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We already wrote about new iPhone remote control RedEye which works through Wi-Fi (principle of converting infrared signals to WiFi), but this is something totally different: new NewKinetix devices Rē works as attachment directly on iPhone socket.  It works from all rooms, so you just need to plug it in and that is it.
It looks really interesting, but I have two problems with all those iPhone’s accessories and apps:  it seems like iPhone can do a lot, it looks like iPhone will be soon, if not already now, our the most important accessory in and out of home. But it always kicks back to battery power issue, because I, myself, have a hard time to sustain enough battery power for one day, with all those surfing, GPS navigation, music, etc, and now try to add a remote control function on to all that ?! OK, I am an extreme ‘zapper’, I’d probably zap at least few hundred times in one day on my Logitech Harmony One, but even for an average user, it will be too much for the battery. And, not only that, there is also one more thing: are you really ready to do plugin, plugout procedure every time you go out of the house ? I don’t think so. So there is only one solution for that: in the near future, every iPhone fan would really need to own at least 2 iPhones: one for in-house entertainment, and one for outside, or at least to have both, iPhone and iPod since RÄ“ works with iPod too.

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