ThinkFlood recalls lot of RedEye Mini IR dongles
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted July 24th 2010 9:02PM
posted July 24th 2010 9:02PM
posted July 24th 2010 9:02PM
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whose => who's is not a typo :(
@Godfather this is what happens when a gadget (0r accessory) of KIRF quality actually succeeds, and it breaks.
@(Unverified) That gives me an idea for a prank trick keyboard.
@Godfather Did Engadget just take a cheap shot at Apple? omg... +1 for Ben Drawbaugh :D
@Caullen
Yeah, that is what it sounded like...
@Caullen I bet he was fired right when the higher ups read that haha
@Caullen
Was about to say the same thing. never thought I'd see the day...
@wbeardell
Is it the new lolspeak thing to use 0 in place of o?
I wonder which company the writer is referring to in the last sentence???
@tpapa5520 Either way, does not seem to be a good year to own an iOS device...
@tpapa5520
It is just an honest point, if a company make a product that does not function properly then re-call it ... even if it cost $1.4 billion (wired podcast estimate)
Engadget took it far enough. Don't stretch the obvious reference any further.
"...the only thing worse than a recall is when a company notices a problem with the manufacturing process and instead just hopes you don't notice. "
Indeed.
@Blunt Amen to that.
@Blunt
Yes indeed. Damn HTC and their flaking screens.
@Altivec
HTC Screens? They acknowledged and fixed them, just like Motorola is fixing theirs because they own up to their (or their vendor's) mistakes and fix the problem, not just tell you that you are "holding it wrong", or "that there is no problem, but ill give you an ugly piece of cheap rubber to fix the non-existent issue i wont admit to, but ill point to the other phone's shortcomings instead"
@rstoplabe14 It's funny that you call the bumper ugly, because it actually looks like it was meant to be part of the iPhone 4. Then again, you're just an troll spurting hyperbole to try and force your point to the most extreme and making everything you say virtually worthless jargon, so you wouldn't know.
@Blunt: do you mean intel with their pentium bug?
@rstoplabe14
Really... Everywhere I check, it says that HTC considers the problem minor in nature and they developed a fix for new ones only.
So if it isn't HTC screens, maybe they are referring to all the phone manufacturers that suckered people in by promising that their android phones would run flash but now they say those phones won't be getting that update. Yah, that must be it.
@Altivec
So, you want to talk smack because OEMs are being slow to release 2.2 on compatible devices, so that people can run flash? So the iPhone's "no flash, no way" thing just king of escaped your mind for this comment? I think the saying goes "Don't throw rocks if you live in a glass house".
@Blunt
I see what they did there...
@rstoplabe14
So I'm the one talking smack. Every third article has to be about or have snide remarks about a company known for good products that has a minor defect on a few phones and that they are willing to give a complete refund and I'm the one talking smack.
No... Apple never promised Flash so you were never expecting that as feature. Many bought Android phones so that they could get the "Full" internet. The phone manufactures have come right out and said that only the latest and greatest will get Android 2.2. Haven't you read the articles with people pissed off that their 6 months old phone will not get the update. Sorry, I guess it isn't a big deal for these people because everybody is going to pretend it didn't happen.
Its ironic that you use the phrase "Don't throw rocks if you live in a glass house" when I'm the one trying to point out that other manufacturers also have problems.
They should just give everyone a free case.
I think we can coin this trend "The Apple Effect"
what? apple didn't recall anything
@hang
The Apple Effect:
"when a company notices a problem with the manufacturing process and instead just hopes you don't notice."
The soldering is really pathetic.
@hiroo seriously
@hiroo
Yeah, but at least they're owning up to it.
That's a rarity for sure.
@DoctarPeppar
No, the soldering is the good design. The bad one is just shoved in there with a piece of foam.
@DrDr The soldering is all blobby on the 3 wires around the jack.
Looks like cold solder joints.
blobby = bad solder flow, and possible cold solder joints.
@hiroo I guess that's the prototype?
@PaulMdx Yeah, maybe, but still, you know... I wouldn't trust this guy to assemble a LED blinkenlight kit, let alone a prototype for a commercial product!
@pple is poo
But these devices have existed for a long time already...I remember the iPaq having one. Why is this a big deal? Audio to IR transmitters schematics are everywhere...the only thing needed is the app. But you can even get around that by getting some MP3s that have the proper code for your device.
@pple is poo
Love the name btw!
@pple is poo
And the avatar. (It took me a while to notice it as you can see.)
>>a company notices a problem with the manufacturing process and instead just hopes you don't notice.
Oh snap. This Ben fellow has angered the Engadget gods with his snide remarks.
That looks like it contains maybe five bucks in parts, tops. I wonder if the chip is a μP, or just a standard interface part.
In any case, at $49 this is one seriously overpriced piece of kit.
@Zhuzhu
The money must go into the software.
@paul34
That's one seriously overpriced piece of code.
@Zhuzhu
5 bucks? I bet they get thine things built for under 50 cents. You can buy a Bluetooth 2.1 adapter for 2 bucks, and that includes international shipping.
You Apple Haters are crazier than the Apple Fanboys. people who love macs and Iphones just quietly say Yay! and tell their friends they recommended Apple products, but the haters post on every, single, topic about how much they hate apple and how much every other company is better. keep it to yourselves.
@Bittman25 Only getting worse, the amount of Fandroids around Engadget is exponentially proportional to the amount of Apple-hate comments. Oddly enough, Apple articles on Engadget get WAY more comments than any others.... /exclude/apple, guys...
@Cats "Oddly enough, Apple articles on Engadget get WAY more comments than any others"
Well yeah, that's because there are WAY more Apple articles on Engadget than any others.
@Bittman25
Id rather have to skip over some of the comments on a blog than be told how much my apple loving friends prefer their macbook and osX whenever I bring my netbook somewhere. There wouldnt be apple hate without annoying apple fans.
just give out some bumpers
@cc3d
Those will surely keep the foam in place!
zing
It's a very small company less than 6 employees. Run by two very stand up guys. I had the chance to interview with them for a position. I didn't work out. But I can see them handling this very well.
We see what you did there, Engadget.
Personally, bravo. :)