Comments on: UIRemote: Universal Remote Application for iPhone

By: Levi

Levi — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:37:56 +0000

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

Works well on my phone

By: Blair Thompson

Blair Thompson — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:55:32 +0000

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

By: Shams Ali.P

Shams Ali.P — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:04:53 +0000

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By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:18:56 +0000

Would this work for the iTouch too??

By: tron

tron — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:16:22 +0000

My tv-b-gone just got 0wned

By: tecNik

tecNik — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:24:47 +0000

@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.

By: dielectric

dielectric — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:20:40 +0000

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.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:13:48 +0000

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”.

By: JustXtreme

JustXtreme — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:36:47 +0000

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.

By: duxxyuk

duxxyuk — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:16:30 +0000

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!

By: gabriel

gabriel — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:02:56 +0000

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

By: polerin

polerin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:05:54 +0000

heh, this is going to be nuts in bars.

*evil grin*

By: ngth

ngth — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:56:24 +0000

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.

By: yuriks

yuriks — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:55:46 +0000

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).

By: Christopher Finke

Christopher Finke — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:24:29 +0000

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