UK-based GEAR4, a company better known for its iPod and iPhone audio docks, today announced the U.S. availability of its UnityRemote that turns an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a universal remote ...

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The iPhone and iPod Touch would make great universal remotes, except for their sad lack of built-in infrared functionality. There’s more than a few third-parties who will add the functionality to your ...

GEAR4 today announced the U.S. availability of UnityRemote. Now available through Amazon.com, the UnityRemote device turns any iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a universal remote control The universal ...

A bit over a month back, we ran a news story about Gear4's UnityRemote, a £99 package designed to turn your Apple iThingy into a universal remote control handset. At first glance it looked similar to ...

A black plastic cylinder sits on my coffee table. It’s about half the size of a can of soup. And it has changed my life. That’s a little melodramatic, but the UnityRemote from Gear4 really has ...

UnityRemote comprises an app for the handhelds, plus a battery-powered infrared 'flasher' unit with 360-degree coverage, powered by three AA batteries and connected to the iPod Touch, iPad or iPhone ...

The most compact of the three devices reviewed in this series, GEAR4's UnityRemote is cylindrical and about the size of a small tub of hair gel. It is powered by three AA batteries, which is an ...