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I’ve looked at a number of devices, including the Gear4 Unity and the ThinkFlood RedEye, that allow you to use an iOS device as a remote control for your TV, DVD player and other AV kit. The Surc is another. However, it takes a slightly different approach. Surc universal remote case for iPhone Instead of using a plug-in …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Eh?

    What do you mean "outside of the USA"? Surely only commies and terrorists even believe that such a place exists?

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Would be nice..

    .. if they could combine that with an extra battery in the case.

    It brings back frond memories of the Sony Clie FX - that too had remote control built in, and as I had to spend many an evening in hospitals A & E (on account of a son with peanut allergy) it was *excellent* to be able to change the channel..

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  3. Gordon 10

    Call me

    When the iPod touch and iPhone 3 versions are out.

    As I have one of each lying around that never leave the house. . Would never clutter up my current main phone with such a fugly case.

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  4. P. Lee

    backwards or forwards?

    With all the smart TVs and expensive AV kit, you'd think they could put bluetooth onboard...

    Or maybe samsung could pop proper infrared in a phone.

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  5. DRendar
    WTF?

    What a completely idiotic placement for the Micro-USB socket.

    I mean seriously.....

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  6. TheRealRoland

    Does it do 'threading' of actions?

    The one thing I liked about those Harmony universal remotes, is the threading of actions:

    - switch on tv, switch on dvd player, switch tv to channel x, start dvd player

    It was sometimes still a bit kludgy, since some of the commands were toggles (power on/off) -- so if you would say 'toggle power', and your tv was already switched on, your tv would switch off, still switch on the dvd player, etc. :-)

    Would be nice if somehow these things would be able to tell the remote 'i'm already switched on' -- or, lower tech, just implement a proper power on/power off command instead of toggle...

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