Several applications are starting to show up that turn your Bluetooth-enabled mobile into a remote control for your PC/Mac/Linux box. For example, Bemused is an application that:

…is a system which allows you to control your music collection from your phone, using Bluetooth. It requires a Series 60 or UIQ phone (e.g. Nokia 7650/3650, or Sony Ericsson P800/P900), and a PC with a Bluetooth adapter.

and some of the things you can do with Bemused:

* Browse your music collection on your phone
* Play files in any format supported by Winamp - including MP3s, CDs, MIDIs, etc.
* Control Winamp versions 2, 3 and 5, Windows Media Player and PowerPoint Viewer
* Pause, stop, rewind, fast-forward etc.
* Add songs to the playlist and use shuffle and repeat
* Browse and select songs in your playlist
* Download songs to your phone (supported formats: WAV and MIDI; plus MP3 for UIQ)
* Customise the look of the system with skins

For the Mac you can purchase Salling Software’s Clicker application. Clicker is a Bluetooth remote control application that among other things allows you to control iTunes from a number of mobiles as well as Bluetooth Palm devices.

For Microsoft Smartphone owners, there’s a number of applications like RuttenSoft’s Media Remote 2004. At Microsoft’s Techfest (Seattle Times pain-in-the-ass registration required) Microsoft demonstrated a remote photo slide show application using Windows Media Center.

Of course, my PC doesn’t have Bluetooth, so I’m going to have to purchase a Bluetooth adapter for it. Someday ALL computers will be wirelessly enabled from the get-go (WiFi and Bluetooth or whatever the wireless standards du jour become)… as will all mobiles.