Bluetooth File Transfer will soon come to iPhone

iPhone was claimed as the most technologically advanced mobile phone in the market. But when you just look at the Bluetooth feature that comes with iPhone, it really can’t compete with any smartphones, even the low-end ones. For those iPhone users without Bluetooth headset, you probably always keep Bluetooth switched off and even neglect such feature on iPhone.

The iPhone does come with Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (short for Enhanced Data Rate) built-in. But it only supports the Bluetooth Headset Profile and Bluetooth Hands-free Profile 1.5. So, you can only pair iPhone with compatible Bluetooth headsets. No support for A2DP (stereo music streaming) and file transfer, where both features can be easily find on cell phones from Sony Ericsson, Nokia, etc.

I’m not sure when Apple will provide support file transfer via Bluetooth. Even Apple doesn’t do that, there are many independent iPhone developers, who have put lots of efforts in bring Bluetooth file transfer to iPhone. In this week, a developer, medevil, has put up a demo video to show off his application “iBluetooth”. In the video, MeDevil demonstrated how you can use iBluetooth to transfer file between a Mac and Sony Ericsson handset. And, it is claimed that the iBluetooth application can send/receive file to/from any Bluetooth devices.

That looks pretty great for iPhone user. We finally see some lights on this long-awaited feature. Later, when someone says to transfer his/her photos to your iPhone via Bluetooth, you can say “YES!”.

iBluetooth application is still under development but will soon be available on Cydia. So, stay tuned to get update on this application. As always, iBluetooth can only be installed on jailbroken iPhone.

What do you think about iBluetooth? Or you really don’t need any Bluetooth feature? Leave us comment and tell us your thought.

[via Gizmodo]

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1 pierre February 4, 2009 at 8:41 am

It’s great, awesome and cool! I wish my iPhone could have a bluetooth function and finally someone’s working on it..but I wish it could also transfer files to nokia phones

2 Gary February 6, 2009 at 4:02 am

The Iphone is a great tool but i’m very disapointed my the lack of a true MMS application, the lack of SMS forwarding and the bluetooth limitations. Let’s hope this is sorted soon.

3 Gary February 6, 2009 at 4:02 am

The Iphone is a great tool but i’m very disapointed by the lack of a true MMS application, the lack of SMS forwarding and the bluetooth limitations. Let’s hope this is sorted soon.

4 tony parinas June 26, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Hello,
I have installed ibluetooth on my iphone and I’m not happy with it, can you help me how to uninstall it from my iphone, please help.

regards,
tony parinas

5 someone September 16, 2009 at 10:19 pm

I just regret having bought an iPhone… because you have to go thorough so much hacking mojo just to get some basic functionality… *sigh*

6 Simon Ng September 17, 2009 at 1:02 am: @someone, the method used here is outdated. Now you can download Bluetooth Photo Share or File share from App Store to transfer file over bluetooth.

7 Arash October 21, 2009 at 5:29 am