Turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a system remote control
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bigboss
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Interesting app...........wonder what the rest of the family will do if you go out with the iPhone....errr....remote control & they want to watch a programme....
It's quite expensive for what it offers.
It's quite expensive for what it offers.
That looks excellent but is too expensive to justify, especially as you need the iPhone too. If for some reason you change to a different phone you're stuffed!
I like the look of the £35 dongle to plug into the device making it an infrared controller. I can see this selling very well.
Nice find...
I like the look of the £35 dongle to plug into the device making it an infrared controller. I can see this selling very well.
Nice find...
I also noticed it when it was announced. What I am interested in is how customiseable the screens are. How would it compare to e.g. Philips Pronto or similar, which I beleive are the most common of the fully-programmable and customiseable remotes. I think there is no reason why ipod/ipad based ones shoudl be any more limited.
igglebert:...still doesn't make it a cheap package.
Well no, a very long runner-bean cane with which you could prod buttons would be much cheaper...
Well no, a very long runner-bean cane with which you could prod buttons would be much cheaper...
If it has the same or nearly the same functinality and programmability as Philips Pronto family (i.e. can do macros, jumps, unlimited devices and high flexibility etc) then it is fantastic value as the Pronto-likes are very expensive.
Can I lable the button anything I want, i.e. free text entry + icons library? Can I have buttons of varying size? Can I have any button layout I want or am I limited to the standard ipod squares+grid? Can a button be a macro or a jump to another screen or only a remote code? can I put several remote codes into one button with delay in between + jump to another screen? Can I design and programme the layout on a computer and then load into ipod or do I have to fiddle on the ipod screen?
Can I lable the button anything I want, i.e. free text entry + icons library? Can I have buttons of varying size? Can I have any button layout I want or am I limited to the standard ipod squares+grid? Can a button be a macro or a jump to another screen or only a remote code? can I put several remote codes into one button with delay in between + jump to another screen? Can I design and programme the layout on a computer and then load into ipod or do I have to fiddle on the ipod screen?
mitch65
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Andrew Everard:
igglebert:...still doesn't make it a cheap package.
Well no, a very long runner-bean cane with which you could prod buttons would be much cheaper...
igglebert:...still doesn't make it a cheap package.
Well no, a very long runner-bean cane with which you could prod buttons would be much cheaper...
AlmaataKZ:Can I lable the button anything I want, i.e. free text entry + icons library? Can I have buttons of varying size? Can I have any button layout I want or am I limited to the standard ipod squares+grid? Can a button be a macro or a jump to another screen or only a remote code? can I put several remote codes into one button with delay in between + jump to another screen? Can I design and programme the layout on a computer and then load into ipod or do I have to fiddle on the ipod screen?
Clickety-think...
Clickety-think...
Looks quite flexible. Maybe not as flexible as a pronto (e.g. I did not see a 'delay' function. or have I just overlooked it? button size only stadard, no computer-based set-up etc) but probably still flexible enough for any system.
I was hoping so much that new ipods and the ipad would have a built-in IR sender/receiver - that woudl make it ideal for using as advanced remote, but no luck so far. These add-ons are OK but a bit awkward (dongles) or need extra boxes+power (wifi boxes), so a built-in IR one would have been so much neater and way more fitting with the whole apple's slick styling thing.
Anyhow, looks very good.
I was hoping so much that new ipods and the ipad would have a built-in IR sender/receiver - that woudl make it ideal for using as advanced remote, but no luck so far. These add-ons are OK but a bit awkward (dongles) or need extra boxes+power (wifi boxes), so a built-in IR one would have been so much neater and way more fitting with the whole apple's slick styling thing.
Anyhow, looks very good.
£150 ???
Wouldnt u do better just getting a Harmony One. ?
Iphone is far too small and fiddly to use as a remote. Now if it had some of the remote play functionality of the PSP/PS3 combination that might be interesting - but this doesnt seem to do anything new.
This sort of app has been around for years on PDA's and never caught on.
Wouldnt u do better just getting a Harmony One. ?
Iphone is far too small and fiddly to use as a remote. Now if it had some of the remote play functionality of the PSP/PS3 combination that might be interesting - but this doesnt seem to do anything new.
This sort of app has been around for years on PDA's and never caught on.
agreed, but previous pdas were not ipods... I think this type of app has more chances when it is on an ipod due to ipods market penetration.
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