Castle Link/iPhone

[TexasSP]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

it's a phone, calculator, calendar, has it's own internet connection, can play games, music, movies, serve as a gps, a map, give me weather and stock updates, get my e-mail, etc, etc, etc.....

A netbook can do all of the same and more.

Phone via Skype
GPS with a small add on and software

The others are kind of obvious.

I have done all that you are talking about with my XPS many times. Yeah it's bigger but I really want my phone to be a phone. Plus apple still doesn't have it when it comes to email. Blackberry has them beat hands down. I have several people I do business with that tried using the iphone and went back to the BBerry because the email works so much better and more seamless.

Not too mention that I hate typing on touch screen anything.

[johnrobholmes]

I have skype phone on my iphone too, great program.


It would just be software on the iphone. It has usb host capabilities, so the normal castle link dongle would work just fine. I got a developer kit for the iphone but cant do much since I don't have a mac.

[Thomas Porfert]

The big question that hasn't been answered yet is will the iphone transmit and receive via the USB port? I don't claim to be an expert on high end phones, (heck all I have is a freebie Verizon phone) but if they can't send and receive on the USB port it's not possible to connect a Castle product.

Because the Castle link has to read the controllers settings when you first connect it, the USB port has to be capable of receiving. To update the settings to the controller the USB port has to be capable of transmitting. So if it can't do both, unfortunately it's an impossible feat. If it can, then there is a chance and I'd love to see someone try!

Thomas Porfert
Castle Tech Support