piAccess

piAccess Link

piAccess Link is an application that runs on Symbian OS phones and enables your SMS and phonebook data to be accessed and manipulated by applications (usually called Phone Managers) running on a PC or a MAC. Normally Phone Managers, which are extensively used for accessing data from most standard phones, is not possible to be used with Symbian OS smartphones. piAccess Link supplies the industry-standard AT commands, the enabler ingridient for accessing SMS message and phonebook data, that are missing from the otherwise excellent Symbian OS.

Features

  • SMS sending (NEW in version 1.1)
  • Listing, reading and deleting SMS messages.
  • Reading phonebook contact records.
  • Supports retrieving read, unread, sent and draft SMS messages.
  • Supports both incoming and outgoing Bluetooth connections.
    • Service advertised via Bluetooth SDP for easy connection.
  • Reporting phone's IMEI and IMSI(*) numbers.
  • Reporting signal quality. (*)
  • Reporting battery charge. (*)
  • Customers can upgrade their licence to a new phone or SIM once every 180 days!
  • Customers are entitled to free upgrades of all subsequent minor revisions (e.g. if you have version 1.0 you get for free all 1.x revisions)
  • Vote for new features!

(*) not supported on all phones - please test and tell us if yours is not working.

Features for developers

  • Custom AT commands to list/read SMS messages with phonebook integration.
  • Custom AT command to read phonebook records with multiple phone numbers and/or email addresses.

For more on our custom commands see our developer section

Compatibility

Phones

piAccess Link is available for UIQ and Nokia Series 60 devices.

UIQ devices currently include:

  • Sony Ericsson P800, Sony Ericsson P900, Sony Ericsson P910, Motorola A1000

Series 60 devices currently include:

  • Nokia N70, Nokia N90, Samsung SGH-Z600, Nokia 6600, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682, Nokia 3230, Nokia 6670, Nokia 7610, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6260, Panasonic X800

Third-party software

These applications have been verified to be working by us. We hope to grow this list more, and would appreciate it if you report your experiences with other applications (whether successful or not).

  • MegaCellX on Mac OS X. MegaCellX is a powerful tool to manage calls, contacts and SMS messages of your mobile phone. It's easy-to-use as an e-mail client and it integrates the Apple iApps like AddresBook, iTunes, DVDPlayer, QuickTime Player and iChat. You can use AppleScript events to extend the integration with other applications.

The user-friendly interface makes backup and store tasking easy for mobile's contacts and SMS messages as well.

  • FMA 2.x on Windows 2000 & XP. FMA is a free powerful phone editing tool allowing users to easily manage all of the personal data stored in their phones, via a number of different connections methods. FMA allows easy management of Phonebook, SMS, Profiles, and Files stored on the phone. FMA can also allow you to pickup and dial calls directly from your PC. FMA is fun and much more; it is whatever a mobile phone should have.
  • GSM Remote on Mac OS X. GSM Remote is a program that allows you to send SMS messages and read all available standard phone books from your mobile phone.
  • Cell Messenger on Linux and Windows 2000 & XP with the Widcomm Bluetooth stack. Cell Messenger is a program that allows you to send, receive and archive SMS messages from your mobile phone.
    (We had some problems on Windows XP SP2 with the Microsoft Bluetooth stack; if you do experience problems on such a machine we'd appreciate any feedback).
  • MyPhoneExplorer on Windows XP. An easy-to-use free phone manager for Sony Ericsson phones. Integration of piAccessLink with MyPhoneExplorer is unfortunately limited to SMS manipulation.

Get it now!

Download the application first and either:

  • Register and try it with a 20-day trial licence.
  • Try either UIQ or Series 60 version without registering, with a 7-day trial licence.
  • Buy a full licence - £10.00 (+ VAT for EU customers)

- Full licences are not time-limited and also entitle you to free upgrades for the lifetime of the current (1.x) version.
- Time limited trial licences have also some restrictions in the way SMSs are read from the phone