No IR port...

[Alcibiade]

yeah I sound stupid, usually you ahve to check in details the specs before buying device (I do own a TP2)
Anyway no IR port sucks... I like controling my home appliances with my phone and this si not possible with the TP2
Have the competing phones (iPhone, latts Acer, Xperia X2, N97, etc...) kept an IR port ?
*Edit* Sorry this thread should be in the General section of Rhodium, if someone could move it that would be better

 

[arcanehacker]

yeah I sound stupid, usually you ahve to check in details the specs before buying device (I do own a TP2)
Anyway no IR port sucks... I like controling my home appliances with my phone and this si not possible with the TP2
Have the competing phones (iPhone, latts Acer, Xperia X2, N97, etc...) kept an IR port ?
*Edit* Sorry this thread should be in the General section of Rhodium, if someone could move it that would be better

In these day and age, mobile devices are excluding IrDA port already.. its pretty useless for file transfers.

Besides, if you are looking at remote controls, recent devices have only included lower class consumer IrDA ports. Which means they only function at very very short distances.. you are better off using your fingers on the buttons..

 

[jabberoo]

Hi, trolling in on the converstion here...


I have an old IPAQ PDA that came with a decent range IR port and stock Nevo Software.

It was awesome! I could control TV's, Videos, etc with it just by matching a code through trial and error.

I used to have great fun in shopping centre's turning off display tv's, then watching sales or demo people standing around scratching their heads as to why it would turn off or on or change the channels all by itself - hours of fun..!

Juvenile, yes - but lotsa fun.

Newer devices did shorten the IR range, which did make an IR port all but useless as a remote - shame, it was a handy thing to have with decent remote software like Nevo.

(Sometimes progress is not progress at all)

Cheers
Jabberoo

 

[arcanehacker]

Hi, trolling in on the converstion here...


I have an old IPAQ PDA that came with a decent range IR port and stock Nevo Software.

It was awesome! I could control TV's, Videos, etc with it just by matching a code through trial and error.

I used to have great fun in shopping centre's turning off display tv's, then watching sales or demo people standing around scratching their heads as to why it would turn off or on or change the channels all by itself - hours of fun..!

Juvenile, yes - but lotsa fun.

Newer devices did shorten the IR range, which did make an IR port all but useless as a remote - shame, it was a handy thing to have with decent remote software like Nevo.

(Sometimes progress is not progress at all)

Cheers
Jabberoo

I expected such models.. If the topic starter or anyone can name a few models which they had used the IrDA port with an effective range, I bet it would be old school PDAs.. Models in recent years have just really short ranged IR.

 

[net_walker]

I also like the remote controling function.

I don't know why,for the designer,usually it's difficultly to carry out an useful funcation but easily to cut off an useful function.

 

[relsinga]

Are there no Bluetooth to IR devices that would work?

 

[e.data.tech]

No I've only seen a IR to Bluetooth devices on the market and that is the opposite of what your looking for it would be great if it was available. Somebody should put a request in to a developer who has experience with fabricating new hardware.

 

[julienrl]

behold the solution to your problem!

no worries, I am working on a universal IR adaptor for phones, its coming along great; I killed my LEDs a while back so I had to wait for a new shipment and had problems with that, but delays aside, we are still set for a September release of our first products and delaying the boosted IR module to later this year (we will focus on software and regular rage IR instead).

Check out the links in my signature!