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According to a patent Sony Ericsson have come up with the idea of turning a mobile phone into a universal remote control.
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Sony Ericsson envisages a touchscreen remote control that can display different remote control user interfaces, while the phone itself contains the necessary electronics to control a home device such as your TV or Hi-Fi. the general idea is of making your mobile phone an actual remote control, capable of switching TV channels, calling up and controlling a TV programme guide, operating your DVD or VCR, in other words, everything you'd want a remote control to control.
Sony Ericsson's idea is even more ingenious, though, as they anticipate the remote contorl user interface being implemented as a 'skin', which can be downloaded onto the phone either from the device itself or from a website.Now the question must surely be "why has Sony Ericsson not released this feature yet?" as this patent was filed on August 26th 2005. Of all the amazing features crammed into mobile phones over the past few years, surely this one is a killer app.
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Posted: 2007-03-07 02:34:47
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i cant barely understand why
takes so long to implement these features in its phones. hope to see this in the new incoming models.
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Posted: 2007-03-07 02:43:47
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windows mobile has had this since last century so I'm not entirely sure how this is something new, except perhaps being integrated into the o/s rather than being a standalone app. Compaq included such an app as standard in the iPAQa and HP continued it for a while after they took over
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Posted: 2007-03-07 02:52:24
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if it's so ooooold, why SE has not done this earlier? why it must wait the eternity??
This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2007-03-07 03:44:58
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now that is something that is real useful. an all in one unit that can control the tv, the player and can recieve calls as well. too much fun to have that in a pub.
isnt that an s700i that is in the sketches?
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Posted: 2007-03-07 04:04:19
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its a handy feature!!
R
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Posted: 2007-03-07 05:20:46
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Yeah, this might be handy
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Posted: 2007-03-07 10:20:25
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I'm fairly sure I wouldn't use it. I never used it on my WM devices and I also tried a couple of devices meant to replace all my remotes but they just don't cut it. This SE implementation would have to be something really special to get my attention with the home theatre setup I am currently using
I'm keen to check it out, of course, should it even become real
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Posted: 2007-03-07 10:27:54
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umm,as you know this is not new,casio watches,and also nokia phone are capable of that with softwares installed.....there are also java apps for SE which make your SE phone to a remote control device,but they are all paying...it would be so nice that we have this feature biult-in
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Posted: 2007-03-07 12:39:42
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some of se models do look like a remote control, so its nothing new for me...
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Posted: 2007-03-07 12:53:46
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