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Peel iOS remote raises $16 million in funding

by Mike Schramm (May 3rd, 2011)

We've posted about the Peel universal IR remote before. It's an interesting setup using a third-party unit that looks almost like a pear, designed to fit right into your living room wirelessly. It connects to an iOS app and turns your iDevice into a universal remote for any other units you ...

Google TV remote out now for iOS

by Mike Schramm (Mar 18th, 2011)

Google has released its Google TV remote app for iOS, and it's available on the App Store right now. Before you run to pick it up and start flipping channels, however, keep in mind that this is meant only for Google TV-enabled devices, so unless you have the right box on your network already, ...

Peel works as universal remote and TV service on your iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2011)

I sure thought we'd covered Peel here before, but I guess not (maybe I was thinking of that iPod touch add-on -- the "Apple" name certainly invites lots of fruit imagery). Either way, it's worth mentioning that the interesting Peel TV solution for the iPhone is now available for purchase. For ...

Inline remote controls for iOS devices that work with your current headphones

by Chris Rawson (Feb 18th, 2011)

Problem: You like the inline remote and microphone functions built into the headphones that come with the iPhone, but if you want to use another pair of headphones, you lose that functionality. Solution 1: Ditch your current headphones for another set with built-in controls and a mic. Solution 2: ...

UnityRemote brings a universal, customizable remote to iOS devices

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 7th, 2011)

Ever since Apple killed the Griffin IR remote on the original iPod I've been wanting to consolidate my iPod with a home theater remote. The iPhone seems perfect for this; with an infinitely variable canvas available, you could theoretically do anything with your remote. The trouble is getting an IR ...

iGrill wireless thermometer combines meat, heat, iPhone

by Michael Rose (Dec 23rd, 2010)

No two ways about it: the day before Christmas Eve is a sleepy, office mostly empty, finish your online shopping, take a long lunch kind of day. It would take a very special press release to break through the pre-holiday, here-comes-CES fog that's hovering over the TUAW home offices this week. I'm ...

Apple updates iOS Remote app to version 2.1

by Erica Sadun (Dec 22nd, 2010)

An update to Apple's popular Remote application just went live on the App Store. Version 2.1 brings several new features to the table including AirPlay video support and Internet radio control. I'm not entirely sure what Apple is getting at with their "AirPlay video support to control iTunes on your ...

iPhone cheese dock, just in time for the holidays

by Mike Schramm (Dec 20th, 2010)

So you're having a holiday party this week and want to throw in a little Apple flavor to the whole thing. If you're Ally Fontaine, a reader over at iPhone Savior, you apparently take an iPhone dock and stick it in a big block of Pepper Jack to make an iPhone cheese dock. Weird? Yes. Festive? Very. ...

BlueSLR allows iPhone users to remotely control DSLR cameras

by David Quilty (Dec 13th, 2010)

If you happen to own both a Nikon digital SLR camera and an iPhone and have been looking for a way that the two could work together, you may now be in luck. BlueSLR, which combines a Bluetooth accessory (dongle) that plugs into your SLR and an app you run on your iPhone (3G and up), iPod touch (2nd ...

Remote Pallette lets you paint on your iPad with colors from your iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Oct 14th, 2010)

The story a while back about connecting an iPhone to an iPad for a game of darts was pretty interesting, and here's another one in that vein: a new app called Remote Palette is universal for both devices, and will let you "paint" on the iPad, while controlling the colors used with the iPhone. "Dip" ...

First Look: Updated Apple Remote app on an iPad

by Mel Martin (Sep 28th, 2010)

As we reported earlier, Apple has updated the free Remote app for iPhone and iPad. It's about time. The new version looks fine on the iPad since it is not up-scaled. To pair the Remote software to your iTunes library, you must enter a 4-digit code* into iTunes on your Mac. From there, you are on the ...

Apple Remote app v2 now available for iOS 4

by Richard Gaywood (Sep 28th, 2010)

Apple has released an all-new version of its long-untouched Remote app for iOS devices, which has been well overdue an update for some time now. It has a number of significant new features, including Retina Display support, an all-new iPad UI, gesture-based remote control support for the new Apple ...

First look: Fuze Meeting extends remote presentation mojo to iPad

by Michael Rose (Sep 21st, 2010)

Modern meetings are a marvel. With strong competition in the remote presentation/conferencing product space, we now have plenty of capable and feature-rich platforms that offer affordable (sometimes free) remote meetings, most with a good Mac compatibility story to tell. The catch, of course, ...

iPanel will turn your iPad into a very expensive remote control unit

by Brett Terpstra (Sep 19th, 2010)

I've previously reviewed a couple of relatively inexpensive products to turn your iPhone into a universal remote. The RedEye and POWER A remotes are pretty cool, but the one thing that always sunk it for me was the lack of hard buttons. Plus, I'm always on the lookout for a decent contender on the ...

TUAW's Daily App: Plex

by Mike Schramm (Aug 31st, 2010)

Plex's big tease last week turned out to not be an Apple acquisition, but instead a big release, of both a rewritten Mac client to keep all of your media together in one place, and also a brand new iOS app, available now on the App Store for $4.99. Sure, the app's a little pricey, but if you use ...