooth setup free! Simply connect from your phone
  • Customize your applications through Keymaps or VB and JScripts
  • Supports all PC Bluetooth solutions Toshiba, Windows, BlueSoleil and Widcomm/Brodacom

The software consist of two parts. There is a client and then there is a server which are both programmed in JAVA. The former is located into a J2ME capable mobile phone with Bluetooth capabilities while the latter is placed in the computer you wish to remotely control. So all you need to do is run the software on your mobile phone with Bluetooth™ support and a Bluetooth dongle installed on your computer.

Before you  get started you will need to install both Mobile Application and PC Server.

Advantage for  Nokia mobile phone users,chances are that your Nokia PC suite will automatically recognize and prompt you to install the application on your handset. Once installed follow these steps

Step 1
Start the PC Server application first

PC Server Application

Step 2

Start the Mobile Application. On Nokia phones the shortcut is located in Menu/Applications/Collection. The phone will automatically start searching for active devices.

MobileWitch Bluetooth Shortcut

Once both devices are connected you will be abble to acces the Mobilewitch Bluetooth Remote Control Menu from your phone.

MobileWitch Bluetooth Remote Control Menu

From this menu you will be able to control your mouse cursor, keyboard and the following programs, if installed on your computer: Windows Explorer, Firefox, Window Media Player, Internet Explorer, Winamp and Powepoint. Please note that each application you would like to control has to be first started from the computer and needs to be Always On Top of your desktop.

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The application does not require any configuration of Bluetooth or Java on both the client or server and the applications it work with are Firefox, Winamp, Windows Media Player, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer and Explorer.

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6 Comments

  1. Fernando says:

    Just a question, how exactly do you install these files to the phone? I have a USB cable for my phone, as well as a microSD. and of course, bluetooth. Thanks…

  2. Umar says:

    Thats right…try connecting with ur BlueTooth or USB…It’s pretty simple and make sure to install both Mobile Application and PC Server before you get started

  3. Scarce says:

    nice use for bluetooth. The remote function is pretty responsive.

  4. bishnoo says:

    This doesnt work for me. the server says main class not found

  5. Alex says:

    Alas, the woes of a verizon user! It almost completely disables all cool functions in its phones.

  6. KovaaK says:

    Another nice freeware bluetooth remote program that I’ve been using for the past few months is available at http://www.vectir.com/
    I’ll definitely give this one a shot though.