ThinkFlood has announced the availability of the RedEye universal remote control for iPhone and iPod touch. RedEye is the only complete universal remote control system for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows users to control virtually any home entertainment device from any room in the home.
The RedEye system is easy to use, and set up is simple:
Direct link via YouTube here.
Customers download the free RedEye app from the iTunes App Store, and place the RedEye base station in the same room as the equipment it will control. The iPhone or iPod touch communicates with the RedEye base station through the customer’s wireless network to control TVs, DVRs, stereos, gaming equipment and more.
Customers can download codes from RedEye’s global code database, which is updated regularly. RedEye also has a learning function, which allows users to program commands using an existing device remote.
“We wanted to create something more than just another remote control,” said Matt Eagar, president and co-founder of ThinkFlood, in the press release. “Internet connectivity and future software updates give us a lot of room to think big.”
Benefits include:
• RedEye offers benefits that were previously available only in full home automation systems and high-end universal remotes. Systems that offer similar levels of control require professional installation, technical know-how, or, in some cases, an entire day of frustration. The RedEye base station also doubles as a charging dock.
• Instead of having one remote for every device — or even an oversized universal remote with too many buttons — RedEye customers only need to handle an iPhone or iPod touch.
• RedEye supports multiple rooms, controllers, and users simultaneously. It controls a virtually unlimited number of devices and can store a virtually unlimited number of commands, far exceeding competitive product offerings.
• RedEye offers activity-based control, meaning users can program RedEye to execute a series of commands with only one touch. Additionally, only the buttons appropriate to the activity appear on the screen.
• RedEye users can customize the way they control their equipment with touchscreen buttons, Apple’s Multi-Touch gestures, and accelerometer controls. For example swiping two fingers down the screen can reduce volume and flicking the iPhone forward can change the channel:
Direct link via YouTube here.
RedEye is available through the ThinkFlood website for US$188. More info here.
More info and download link for the free RedEye app is available via Apple’s iTunes App Store here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “TheConfuzed1” for the heads up.]
$188? I don’t think so. For that kind of money I’ll continue to search my sofa cushions,
For $188 bucks, I’ll get off my ass and carry it over to the TV controls! LOL!
No bluetooth support, not even tapping into the one already built into the iPhone. Sorry no PS3, no money from me.
$180 is steep too, maybe $99, then it might be worth it.
I will very gladly pay $99 for an app that turns my iPod Touch into a remote control/remote viewer for my digital camera. (without my camera needing to be plugged into a computer at the same time)
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$109?
Yes?
(Haha! MDN Word: “done”)
Way cool. Also way too expensive. I’d bite at $89.
When things are new, they cost more.
Give it time; the price will come down.
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The pricing is similar or cheaper than high-end Harmony remotes and yet this looks *far* better. It’s the type of thing I’ve been wanting, but yeah, it is pricey. I’ve put up with multiple remotes because Harmony’s are too expensive and this is out of my budget as well (I need to buy a new A/V receiver before I spend money on a remote).
Although the interface is far from Apple-like, I see a future use for old iPhones. Just waiting for Apple to update it’s Remote app to add other devices.
It’s not the only solution at all. The IRed / IRTrans combo does the same thing. Probably costs about the same, I haven’t checked the latest prices.
Criticise if you want to, but this is the best money I ever spent. My Mac is a remote, my iPhone is a remote, my wife’s iPhone is a remote. No more tearing my hair out finding a remote. Best money I ever spent.
Oh yeah, and I can automatically schedule EyeTV recordings with it as well.
I thought the RedEye might be some docking port attachment, but since it is “nailed down” to a given room, the ZephIR is much cheaper:
http://www.thezephir.com/ZephIR/Home.html
(I do not work for studioZee, but I use a ZephIR and the Apps & More Script Timer to automate devices that do not otherwise communicate with a computer.)
http://www.appsandmore.com/script_timer.htm
This app SOOO COOL!
from ThinkFlood.com: Because the RedEye device is in the same room as your equipment, you don’t have to be. Instead, you can control your living room stereo from the kitchen, or turn off the TV upstairs.
also, see the 1’45” video, “How Does It Work?”
I can hardly wait to reduce 3 remotes and 184 buttons down to my one button iPod touch—in my pocket, no less! Yahoo!
For a couple bucks more, I’m sticking to Logitech’s Harmony One remote. Now that IS a great remote.
pretty cool, the only thing is… I don’t have an iPhone.. I wish I did so I could keep things in sync with my mac… its only a matter of time for apple to allow Verizon to have the iPhone or my contract to be up with Verizon.
Alex,
You can get yourself out of that contract. Go to cellswapper.com (or celltradeusa.com). Kiss that Verizon goodbye if you want that iPhone, since it ain’t coming to VZ anytime soon.
This device will save a day of frustration? Huh?? I have the Harmony remote that connects to my mac for easy updating and configuring. Took me 20 minutes. AND I don’t need a special base station for it to work. imagine not wanting to have more devices plugged in and taking up space. Weird!!
They boast it’s cheaper than a professional remote? My harmony remote was cheaper.
$188.00?
What, do they think I am too lazy to make my girlfriend get up and change something?
On the other hand, she has a tethered remote that can change anything….even over the phone. It’s called “iBlue”….
Someone needs to come up with a Blond Moment app. Then I could turn off lights and close cabinet doors that my wife leaves open from the safety of my couch.
silverhawk
Here’s a keyboard for her-
https://www.keyboardforblondes.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=products.demo
I like the direction this is going. Fully custom remote functionality is a nice implementation for iPhone/iPod touch.
I can see this being a nice addition but not replacing everything. Sometimes you gotta grab the remote to mute or pause quickly… rather than grab iPhone, swipe, enter passcode unlock, launch app, then press your button.
Also, the phones leaves with you and others stay.
I do think it’d be a great supllement to the remote stack someday. And I’ll wait for prices to drop <$100 too.
I would like the to see the option to “Mute AirTunes” or “Stop” on the iPhone answer screen when it rings while you have “Remote” controlling your playlist.
Just my two pesos…
$188 translates to MYR 640, which is a fortune here, and for a little extra, we can get another iPod Touch 8GB.
sorry, i’ll pass…
Julian @ http://no-spamming/
Just set it, do 38 more steps, and forget it!
Is this configuration setup really the best we can do???? If only we had some kind of computer to do it all automatically for us… Oh wait, we do. The iPhone.
And yeah, $188 is ridiculous. It should be $49 for the hardware. They need to invest to own this market. You can get a Logitech Universal Remote that does the same thing for $100, and you don’t need your phone to watch TV.