AirRemote (and other remote possibilities) for the iPhone

Published: June 14, 2008, 8:00 am

Tags: airremote, apple remote, apple tv, appletv, bluetooth, iphone, ir, ir transmitter, remote control, television

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Multimedia, Software, Apple, iPhoneJust the other day I was thinking about how it might be possible to do something like this app reader Jason kindly dropped us a tip about: AirRemote is an application, soon to be released on the App Store, that's supposed to turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a television remote control. The first catch is that the app costs $99, and the second catch is that you have to buy an extra box (for about $150) to actually the signals to the TV. That's the hardest part about this whole iPhone-as-remote thing -- it's super easy to program the iPhone to do what you want, but it's much harder to get the TV or entertainment center to understand it. Most televisions aren't equipped with Bluetooth or WiFi, and Apple neglected to include an IR transmitter even in the 3G.But surely it's got to be possible at some point, right? Apps like telekinesis easily let you do a little remote computing, so the real trick here is just getting

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