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    RÄ“mote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote

    New Bluetooth Runs for a Year Off a Watch Battery

    X10 iconRemote RF Universal Remote Review

    AT&T RF Anywhere Changes Channels From the Darkest, Most Isolated Areas of Your Home

    The World's Smallest, Potentially Seediest GPS, GSM and RF Tracker

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    PMA 07: Elinchrom EL-Skyport for Remote Flash Operation on the Cheap

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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/19/09

    In reply to RÄ“mote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    I remember having this for my Handspring Visor Prism, nearly ten years ago. The OmniRemote springboard module... it was $59.95, and I used it for my TV, DVD, and surround sound system.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    12/19/09

    In reply to RÄ“mote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    About a year ago, I wrote an iPhone webapp that allows me to control my DVR. It was incredibly easy, and free. It wouldn't be difficult to modify it to use LIRC to control IR devices. Come to think of it, it wouldn't be difficult to adapt a proxy server to intercept traffic to and from the Google iPhone app. Boom! Instant voice control of all of those devices as well.

    I'm just too lazy. Makes you sick, doesn't it?
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/19/09

    @soggy_cheerio: Indeed.......So much potential. Wasted.
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    Image of tackett tackett
    12/19/09

    In reply to RÄ“mote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    Why a dongle? Why not a WiFi chingadera that sits in the stereo cabinet and pukes out an RF signal?

    And Bluetooth for the the damn PS3.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    12/19/09

    @tackett: [gizmodo.com] Yours for $188.
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    Image of SportsCentre SportsCentre
    12/19/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: You still have to stick it in the dock. I think @tackett is referring to a piece of hardware that communicates with the iPhone wirelessly, and sends out the RF signal, so you don't have to attach stuff every time you get home and turn on your TV.
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    Sticks Calhoun promoted this comment SportsCentre was starred SportsCentre was unstarred
    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    12/19/09

    @SportsCentre: You don't have to put it in the dock, that's just there for storage and charging. It communicates with the dock via wifi.
     Reply
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    Image of PopandLocke PopandLocke
    12/18/09

    In reply to RÄ“mote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    Now leverage the Bluetooth to make it a PS3 remote, whatever protocol you need for controlling the 360, and be sure to include the ability to program macros. THEN you will have a truly incredible remote.
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    Canoehead promoted this comment Edited by PopandLocke at 12/18/09 11:35 PM PopandLocke was starred PopandLocke was unstarred
    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    12/18/09

    @PopandLocke: I like the way you think - there's no way that a bluetooth enabled iPhone should be unable to control a PS3. What I would like to see is a bluetooth-recieving doodad with IR blasters so the iPhone will be able to control the TV, stereo etc without attaching a dongle. Basically, we need some sort of translating device, but better to have it sitting in the stereo cabinet than attached to my sleek little iPhone.
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    Image of PopandLocke PopandLocke
    12/19/09

    @Canoehead: Good call!

    I'd happily pay around $50-75 for the blaster and app combined. I know Harmonies (Harmonys? How do you properly pluralize product names?) cost way more than that, but that's why I don't already have one.
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    Edited by PopandLocke at 12/19/09 3:37 PM PopandLocke was starred PopandLocke was unstarred
    Image of MacPro66 MacPro66
    12/20/09

    @Canoehead: def!!! And if this attaches to the dock portion, you must hold the iPhone upside down ??? Sure hope it has landscape mode or at least 180 degree rotation.
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    Canoehead promoted this comment MacPro66 was starred MacPro66 was unstarred
    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    12/20/09

    @MacPro66: The rotation would be easy to do, but what happens when this thing snaps off when it gets sat on on the couch, and not only kills itself but irretrievably fouls the docking port.
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    Image of MacPro66 MacPro66
    12/20/09

    @Canoehead: yeah, I figured it had built in accelerometer rotation, but yeah, if it snaps off....BAD!!

    hmmm....maybe not. ;-)
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    Image of madog madog
    12/18/09

    In reply to RÄ“mote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    Will they let Gizmodo demo it before CES?

    I know I would.

    ;)
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    Image of Joshua Jehryan Joshua Jehryan
    12/18/09

    In reply to RÄ“mote Turns Your iPhone Into a Universal RF Remote
    This is why the iPhone remains the number one smart phone (or at leaset the most popular) besides adverts their is constant hype and reason to use the phone.
     Reply
    fleebailey33 promoted this comment Joshua Jehryan was starred Joshua Jehryan was unstarred
    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    12/18/09

    @Joshua Jehryan: my treo 650 could change the tv
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    Image of WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00 WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00
    12/18/09

    @fleebailey33: My Palm Zire 72 from 2001 could do this without an add on. Peh. Sorry I'm just so sick of the iPhone extension/dock/app coverage.
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    fleebailey33 promoted this comment Edited by WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00 at 12/18/09 9:01 PM WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00 was starred WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00 was unstarred
    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    12/18/09

    @WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00: me too. like the car starter is lame as well.
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    Image of MacPro66 MacPro66
    12/18/09

    @Joshua Jehryan: Bingo!! It amazes me everyday, I use mine (jailbroken) for sooooo many things it's ridiculous, remote desktop, VPN, wake on Lan, games, movies,web, email, rCon gaming control, Teamspeak, file transfer, GPS, Tom Tom, themes, Video, remote home security camera viewing etc. etc. etc. etc. and it never ceases to amaze me and takes everything I've thrown at it and very well I love the damn thing! AMAZING!

    If someone has one and hates it, I really question their ability to understand it, I've never owned a cooler gadget ever
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    The Lab promoted this comment MacPro66 was starred MacPro66 was unstarred
    Image of madog madog
    12/19/09

    @WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00: You can't blame him for being excited about it. While other phones have had IR transmitters, did anyone really use it? Maybe a few people, sure, but a feature like that doesn't somehow negate the rest of the iPhones capabilities or lack thereof. Furthermore, many of the people who use the iPhone now switched from the most basic phone out there without those features to begin with, so it's no loss.

    I think my point is that no phone has ever had the peripheral support the iPhone has. If it may not have some feature, chances are someone has or will make an add on or app (jailbroken or otherwise) for it.

    The only reason people talk down on something or someone is to make themselves feel better, and it's usually because they are jealous or have predisposed bias towards it for whatever reason. I'm not saying the iPhone is the greatest phone ever in existence, or that everyone who doesn't have it wants it (it's not for everyone), but you took time out of your day to post that.

    It's like how many peoples first rebuttal to someone elses praise of a Mac computer is, "I built a PC with 10x better specs for half the price".
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    10/19/09

    In reply to New Bluetooth Runs for a Year Off a Watch Battery
    What is it with Bluetooth and battery drain? The Apple BT keyboard uses 3 AAs and those last maybe a couple of months at best. My Logitech RF keyboard goes over a year on to AAs. #newbluetooth
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    Image of Uncletwitch001 Uncletwitch001
    10/19/09

    In reply to New Bluetooth Runs for a Year Off a Watch Battery
    Too bad they can't figure out a way for battery current to charge the battery at the sametime... Sort of a perpetual battery
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment Uncletwitch001 was starred Uncletwitch001 was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/19/09

    @Uncletwitch001: Google "conservation of energy" and "perpetual motion machine". Thanks. #newbluetooth
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    Image of chocolatebanana chocolatebanana
    10/19/09

    In reply to New Bluetooth Runs for a Year Off a Watch Battery
    I'm not sure I'd want something that I "don't need to recharge", because that means I'd have to go buy replacement batteries. That doesn't seem like an improvement to me.

    What would be much better is to use this technology in existing devices with existing batteries. #newbluetooth
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment chocolatebanana was starred chocolatebanana was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/19/09

    @chocolatebanana: The implication here is that the more efficient BT devices COULD be run off a watch battery, not WILL. The new devices are not going to need an endless supply of watch batteries.

    Example: turning off BT on a laptop would be irrelevant, as the new device only needs a fraction of the power of the current BT, all powered by the laptop's battery. #newbluetooth
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    10/19/09

    In reply to New Bluetooth Runs for a Year Off a Watch Battery
    So now we will have to block out the sun for longer to stop the terminators from communicating with each other. Great. #newbluetooth
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    10/02/09

    In reply to X10 iconRemote RF Universal Remote Review
    And here I thought they went out of business a decade ago. They're still alive? I used to work with a guy who had his house heavily stocked with X10 controllers and loved them. I think they're novel but never much felt the need to have this much control over my appliances.

    That said, this remote looks awesome namely due to the "His" and 'Hers" buttons. Hilarious, yet not a bad idea!
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    Image of beartrash beartrash
    10/01/09

    In reply to X10 iconRemote RF Universal Remote Review
    I have never had X10 work well in any of three different homes.

    It's never been very reliable, it would often take two or three attempts to issue an on/off or dim command.

    Crap product.
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    SQLGuru promoted this comment beartrash was starred beartrash was unstarred
    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    10/01/09

    @beartrash: I've had it work great for how I use it (lamps in apt's w/ no overhead lights) The big problem I have now is that with everything going to CF bulbs, the dimming doesn't work any more.
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    Image of CurtisLolzord CurtisLolzord
    10/01/09

    In reply to X10 iconRemote RF Universal Remote Review
    Weren't these the guys way back when who were the kings of all spam and/or really annoying banner adverts? Pop-unders? Some crap like that?
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment CurtisLolzord was starred CurtisLolzord was unstarred
    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    10/01/09

    @CurtisLolzord: Yup
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    Image of Monty Monty
    10/01/09

    In reply to X10 iconRemote RF Universal Remote Review
    Is it wrong for me to question any technology that has been around since the King James era and has barely evolved since then? They had an X10 control cartridge for the VIC-20.

    In a day when we want to control our entire home via a simple one buck iPhone App, is it reasonable to think we should be buying a billion RF boxes to control each device in our home separately with a barely acceptable remote control? Yes, there are a lot of add-on items for X10 technology, and I don't mean to dismiss that - but there is just something about this that seems way out of date, even to the old guy typing this.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    08/09/09

    In reply to AT&T RF Anywhere Changes Channels From the Darkest, Most Isolated Areas of Your Home
    ATI HDTV Wonder bitches... Yeah, have had a RF remote since 2005 that controls WinXP MCE 2005. Works like a charm. What I'm pissed about is that there's little support for all of its functions in Win7. Stupid Media Center doesn't acknowledge the FF and REW buttons. STOOPID!!
    IR is for luddites.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    08/09/09

    In reply to AT&T RF Anywhere Changes Channels From the Darkest, Most Isolated Areas of Your Home
    "I couldn't help but wonder why many remotes still implement hindering line-of-sight IR to work properly."
    The universal engineering symbol, $, holds the key. It costs more.
    Wonder no more.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    08/09/09

    In reply to AT&T RF Anywhere Changes Channels From the Darkest, Most Isolated Areas of Your Home
    Since most cable boxes have a USB port, couldn't you make a RF receiver with a IR output that is USB powered to eliminate the need for batteries besides the remote?
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    08/09/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAList:
    Problem is software. My Time Warner DVR has a USB port, it doesnt do anything. It is just there for looks. Live chat also told me that the port is software locked down to do nothing. That I would have to put a new OS on it to be able to use the USB drive.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    08/09/09

    @KTK1990: I just meant USB powered. If you have a port, can you cut the power to in entirely through software? I consider it a dumb port, like one you find on a AC adapter for USB devices.
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    Image of LessthanZach LessthanZach
    08/09/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAList: I think you can do just that. The usb port, though it won't allow data transfer should still allow power to run through it. I suppose the hard part might be creating a driver for the RF->IR adapter module.
    I have Dish (unfortunately) and my Dual HD Tuner operates two TVs, and to do that it uses UHF. Sounds weird, I know. The box has a Coaxial port (male) that you attach a UHF antenna (similar to the ones installed on the new phones that play TV, such as the Voyager by LG) to and you can even use coaxial cable to create a make-shift antenna extender. The remote that I got with the service is the EchoStar UHF/IR 21.0 Pro. It uses standard IR for your components and UHF for the box operation, and that is where this service falls short. You can't turn the TV off from the shitter still!
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    08/09/09


    @LessthanZach:
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    Image of Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.
    08/09/09

    In reply to AT&T RF Anywhere Changes Channels From the Darkest, Most Isolated Areas of Your Home
    Too bad it won't let you change the channels more quickly. AT&T takes forever to respond once you hit the channel up/down button. IPTV is cool, and probably the future, but damn it's slow. Plus they spread their channels out from 1-5000. Too many numbers yo!
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. was starred Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of dmexs dmexs
    08/09/09

    In reply to AT&T RF Anywhere Changes Channels From the Darkest, Most Isolated Areas of Your Home
    Lest we not forget the PS3 bluetooth remote. Makes me wish I had a PS3 heh..
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment dmexs was starred dmexs was unstarred
    Image of LessthanZach LessthanZach
    08/09/09

    @dmexs: Yes, but with the exception that I can't use ONE remote for everything. Though I believe that there is a Harmony remote available that has Bluetooth built in just for the PS3 and the demand for it. I have been screaming for it since I have owned the console when it launched.
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    Image of davebg5 davebg5
    08/09/09

    In reply to AT&T RF Anywhere Changes Channels From the Darkest, Most Isolated Areas of Your Home
    So, the PHONE company can make a TV remote that works from the crapper, but they can't make a cell phone network that works reliably in New York Frakking City!?!
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