A cell phone - all about mobile phones » capabilities http://a-cell-phone.com Blog about mobile phones Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:19:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 New Potato Technologies FLPR Makes Home Automation Easy http://a-cell-phone.com/2010/03/05/new_potato_technologies_flpr_makes_home_automation_easy.html http://a-cell-phone.com/2010/03/05/new_potato_technologies_flpr_makes_home_automation_easy.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:39:00 +0000 admin http://a-cell-phone.com/?p=12228 As technology progresses, people are going to be faced with all sorts of questions. Like, do you really want to get up from that sofa? After all, you’ve got vacuums that option up after you without you needing to push them around; you’ve got video recording game consoles that twist off and on without the motivation of you actually push a button on the box; and now the home automation market is on the brink of climbing to a steel new level. Considering the iPhone’s capabilities, there’s no curiosity that this is happening at all. Just nag in a simple IR dongle, and you’re off to the races. Or, perhaps quite the antonym.

New Potato Technologies is based out of North Carolina, and they’ve created a new infrared frequency dongle that plugs into your iPhone (or iPod Touch, if you’re so inclined). But, unlike the hoi polloi of other IR dongles out there, this one from New Potato plugs into the dock connection. And much the same way that you’re criterion IR remotes control the products in your abode, the FLPR tin tell your stereo equipment, fans, and lights exactly what to do. All from the consolation of your 3.5-in touchscreen.

As an added bonus though, the application that New Potato Technologies has created for the FLPR also contains over 14,000 gimmick codes, so that connecting to all your IR-based devices should be a congener breeze. If this is something that you’re death to rich person, for no punter reason than you wish a legitimate apology to manipulation your iPhone top down, you can go ahead and order ace from the company’s website today. It volition monetary value you a cool $79.99 for the IR dongle. If you’re more inclined to wait, retailers such as C. H. Best Buy should be ready to sell you one by March 28th.

[via Engadget]

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