[olug] Jon, what was that second phone app?

[Rob Townley]

Thanks, i will ask on the various android forums.

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Jon Larsen <jon at jonlarsen.us> wrote:
> Rob,
>
> It wasn't an app, it was a built-in function of my Galaxy Player 3.6.
>
> Jon L.
>
> On 01/26/2014 03:08 PM, Rob Townley wrote:
>> Jon,
>>
>> what was the name of the android app that you showed us at Bishops
>> that allowed you to use your smart phone over bluetooth from a non
>> cellular enabled wireless device?  I saw a post this morning on
>> Google+, but cannot find it again.  I searched for "My Other Phone",
>> "My WiFi Phone", "Bluetooth", but can not find the Google+ post again.
>>  Please, what is the name of the app before TLDR kicks in?
>>
>> TLDR warning, but if you want to know why i am interested.... i want
>> to replace cordless DECT phones with WiFi only phones or  tablets.
>>
>> My luddite wife hates the conventional cordless phone now and only
>> wants to use her Android.  We got a Panasonic Link2cell to still use
>> the cellular lines while charging our smartphones, but her phone never
>> makes it to the charger.   I am returning the brand new DECT system
>> and replacing it with an asterisk box.  There are many reasons
>> justifying maximalizing our home phone setup to bring it up to the
>> internet / TXT message era. The Panasonic limit of only 1 active
>> Link2Cell conversation at a time is just one indicator of how archaic
>> it is.  The new system would not be much more expensive, but user
>> would actually see the TXT message, not just an indicator.  Of course,
>> one could now Google on the home cordless phone.
>>
>> My plan is to have the in-home asterisk server talk bluetooth to the
>> cellphones similar to the cordless Link2Cell and/or your
>> 甍____________? android app.  The "WiFi only" android devices would
>> connect to the asterisk box and each would then have three or more SIP
>> "telephone lines":
>>    A. "HOME Phone" - SIP over WiFi to asterisk to VOIP provider.
>>    B. "Wifes cell" - SIP over WiFi to asterisk, then Bluetooth APP to cell.
>>    C. "Dads cell" -  SIP over WiFi to asterisk, then Bluetooth APP to cell.
>>    D.  "Work SIP" - just another SIP connection.
>>
>> -SIP configured and provisioned via GLPI/FusionInventory agent running
>> on WiFi cordless.
>> -No need for DECT extender.
>> -No need for DECT at all.  Take that CIA.
>> -No need for an archaic phone system, but can still have corded phone
>> in tornado shelter.
>> -Browse the web from a "cordless WiFi phone."
>> -Send/Receive TXT messages from WiFi phone not just via our cellular
>> provider, but also SMS via the VOIP provider.
>>
>>
>>
>> p.s. I thought i saw a long range bluetooth extender today on G+,
>> something that might allow us to charge our smartphones on the second
>> floor but still connect via bluetooth to the asterisk box in the
>> basement.
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