Windows Phone Thoughts: OzBT; Freeware Automatic BT Switching Application

Oleg Zakharov found that switching Bluetooth on and off on his Pocket PC could be a bit of a pain at times, so decided to do something about it. He's written a freeware app called OzBT which can automatically toggle Bluetooth on and off, depending on which programs are launched and running:

"The main idea behind it was to have Bluetooth enabled when I need it and off when I don't. :) It would be great if there was an option in the WM2003 to turn it on automatically when some application is trying to use it... But since we don't have this option, let's settle on next best thing for a while - define "Turn On" and "Turn Off" lists of applications (windows captions), choose Matching method and decide what to do when Unlisted app is active."



The application is manually placed in the Startup folder and scans windows captions to work out whether BT should be on or off. The current version of OzBT is 0.67, so you should not expect a finished product as it's very much a work in progress and Oleg is adding features all the time. The latest Beta adds control of Wifi as well, so it's shaping up nicely. OzBT is known to work with a variety of LOOX and iPaq models and I'm sure Oleg would appreciate being told if it worked on an unlisted model. If you want to have more control over your PPC's wireless activities, downloadit it and give it a whorl.