Great article on making iSync phone plugins from The Tao of Mac "Given that there seems to be a lot of misconceptions about exactly how iSync detects and understands the capabilities of mobile phones and pretty much no written documentation about the whole process, I thought it was about time I published my notes on the matter." Brian reminded me that you can use'screen' to talk to serial ports (for example, 'screen /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem'), so you don't need ZTerm to do this...Link.
HOW TO - Write iSync Phone Plugins
Great article on making iSync phone plugins from The Tao of Mac "Given that there seems to be a lot of misconceptions about exactly how iSync detects and understands the capabilities of mobile phones and pretty much no written documentation about the whole process, I thought it was about time I published my notes on the matter." Brian reminded me that you can use'screen' to talk to serial ports (for example, 'screen /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem'), so you don't need ZTerm to do this...Link.
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There are already some templates for use with the iSync Plug-In Maker. open.source.mac provides ppdoc's for Sony Ericsson phones.
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