Bluetooth Helper
By Eventual Innovations
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Description
Would you like to skip tracks using your iPhone's Bluetooth, without any additional hardware?
Using only the Play/Pause button, Bluetooth Helper lets you skip tracks on any Bluetooth accessory that can already Play and Pause your iPhone or iPod Touch!
There are no other compatibility requirements! The instructions were written a little awkwardly in the earlier versions, which caused some confusion (and some of the low ratings).
If your accessory can reliably Play and Pause the phone, Bluetooth Helper will work for you.
While music is playing and Bluetooth Helper is open, simply Pause and then Play your music again within 3 seconds. Once that 3 second timer expires, it will skip to the next track. If you want to adjust the Sequence Time to make the process quicker or slower, you can do that in the Settings app.
The app needs to be open for you to use the track control features, but it works with the screen locked as well.
There's no need to plug any new hardware into your phone -- Simply pair your Bluetooth accessory with your iPhone as you normally would, and open Bluetooth Helper.
Current iPhone software supports Play/Pause over Bluetooth, but not Next Track, Previous Track, Seek Forward, or Seek Backward. With Bluetooth Helper, now you can do it all!
It may take a couple attempts to get familiar with the timing (read the tips first!) but with Bluetooth Helper, you get the Bluetooth control functions you need and desire!
What's New In Version 2.01
Fixed rare but annoying bug, where under certain circumstances the app would keep prompting for feedback.
Customer Reviews
Get this app!!
I can skip forward and back now using my Altec Lansing BackBeats! Sweet! Make this run in the background when multitasking comes along and we have a winner! I reckon the Dev Team won't add AVRCP functionality to iPhone. Until that happens, this is a GREAT workaround.
User
The price was a bit steep, and especially for something that Apple should include from the start. But that's not this apps fault. The bottom line is that this app does exactly what it claims to do. I no longer have to change tracks by using the Itouch. I can go forward or backward using my Bluetooth headphones, and that's what I wanted to be able to do. Thanks!
Great idea.
Let me start by saying thank you for an app like this. I would have given this app 5 stars if I could get the previous track function to work with consistency. My headset and phone react well within the sequence time, but I still can't skip to a previous track consistently. Having said that, the problem still may be with my headset, and not the app,and the ability to skip forward with consistency is WELL worth the price of this app. I am very satisfied customer. If you are considering buying this app, hesitate no more. You won't be sorry.
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$4.99
- Category: Music
- Updated:Apr 02, 2010
- Current Version:2.01
- 2.01
- 0.2 MB
- Language:English
- Seller:Eventual Innovations, LLC
- © 2010 Eventual Innovations, LLC
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
