universal-remotes

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Device That Turns iPhone Into Universal Remote Coming Next Month
By Phil Villarreal on January 6, 2010 9:30 AM   37 Comments
If you've got an iPhone, a $50 eraser-sized dongle that snaps on to the bottom of your device could relegate that desk drawer full of remotes to the garbage bin. More »

Company Will Program Your Universal Remote For $250
By Chris Walters on October 15, 2009 1:15 AM   69 Comments

—>When I was in college, an older woman I worked with paid me $25 to come over and program her VCR, and that is not a euphemism. Clearly I missed a valid business opportunity when I didn't think to package that skill and resell it as an in-home service for idiots everywhere. You know, sort of like what InstallerNet offers with universal remotes for the low low actually-sort-of-high price of $250.  More »

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