I just had an amazing idea for an app and accessory

[Renegade89]

Ok, so I don't know if this has been posted here before or if a company actually is working on this right now, but here's my idea.

Well developers can now write code to interface with their own custom accessories, right? Well a great accessory would be an infrared transmitter. And the app could have transmit codes for all sorts of TVs, DVD players, Home stereos, etc, and allow the iPhone to act as a remote for... everything!

If only I had the ability to mass produce that kind of accessory lol.

 

[emt1]

Ok, so I don't know if this has been posted here before or if a company actually is working on this right now, but here's my idea.

Well developers can now write code to interface with their own custom accessories, right? Well a great accessory would be an infrared transmitter. And the app could have transmit codes for all sorts of TVs, DVD players, Home stereos, etc, and allow the iPhone to act as a remote for... everything!

If only I had the ability to mass produce that kind of accessory lol.

Isn't there already an IR transmitter that you can plug into any audio jack, and then play specific sounds to transmit a certain message (like "shutdown")?

 

[Shaan]

This idea is already a work-in-progress by a number of different companies.

 

[The General]

Ok, so I don't know if this has been posted here before or if a company actually is working on this right now, but here's my idea.

Well developers can now write code to interface with their own custom accessories, right? Well a great accessory would be an infrared transmitter. And the app could have transmit codes for all sorts of TVs, DVD players, Home stereos, etc, and allow the iPhone to act as a remote for... everything!

If only I had the ability to mass produce that kind of accessory lol.

Good idea. And have the remote control app be upside down so that we can point the bottom of the phone toward the TV.

Another idea is a case for your iPhone that has buttons for gaming. Sell the device, provide developers with device drivers for it.

 

[Renegade89]

This idea is already a work-in-progress by a number of different companies.

Oh thats awesome! I hope a company is working on a more compact and cheaper one, as that seems pretty expensive!

Good idea. And have the remote control app be upside down so that we can point the bottom of the phone toward the TV.

Another idea is a case for your iPhone that has buttons for gaming. Sell the device, provide developers with device drivers for it.

Haha, I had the exact same idea about turning the app upside down, and i think i remember cases with buttons floating around before 3.0 was even announced, so I would assume something like that would definitely be in development.

 

[Runt888]

Good idea. And have the remote control app be upside down so that we can point the bottom of the phone toward the TV.

Another idea is a case for your iPhone that has buttons for gaming. Sell the device, provide developers with device drivers for it.

The linked device connects to the iPhone using wifi, so there would be no need to point it at anything. You wouldn't even need to be in the same room (or house), as long as you could connect to your home network.

 

[The General]

The linked device connects to the iPhone using wifi, so there would be no need to point it at anything. You wouldn't even need to be in the same room (or house), as long as you could connect to your home network.

The linked device is lame.

 

[edge540]

This one is pretty sweet as you don't need to have anything plugged into the iphone. It just connects via Wi-Fi.

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