http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/ Engadget Comments for RedEye turns your iPhone and iPod touch into bona fide universal remote (video) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
A product named Red Eye would be especially poignant on the Droid.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
http://download.cnet.com/Novii-Remote-Deluxe-for-Palm-OS/3000-2056_4-10520005.html]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
Simply because Palm devices have built-in IR ports]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
I'd much rather see Logitech come out with an app/IR-WiFi adapter. I've used Harmony remotes for years and like the interface. Considering the cost of real universal remotes ($100-500 for decent Harmony remotes, and thousands for other Touch Screen options) $190 isn't bad to be able to control anything from anywhere. You can't change tracks from the back deck with IR!]]>Dec 2nd 2009 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
I used to control my TV with a Sony Ericsson P910 and a Palm Tungsten T3, both of which sucked at it. Sony's Clié devices were somewhat better because they had universal IR ports (i.e. much stronger blasters), but they still required line of sight and the concept of activity based remote controlling weren't around at the time. Because of the IR only functionality, neither could control devices in other rooms, let alone allow for multi-room functionality.

So guys, this comparison is just ludicrous. ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 18th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
Logitech should be taking note here.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
software that would be priced around $2.99 for the phone itself (it doesn't take very much programing skill to write a program that sends some UDP packets to a local IP)

And then a networked reviver that converts UDP packets to IR pulses...what maybe 20 dollars to Fab, I know you can do it with a arduino board. I think a price point around 50-70 dollars would be acceptable...but nearly 200?

A Harmony remote does a lot more then this does, plus you can move from room to room with it (the IR port is on the remote...this thing is landlocked to were-ever the receiver is)

A good idea, but a bit of a price gouge.

personally though I just duct tape all my remotes together....:-p]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
Although I have a Harmony One right now, I probably would have opted for the cheaper Harmony 700, because when I'm couch surfing, I want tactile buttons so I don't have to look at my remote. Navigating a media center via iPhone would be a pain in the ass.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
The problem is that Logitech Harmony remotes are really a pain to use. They have none of the iPhone OS slickness, especially not the full touchscreen Harmonys like the 1000 and 1100. They both suck and I regret my purchase of the H1000. Also, they are around $500 and the IR-RF receiver is an additional $100 or so. At least in Europe.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
URC Or Phillips > Harmony]]>Dec 4th 2009 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
Any professional design these days would want to use USB instead of parallel, since modern computers actually have USB, but that's not going to raise the cost of hardware from $12 to $188.

Even for the advantage that this thing doesn't need a computer, I can't justify the price. A Game Boy Color, which I bought for a buck recently, with a maybe $20-40 wireless receiver could do this job very well.]]>Dec 13th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://irremote.psiloc.com/
YMMV and it isn't exactly iphone simple so make sure your receiver is supported.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
No, you haven't. The E71's IR port isn't "universal", which means it's too weak to properly control stuff from far away. Also, it doesn't allow for multiroom controlling, activity based setups or touch screen control.

It's like saying "I've been cooking coffee on my stove since the 70s" when somebody releases a fully automated espresso machine. In other words, pretty stupid.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/How are you going to tell me what I don't do with my own phone?
I control my system from 11 ft away. I just measured it for argument's sake right now. All you have to do is turn the phone horizontally with the IR port facing forward and push the designated button for what you want to do, also make sure it is aligned with your system as it needs to be accurately pointed. ]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
I also hope that they have to IR learning feature correct and will allow me to add/subtract different button for a bunch of different devices.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
It has. You can learn commands from the original remote.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
How exactly would an app control AV equipment with no IR interface (i.e. the base station)???]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 3rd 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
He clearly doesn't type the whole of "Family Room" and when the camera zooms back on him again, hes got one of those

"No.. Seriously, I wasn't looking at pornhub mobile!!!" looks..]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
The only problem I see with this is, if I like it enough, I'll have to buy a used ipod to use solely for being the living room remote, ramping the cost up even more. But the wifi->IR Basestation is genius and would make it worth it.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
For those of you who don't understand why this solution might be attractive for some people, not everybody wants a bunch of different devices. This would take the place of all your remotes, which is something some people would actually enjoy. Is that really so hard to understand?]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
Its a big reason i dont read this site much anymore. And certainly dont comment much at all.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
The iPhone itself lacks IR, so I'd need something special for my in-front-of-the-wall TV vs. my behind-the-wall devices, whereas my Harmony remote has built-in IR for the TV, but RF capabilities for the devices.

Lastly, I doubt they'll have a PS3 attachment, which comes in super handy for my Harmony system.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
Obviously from the whole iPod dock thing they expect you to dock your iPhone/Touch in the thing to keep it powered. Like you I'd rather put the thing in the cabinet with the equipment and keep my iPhone with me, or use a different dock to power it. I don't want to run a power cable to my coffee table. Sorry.]]>Dec 2nd 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/
You can use the Logitech PS3 Harmony adapter with RedEye to control the PS3.]]>Dec 3rd 2009 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/IR transceiver just shouldn't be this expensive - even with the application.
Hmmm, some of you have devices that allow you to remove the IR sender by itself and put it in remote places, and it still responds to the device? I do have to get me one of those!

]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Dec 2nd 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/Iphone->router->ir set top device->tv
Iphone->dongle->TV]]>Dec 2nd 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/02/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal/ dock > tv.

The price at $180 is way high considering it is just a network repeater with built in IR. You can get a network repeater for under $40. My guess is Apple tax. Would also be nice if it did RF as well]]>Dec 2nd 2009 4:29PM