Tag: Remotes
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Unlike Weebles, Bang & Olufsen’s Beo6 Remote Will Probably Fall Down When Wobbled
By Andrew Liszewski Disappointingly, while I’m convinced that Bang & Olufsen’s Beo6 remote was inspired by those fat-bottomoed Weebles children’s toys that always remain standing, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t share the same tip-proof qualities. In fact I’m not even sure what the company was thinking when they created this remote which features a touchscreen…
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Old Universal Remotes Never Die, They Just Fade Away – Say Goodbye To Philips’ Pronto Line
By Andrew Liszewski Well this is kind of sad, but not completely surprising either. At one point the Philips Pronto line was the king of the heap when it came to universal remotes, even going as far as to allow users to create their own custom buttons on some of the higher-end models. But ‘higher-end’…
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Pop-up Microlite Illuminates Old-Timey Remotes
By Andrew Liszewski In this week’s episode of ‘I Can’t Believe They Invented It!’ we bring you the Pop-up Microlite which is really nothing more than an adhesive LED light designed to illuminate the keys on an old-timey TV remote that doesn’t have built-in backlighting. Now you might be shaking your head wondering who would…
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VooMote ONE – Yet Another Universal Remote Solution For The iPhone & iPod Touch
By Andrew Liszewski The last couple of iPhone remote solutions we brought you have managed to either reduce the size of the extra hardware to an easy to deal with dongle, or removed the need for anything to be attached to the iPhone altogether thanks to Bluetooth. Sadly that’s not the case with the VooMote…
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3rd Generation EFO iPazzPort HTPC Remote Comes With A Handful Of New Tricks
By Andrew Liszewski Last October we had a brief hands-on with what I believe was the original version of this EFO HTPC remote that combines a touch pad with a compact Blackberry-esque keypad in a remarkably light package. But here we are less than a year later and the third generation of this remote has…
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GEAR4 UnityRemote Saves Your iPhone From Cumbersome Dongles
By Andrew Liszewski I like the idea of using an iPhone or an iPod Touch as a universal remote, but I’m not so crazy about having to stick it in a case, or attach some cumbersome dongle to give it IR functionality. So I really like the solution that GEAR4 has come up with for…
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My TV Remote For The iPhone Costs Just $10 – So What Are You Waiting For?
By Andrew Liszewski It’s definitely not the first universal remote accessory for the iPhone, but with a price tag of just $9.99 for the hardware and a free application, it’s safe to say it will probably be the first one a lot of people actually buy. The IR emitter can only be purchased through Ryz…
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Logitech Harmony 300 – “A Remote For Everyone”
Finally realizing that the majority of universal remotes sold at big box electronic stores aren’t the $300+ variety, Logitech has launched the Harmony 300, which ditches the LCD display, but gains a more reasonable price point of around $49.99. And like its more elaborate siblings, the Harmony 300 is easy to program. All you need…
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NewKinetix R? Universal Remote IR Dongle For The iPhone Now Available
By Andrew Liszewski Many years ago Casio had a line of watches that doubled as fairly capable universal remotes, but oddly enough it’s taken 3 iterations for the iPhone, a device considerably more capable, to gain such functionality. On one hand the R? from NewKinetix is a little cumbersome since the NK100 IR dongle attaches…
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Universal Remote Changes Channels, Opens Your Beer
By Chris Scott Barr If you’re drinking at home, where do you normally do it? My guess is that you’re probably on the couch with your eyes on the TV. I’m also guessing that you don’t keep a bottle opener on the coffee table. That means if you’re drinking a brew that doesn’t have a…