11 May 2007

Salling Clicker, our award-winning remote control software officially compatible with 3rd edition

I’ve just refresh my RSS news reader and found something really interesting, some very good news coming straight from Stockholm, Sweden. Salling Software has release v3.5 of their amazing Salling Clicker software.

Salling Clicker is our award-winning software utility for that turns Symbian and Java compatible phones into an advanced wireless two-way remote control for your Mac or Windows PC. The most interesting about new version is that Salling Clicker now supports Symbian S60 3rd edition officially!

With Salling Clicker on your phone you’ll newer have to leave your bed to change the song. Salling Clicker even displays the artwork of the song being currently played! It also can be used to control various other applications both on Windows and OS X.

Salling Clicker essentially turns your supported phone into a remote control allowing you to access and control things on your computer such as iTunes, Keynote or Powerpoint, the DvD player, VLC, QuickTime, Mail, iPhoto, Volume, Sleep and even the Mouse. But it does not just act as a remote controlling things on the PC screen. The phone screen itself acts as a third screen and presents the relevant information on there as well.

I’ve tried it very, very briefly and let me tell you that Salling Clicker is cool and elegant application and its really nice replacement for Control Freak that still isn’t ported to 3rd edition phones.

Product Description:

• Control Keynote, PowerPoint, EyeTV, iTunes, and more from your mobile device.
• Amazingly easy-to-use WiFi connectivity for long-range control.
• Now includes support for Front Row.
• Over 300 device models supported. Please visit http://www.salling.com/Clicker/mac/devices.html for an up-to-date list.

What's new in this version:

• Offers very easy-to-use WiFi connectivity for Symbian & Windows Mobile devices that support WiFi;
• Now works natively with Symbian 9.x devices (Nokia N80/E61/N95/N93, Sony Ericsson M600/P990/W950, and many more);
• Support for Nokia Communicators (Series 80);
• Support for Windows Mobile 6;
• Support for Windows Mobile 5 devices with Broadcom Bluetooth (Motorola Q, recent iPAQ models);
• Support for many recent Sony Ericsson, Nokia, and Motorola models;
• Improved Keynote and PowerPoint functionality (slide notes, non-linear presentation functionality);
• Improved iTunes functionality (more browse options, quick-access to current playlist);
• Includes control for Front Row;
• Much faster Bluetooth connections from Windows Mobile and Symbian devices;
• Compatibility fixes for iPhoto 6 and iTunes 7.1.x; and
• Many other performance enhancements and fixes.