If the price is right (less than $20 for the adapter+software), I would definitely buy this.

Posted at 3:24 pm on Jan 7th, 2009 by Christopher Finke

This is nothing new TBH. I had an application for my Palm m130 (PalmOS 4) which did the same thing using the Palm’s built-in IR port. And could even be programmed with arbitrary codes (by recording them from the IR or by manual input).

Posted at 8:55 pm on Jan 7th, 2009 by yuriks

The iPhone software portion is the only thing that would be “difficult.” The actual transmitter portion should be pretty easy to implement with an IR LED. When the software “learns” the button, i’m assuming it is reading what the IR port is receiving, then storing the signal as an audio file. Pushing a button plays the “audio” file stream and control happens.

Posted at 8:56 pm on Jan 7th, 2009 by ngth

heh, this is going to be nuts in bars.

*evil grin*

Posted at 11:05 pm on Jan 7th, 2009 by polerin

why on hell use the ONLY ’smart’ phone in the world that lacks a IR port?!?!?!

Posted at 6:02 am on Jan 8th, 2009 by gabriel

I think this is cool. A simple adapter that plugs into the headphone socket. The application would be simply sending sound signals out of the headphone port. Nothing unusual about that and something that is done by many iphone apps. Simple but brilliant. I can’t wait!

Posted at 6:16 am on Jan 8th, 2009 by duxxyuk

This is bad ass, i’ve been looking for something like this for a long time. i wonder what they could do with the wii and the ir.

Posted at 6:36 am on Jan 8th, 2009 by JustXtreme

Yes, I remember seeing these for palm, also. If I rememeber correctly, you could use the headphone to IR adapter to get better range than the built in one. Plus, if you plugged it in to your mic/line in on a computer, you could record your own remote “audio files”.

Posted at 7:13 am on Jan 8th, 2009 by Mike

brilliant in its elegance. I’ve found that built-in IR ports on handhelds are pretty weak and don’t get much range. they’re meant more for close-range data squirts I think. i’ll bet they get some pretty good power from the headphone amp.

Posted at 9:20 am on Jan 8th, 2009 by dielectric

@justxtreme
“i wonder what they could do with the wii and the ir.”…?
What are you expecting? The WII doesn’t use IR to transfer any data as such. The controllers just track IR LED’s in the sensor bar. Yes thats right. The “Sensor bar” doesn’t actually sense anything.

Posted at 12:24 pm on Jan 8th, 2009 by tecNik

My tv-b-gone just got 0wned

Posted at 10:16 pm on Jan 8th, 2009 by tron

Would this work for the iTouch too??

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Posted at 8:04 pm on Jan 9th, 2009 by Shams Ali.P

I like this project alot.

Another (free)excellent piece of software for the i-phone or indeed any browser capable device is ngrc

http://www.olphro.de/wordpress/projekte/ngrc-next-generation-remote-control

It sets up a web server on Vista Media Centers (working also on Windows 7 apparently) and then is accessed via wifi. I have been using it for a few weeks now and am delighted with it. It can also be re-skinned to match other devices.

I have a crude Eee PC version running at home on touchscreen modified 901s

http://www.justblair.co.uk/eee-rc-my-hacked-version-of-ngrc.html

Posted at 9:55 am on Jan 11th, 2009 by Blair Thompson

You can download it for free from http://tinyurl.com/q5u568

Works well on my phone

Posted at 6:37 am on May 13th, 2009 by Levi