Mac as a Bluetooth Audio Gateway?

Hmmm, is there any application that will allow me to use my Mac as a Bluetooth-based audio gateway? I know BluePhoneElite does this, but it's slow because my phone doesn't allow multiple bluetooth connections. i'd like to have the audio on all the time, so, anything the phone would sent to a regular headset would sent it to the computer.
So, got any ideas for a constant BT audio gateway app for Mac?

I have been trying to do something similar. I got it to work between
a PC on XP and the mini in Vista/Bootcamp. In Mac OS it will
connect (as a headset..) and it will show it as getting input
but I think it treats it as a headset and you would need to
open the input with something like audacity.
It will only send mono audio as far as I saw - I think its not
been designed to do this though it should be fully capable,
at least from my perspective :P
In your case trying opening up audacity might work to see it
function, but I know in Linux it will open the mic/input line
regardless of if you are recording in a program or not.

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connect (as a headset..) and it will show it as getting input
but I think it treats it as a headset and you would need to
open the input with something like audacity.
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