Quick-dial and quick-text return to Mac OS X Leopard

For those of you who would love to use Address Book.app as a way of quick-dialing and texting with your Bluetooth enabled phone, nova media has you covered (if you use Leopard 10.5.2 or higher). What does this mean? Simply make sure you have a supported phone, buy their phone plug-ins for $9.95, and then connect your phone with Bluetooth to be on your way to calling and texting from Address Book.app. To do this, simply use the “Dial Number” and “Send Text Message” buttons that appear in the Address Book.app interface.

This sounds like a nice way to speed up calling and texting people when you are at your computer. Although Skype is popular for calling, this service will use the minutes already on your wireless cell phone plan, so you wan’t have to buy extra Skype minutes. However, there is always AIM that can be used for free texting. I have to say congratulations to the developers over at nova media for getting this plug-in out there, as it wasn’t supported in Mac OS X v10.4. Check this out and let us know how it is.

Via [prMac]