iGrill meat thermometer for iPhone is the expensive, unholy marriage of the meat thermometer and iPhone
OK, we didn't see this one coming: iGrill is a Bluetooth-enabled meat thermometer. That's right, this bad boy not only displays the temp of whatever you sink the probe into, it also takes that info and transmits it to your iOS device for remote monitoring. Hell, the app itself even features a kitchen timer, alerts for whatever temp you set it to, and more
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: app, bluetooth, expensive, ipodtouch, kitchen, meatthermometer, remote, smartphone, source, thermometer
Peel turns your iPhone into a universal remote — using a wireless external IR blaster
The idea of using an iPhone or iPod touch as a universal remote has been tossed around for years, but it's always required either a finicky external dongle or an extravagantly expensive home automation rig . Instead, we've been treated to a host of single-device remote apps for everything from FiOS , DirecTV , Comcast , and Dish Network DVRs to the Apple TV to the Boxee Box to... well, you name it.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: battery, coffee, heavyweights, iphone, iphoneremotecontrol, ir blaster, peelfruit, remote
Dish Network remote access app comes to Android, your Harmony groans
Dish Network took another step towards its ambitious TV Everywhere plans -- not to be confused with Comcast's and Time Warner's TV Everywhere partnership -- by releasing the Android version of its Dish remote access app late last week. This nicely completes the provider's suite of mobile offerings, which have already been available on the iPhone, iPad and certain BlackBerry phones
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: access, black, dishnetworkremoteaccess, feature, hardware-though, ipad apps, iphoneapplications, iphoneapps, network, remote, remote access, remotedvrscheduling, slingbox, slingmedia, slingplayermobile
Orb TV is the $99 video streamer that will do Netflix and Hulu, but not HD
Your Apple TVs and your Google TVs hold a lot of potential, but their limited access to content freely available to any 'ol PC and Mac is what you'd call a bit of a problem.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: apple, appleiphone, engadget, hulu, orb, orb caster, orb tv, quality, remote, tversity, tvs, video-streamer
YouTube Remote app released, controls Leanback on GTV or PC from your Android phone
We weren't completely in love with Google TV's YouTube Leanback experience when we gave the platform a run through , but that could change now that the YouTube Remote app has been released to the Android Market. Users pair the devices simply by signing into YouTube Leanback on the TV or PC and the app on the phone with the same account, then select a video on the phone and send it to the bigger screen with a press of a button.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: demo, engadget, galaxy, google tv, googletv, market, queue, queues, remote, remotecontrol, screens, slew, users, volume, youtube remote
Remote control app for Logitech Revue hits the Android Market
Logitech may have it's own set of accessories for its Revue Google TV box, but the best peripheral may just be that Android phone you already have, which can be turned into a full-fledged remote control with the Logitech Revue app that's just hit the Android Market. Like other similar smartphone remote apps, it will give you both a trackpad and a keyboard in addition to the usual remote control buttons, and it's thankfully free to download
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apps, code, control-app, find-it-right, googletv, logitech, logitech-revue, remote, remote-control, remotecontrol, result
Time Warner Cable developing iOS app, laptime viewing may never be the same (video)
Looks like TWC is the latest victim of tablet fever. Not wanting to get left behind as Comcast flaunts its iPad app for remote scheduling, Time Warner Cable is showing off its own, slated to hit the iPad and the iPhone at some point in the future. (It's called "prototyping work" at this point.) The app would allow a subscriber to view current TV listings and change their DVR's recording schedule from afar, plus use intuitive searches to find new content.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apps, atlanta, Comcast, latest, more-promising, remote, result, warner-cable
Droid 2 launching as soon as August 12, embraces Star Wars roots with R2-D2 edition
Ready to have your mind blown? Good, then sit down for a moment: we're hearing from a trusted source that the thoroughly-leaked Motorola Droid 2 for Verizon will be launching on August 12 -- although it seems to be something of a soft launch, because marketing efforts aren't scheduled to kick in until a week and a half later on the 23rd. What's even more interesting, though, is that there'll be a Star Wars edition of the phone launching with a white R2-D2 on the back
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: efforts, engadget, launch, phone, plain, Poll, remote, Roots, rumor, special-edition, trusted-source, various-media, verizon, verizonwireless
Verizon adds more phones to FiOS Mobile Remote and Remote DVR Manager compatibility list
Did you notice that there were some fresh devices listed when the iPhone popped up on Verizon's FiOS Mobile Remote compatibility chart last week?
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: between-the-two, BlackBerry, chart, droidincredible, fios, list, mobile, remote, remote dvr manager, verizon, verizon-black
2-DEVICE Universal Remote with Big Buttons
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2-DEVICE Universal Remote with Big Buttons