Turn your iPhone into a universal remote control
Monday 28th of November 2011
Filed Under What Present To Buy Someone Who Loves Their iPhone

Do you spend as long searching for the remote control as you do sitting down with your feet up? Fumbling around for the missing remote is one of life’s greatest irritants. And with an increasing number of remote controlled devices in the house, hardcore couch potatoes face frustrating times.

Enter the iPhone Universal Remote /Protective Case.

The manufacturers have worked out that the one device that never leaves your side is your beloved iPhone/iPod Touch. So they've created an ingenious infra-red-emitting protective case which works in conjunction with a free app to transform your device into an all-in-one remote for virtually any infrared device in the house, from the TV and home cinema to the Sky box and stereo!

It's very simple to set up too - simply slip your iPod / iPhone into the case, download the app, follow the on-screen directions (by pointing at existing remotes and pressing the appropriate buttons) and before you can say "it was down the side of the sofa" your iPhone’s screen will resemble a regular remote, easy to read with all the 'buttons' you know and love.

For those with a sense of humour, you can hide existing remotes. Thus giving you and you alone control over the remote flicking in the house and rendering those without iPhones helpless. Haha!

Just to hammer the final nail in the coffin of regular remotes, the Universal is also futureproof, receiving enhancements and updates as and when.

The iPhone Remote control Case is available online for £19.99 click here