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  • BeoSound 9000

    Bang and Olufsen: Design which lasts the distance

    FEATURE STYLE WEEK: The great designs of the great David Lewis (1939-2011) 18 November 2011 11:45 GMT

    Pocket-lint had been arranging to interview Bang & Olufsen’s most prolific of industrial designers over the decades, David Lewis, as part of Style Week. Sadly, Mr Lewis passed away on 8 November 2011 after a short illness in his adopted homeland...

  • Revue axed: No more Google TV for Logitech. Home Cinema, Online, Logitech, Logitech Revue, Google, Google TV, Remote controls 0

    Revue axed: No more Google TV for Logitech

    'Big mistake' 11 November 2011 9:33 GMT

    Logitech has announced that it will be axing its Revue media hub for Google TV at an investor day; CEO Guerrino De Luca blaming both his own company and Google for the bad business mistake.

    The Logitech Revue was launched Christmas 2010 and...

  • Iris 9000 brings HAL iPhone 4S Siri remote to your living room. Gadgets, GeekBooTeek, Remote controls, ThinkGeek, iPhone accessories, Phones 0

    Iris 9000 brings HAL iPhone 4S Siri remote to your living room

    Gives you the evil eye 25 October 2011 16:30 GMT

    ThinkGeek has just released an innovative remote control for Siri on the iPhone 4S; called Iris 9000 it bears more than a little resemblance to HAL 900 of 2001 fame and will enable you to take control of Siri from across the room.

    By simply...

  • OneForAll SmartControl Motion remote brings gesture control to your gadgets

    OneForAll SmartControl Motion remote brings gesture control to your gadgets

    Wave it like you just don't care 25 October 2011 16:06 GMT

    One For All has announced its new SmartControl Motion remote - which can activate a range of most-popular commands with a single gesture.

    The pre-loaded gesture controls include a flick to the right to skip the commercials when watching...

  • Logitech wants Harmony 200 in your living room

    Logitech wants Harmony 200 in your living room

    Why take three bottles into the shower... 28 July 2011 16:19 GMT

    Logitech has announced the Harmony 200 remote control, a universal remote than can replace three controllers all in one handy device.

    If you're anything like us at Pocket-lint, then you've probably got more remote controls in your living room...

  • Boxee Box remote zaps in for PC and Mac

    Boxee Box remote zaps in for PC and Mac

    D-link buttons for your desktop 7 July 2011 11:05 GMT

    Boxee PC and Mac fans have kind of been shunted to the shadows in recent times, as the web-media platform focused the majority of its attention on the new Boxee branded hardware such as D-Link's popular Boxee Box.

    But now those desktop fans...

  • Android app turns Samsung Tab and Galaxy S phone into TV remote. Phones, Tablets, Android apps, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Galaxy S, Home Cinema, Remote controls,  0

    Android app turns Samsung Tab and Galaxy S phone into TV remote

    Available through Android Market 7 February 2011 10:53 GMT

    The age of the dedicated TV remote control could be coming to an end, as Samsung is offering up an Android app to use with your Samsung Galaxy S smartphone and Galaxy Tab in lieu of the traditional TV controller.

    Well, we doubt...

  • Creator of Kymera Magic Wand talks remotes and Dragon's Den

    Creator of Kymera Magic Wand talks remotes and Dragon's Den

    FEATURE INTERVIEW: We speak to the founder of The Wand Company 26 January 2011 9:47 GMT

    Chris Barnardo, from The Wand Company, attracted record investment offers of £900,000 on The Dragon’s Den for his Harry Potter style remote control wand, after pitching it to the five entrepreneurs last year.

    Nine months on and Pocket-lint...

  • Apple iPhone, now controller for your RC toys

    AppToyz turns your iPhone into a controller for your RC toys

    TOY FAIR 2011: Dongle plugs into your headphone jack 25 January 2011 9:45 GMT

    A UK company is about to turn your iPhone and iPod touch into a remote control for a whole host of toys, thanks to a cheap dongle that plugs into your Apple device’s audio jack.

    Main Sauce, the company behind AppToyz, has two remote control...

  • Philips Pronto dead and buried

    Philips Pronto dead and buried

    Control Processor iPhone app also scrapped 1 November 2010 15:18 GMT

    Philips has announced the closure of its Pronto remote control brand and business off-shoot, effective immediately. It had been in the market for a strategic partner or buyer for this branch of the organisation, but was unable to find any suitable...

  • Sony Kids Remote: Because Ribena spills are sticky

    Sony Kids Remote: Because Ribena spills are sticky

    Splashproof and child-friendly digits 21 October 2010 11:46 GMT

    If, like most of team Pocket-lint, you've got little 'uns running around at home; you've probably experienced the frustration of looking for your TV's remote control, only to find it and realise your little angel has wedged a piece of biscuit inside...

  • WinMote: The Windows Phone 7 app that's a remote for your PC. Mobile phone apps, Phones, Microsoft, WinMote, Windows Phone 7, Remote controls, Windows Phone 7 apps,  0

    WinMote: The Windows Phone 7 app that's a remote for your PC

    VIDEO: Lets you control web, video, music and more 22 September 2010 11:39 GMT

    With Windows Phone 7 launching in October, developers are in "full steam ahead" mode developing apps for the new mobile operating system from Microsoft.

     

    WinMote is one of those apps.

    It, judging by the video, will let you...

  • Logitech Harmony 700 remote control

    Logitech Harmony 700 remote control review

    4.5 REVIEW One remote to rule them all? 9 July 2010 13:46 GMT

    If you like watching TV or movies the chances are you've got a couple of boxes under your television. That means a stack of remotes, which no doubt gets annoying. Yes it may give you a sense that you've gone out and spent a good couple of months wages...

  • Gear4 Unity remote control iPhone app and IR device hands on

    Gear4 Unity remote control iPhone app and IR device hands on

    LED infra-red sender controls your kit using Apple's finest 8 July 2010 18:19 GMT

    Technically not announced yet, Gear4 showed Pocket-lint a glimpse of its Unity control system at the John Lewis Christmas in July event, which could be about to revolutionise the universal remote market.

    For starters, it's not an actual remote...

  • Logitech Harmony Link to control Google TV . Home Cinema, Google TV, Google, Logitech, Remote controls, Logitech Harmony Link 0

    Logitech Harmony Link to control Google TV

    Universal web remote? 10 June 2010 17:29 GMT

    In its blog post, Logitech has given details of the controller it has produced to go with Google TV, Google's attempt at bringing itself and the web to your goggle box.

    Basically, the Logitech Harmony Link appears to be specific tech built...

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