How to Use Your Phone to Control the TV

http://www.lockergnome.com/ios/2012/01/18/how-to-use-your-iphone-as-a-remote-... - The iPhone has become much more than a fancy gadget for talking to people in faraway places; some people rely on it — as Kelly Clay says, "to send emails, manage calendar[s], check budget[s], transfer money, play games, read blogs, write blogs, take pictures, send pictures, and just about anything else [they] need to do on a daily basis." But here's an interesting use for your iPhone that you may not have considered: as a remote control! Whether you need to record something on your DVR remotely, open your garage door, or change channels on your television, there actually is an app for that. No foolin'!

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• iPhone
• Smartphone
• Remote
• Control
• Cell
• Phone
• Mobile
• Software
• Apps
• Applications
• Universal
• Simplify
• Handy
• Television
• Mobile Phone
• Touch
• Wireless

[dcmb75]

i don't like sopa, but protesting by making a video in the dark? how does this help again...?

[lockergnome]

@dcmb75 - It helps the same way Wikipedia / Google went "dark." That is to say, it probably didn't help.

[ipie1000]

Stop SOPA



[talldude123]

Next video: "How to Use Your Phone to Scratch your Ass"

[yahoochat]

Boring 👎😝

[ice3161]

why so dramatic. your full of shit mate.

[1messiahcomplex]

@lockergnome was that sarcasm? Cuz the wikipedia/google blackout helped a ton

[ferr5175]

I need help, because i downloaded the direct tv app and everything works, but i can't figure out how to use my iPhone as a remote control.

[shubi454]

I use a harmony universal remote and I got it for like $130 programmed it exactly the way I wanted in under an hour. And have had no problems since...

[TheCyberMars]

@swarrior216 you took the words right out of my mouth. For anyone else that don't know. Logitech Harmony is by far the best remote to get. Whether you spend $300 or $60 their whole line is great. I have the Harmony 650 and if you look on eBay you can get them for around $45. Easy to set up and controls everything. You may have to push a few buttons to control things but at least it's only one remote.

[matts417]

you may die from IR Radiation with all those remote controlls ^_^

[CityFlashLights]

I sometimes hate watching your videos because in some of them you never get to the point! Or you talk forever and keep going on and on about unnecessary things. Then I end up losing interest in them. If your gonna name a video something, talk about that something instead of dragging the video out

[jacobbubble2]

Google t.v.

[turtledrum13]

No, sadly with apple's locked-down ecosystem there aren't really any official ways to use many of their products on other platforms. Thankfully Android gives users some freedom, so we have workarounds for AirPlay and iTunes remotes ;)