Comments on: Square Connect turns your iPhone into a remote control

By: PixelOz

PixelOz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:36:14 +0000

Its me PixelOz again, this is a correction of the address:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=27...

By: PixelOz

PixelOz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:33:27 +0000

Check what I wrote about this using the IPhone as an Universal Remote a while ago at Mac Rumors, you might find it interesting and it will tell you a lot about these capabilities added to smart phones and that it can also be done affordably. Check the post by me PixelOz:

http”\forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=273266&page=2

By: Syberia

Syberia — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:18:34 +0000

Why not buy a modern touchscreen remote like the Philips SRT9320 instead? It's about the same price and probably a better solution alltogether…

http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/gb/...

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:23:02 +0000

This is neat and all but a $200 price point seems way too steep. Obviously I haven't played with SquareConnect's stuff but Isaw a demo from ioBridge lastnight and it seems the way to go. (no, I don't work for them.)

They've got a device which is more flexible that can control IR receivers, transmitters, servos, etc.

With their controller platform you can build web widgets to embed anywhere. It'd be pretty simple to build the widgets and make a webpage (public or private) to control the IR transmitter and then it's controllable from an iphone or any thing else.

I guess it doesn't fit into the "big brother nelson rating" space like S.C.'s does but personally I'm happier w/ a bit of DIY anonymity.

By: mat_SQConnect

mat_SQConnect — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:35:58 +0000

Mark, thats a great idea… we have some similar thoughts, but I have to say I like the chatting with others and perhaps more directly relevant content. I'll check out your blog post or sure. Thanks for the comment!

Mat (at) Square Connect

By: hypermark

hypermark — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:07:50 +0000

A logical application for this is out-of-band content overlay services. So, if I am watching the Lakers game on TNT, the remote control knows it and can automatically pull up scores, chat UI with others watching game, etc. It's a conduit into interactive TV.

Here's a post I wrote along these lines:

Apple, TV and the Smart Connected Living Room
http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2008/08/appl...

Check it out if interested.

Mark

By: Ronen

Ronen — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:09:45 +0000

As it is now, as soon as you get home you need to charge your iPhone. You can;t keep it on you using it as a remote control. It's a great thing to do, although using the BlueTooth might be more power friednly. If only iPhone could last more than half a day without charging iPod touch is a different story though, this is good.