Communications system providing mobile wireless communications device application module associations for respective wireless communications formats and related methods

A mobile wireless communication device for use with a plurality of electronic devices having respective different device types and each configured to wirelessly communicate via a plurality of different wireless communications formats, the mobile wireless communications device comprising:

• a plurality of application modules associated with respective electronic device types and configured to communicate via a first format of the plurality of wireless communications formats;
• and
• a control module configured to
• establish an initial wireless communications link with a given electronic device using a second format of the plurality of wireless communications formats,
• determine a respective device type for the given electronic device based upon the established initial wireless communications link, and
• cause a respective application module to establish a subsequent wireless communications link with the given electronic device using the second wireless communications format based upon the determined respective device type.

A communications method for a plurality of electronic devices having respective different device types and each configured to wirelessly communicate via a plurality of different wireless communications formats, the method comprising:

• establishing an initial wireless communications link between a mobile wireless communications device and a given electronic device, the mobile wireless communication device comprising a plurality of application modules associated with respective electronic device types and configured to communicate via a first format of the plurality of wireless communications formats, and wherein the initial wireless communications link is established using a second format of the plurality of wireless communications formats;
• determining a respective device type for the given electronic device based upon the established initial wireless communications link;
• and
• establishing a subsequent wireless communications link between a respective application module and the given electronic device using the second wireless communications format based upon the determined respective device type.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for a mobile wireless communications device, the mobile wireless communications device for use with a plurality of electronic devices having respective different device types and each configured to wirelessly communicate via a plurality of different wireless communications formats having computer-executable modules comprising, and the non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instruction modules comprising:

• a plurality of application modules associated with respective electronic device types and configured to communicate via a first format of the plurality of wireless communications formats;
• and
• a control module configured to
• establish an initial wireless communications link with a given electronic device using a second format of the plurality of wireless communications formats,
• determine a respective device type for the given electronic device based upon the established initial wireless communications link, and
• cause a respective application module to establish a subsequent wireless communications link with the given electronic device using the second wireless communications format based upon the determined respective device type.