We find another gadget that plugs into the headphone jack of your iPhone/iPod Touch.

TTTT, Tuesday, January 25^th, 2011, Netcast 1272

That's the RedEye mini in the headphone jack. You provide the Apple product to use with it.On this Turn The Table Tuesday Leo talks about the RedEye mini, a device that lets you control your TV, stereo, cable box, DVD player, and many other devices that receive standard infrared signals. The company says you can use this at home or on the road, but who would have all those devices on the road? Maybe if you travel in a trailer or boat. Now if you have a monster home theatre system and tons of equipment, you might want the full sized RedEye. That retails for $188. But the RedEye mini offers much of the power of its bigger brother in a convenient mini size. You can use it with your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Operation is simple: plug the RedEye mini into the headphone jack and open the RedEye app. For the initial setup, you’ll find your various audio/video devices on company’s online infrared code database. Once you download them you can control devices even without the original remotes at hand. You can take advantage of activity-based controls and customizable button layout too. You can setup your system so that one button will perform a whole series of operations. For example pushing a button could turn on the TV, switch to the proper input, turn on the necessary components and start playing a DVD via your surround sound system. (This part Leo didn’t get to try, but the company says you can use multi-touch and motion gestures on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to interact with your gear.) The range is up to 30 feet away. And no batteries required, or included! RedEye says you get the features of a high-end remote at a fraction of the price. But wait, there’s more. The RedEye mini comes bundled with an interactive channel guide at no additional cost. 

[http://thinkflood.com/products/redeye-mini/

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Update on January 30, 2011 by The Giz Wiz

Leo read an email from a listener which explained that there are many complaints in online reviews about the RedEye mini. Customers say it doesn't offer remote control codes for many electronic audio/video devices people use. So Leo suggested you check the company's website before purchase one to make sure it will control the device you want to control.