Items tagged with redeye
ThinkFlood has been making a name for themselves in the iPad/iPhone/iPod accessory market, which seems to get more and more crowded with each passing day. The company's RedEye IR dongle stood out, however, as it gave Apple's line of devices the ability to control pretty much any home component that accepts IR, which is an awful lot of components. And now, RedEye owners will soon be able to setup and manage their RedEye systems using any Web browser connected to their home network. With the update, users won't be confined to setting things up within iOS, instead they can use more flexible platforms such as a PC or other mobile OS. The RedEye browser app gives (Wi-Fi) RedEye customers the ability...
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Well, this isn't the way you'd like to usher in a major product launch that you've been hyping for months. But in fairness, we would rather a company come forward and announce a recall versus not doing anything at all, and that is exactly what ThinkFlood has done with the RedEye Mini. The company's newest IR dongle, which is meant to fit into iPad, iPod touch and iPhone products in order to give them universal remote capabilities, was just launched last week. But now, a bunch of those first units to get shipped out are heading back. The RedEye Mini Lot CO101 has experienced a full recall, with the company finding that there is a "huge likelihood" that those units will fail. Consumers who have...
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Apple's iPhone has become a lot more than a phone. The original iPhone set a new bar for all smartphones to meet, and companies have been striving to live up to that ever since. In more recent history, however, mobile operating systems like WebOS and Android 2.2 have really begun to push iOS 4 in terms of providing real competition, but there's one thing Apple has that the other companies have yet to grasp: the love of the peripheral market. Without question, there are simply more iPhone, iPad and iPod accessories to choose from than on any other smartphone or handheld device. Every accessory maker looks to hit the iPhone market first, and everyone else, later. Let's look at ThinkFlood as an...
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