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REQUEST : RedEye Mini (remote)

Well, I've been following development of this for a while now, and today i got an e-mail saying it was released.
What is it? Well its a device that connects to the audio jack of a phone (mainly iPhone, iPod touch etc...) and you can then use a program to send IR commands to any devices you own. Currently the company only support apple products though.
The program that is made by thinkflood has a huge database full of commands for all types of devices, makes an models. It can also learn commands by storing the IR signal from a remote. IT's pretty basic, however i have no knowledge of programming for android my area is web design and programming lol.
Therfore I am asking if there is anyone who could make such a program for Android devices? The accessory costs $49 roughly £32. And in my opinion is well worth the money as this type of universal remote would be priceless. We all love our wifi and bluetooth remotes for PC remotes etc, now I'm sure i speak for a lot of people when I say it would be awesome to control the whole shebang
Well I hope someone agrees with me and decides to pick up this request, I also hope that i posted this in the right section?
Thanks for listening, any questions just reply here. Also google thinkflood redeye mini for their website and info about their products.

Come on, anyone?
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I emailed them and they told me that they are starting development on android the beginning on the year

This is highly interesting and old Android phone is both cheaper and more flexible than some overpriced and crappy Logitech remote.
Let's hope Thinkflood releases and Android app soon!

I e-mailed Thinkflood today and got this response:
Thank you for your email. We are in the very early stages of development for Android, and are starting with integration for the Wi-Fi RedEye. Once we have that mastered, we will consider moving onto development for the mini.
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Sounds like their still working on Android support.

+1 for this shizzle

Thanks for posting on this old thread and keeping me informed I forgot I made this thread haha.
Nice to know they are currently working on it. This along with my wifi remotes, such as XBMC, Eventghost and MCE Remote will working brilliantly I'll sell my logitech Harmony remote then.

Red Eye for Android is out. But no sign of the mini version. And I dont know of anything similar in the market.

The only issue I have with these mini IR adapters is how powerful they are. Don't get me wrong I'm all for consolidating gadgets, but after setting up Logitech Harmony's, I think they are much better and are worth the extra cost, plus you won't lose the tiny adapters. With that said, if you have an old android phone, this is the perfect mod, no need to throw away that phone!
An a similar note, logitech is releasing an IR blaster that works with their Android App, essentially, so long as your on the same wi-fi network, your phone/app sends commands to the IR blaster which is staged in front of your devices. Very similar to Pear actually.

it sux they spent any time on the wifi version. thats crap. the mini should had been considered first. but of course they want everyone to spend boat loads of money initailly.

Android fan considering the jump

Howdy. This is the first post from a lurker.
So, I'm a longtime Android user. I hopped on the platform with my first smartphone, an OG Droid.
Recently though, I've become a little dissatisfied with things in the Android world for various reasons, and I'm torn between upgrading to the Galaxy Nexus or hopping to a new platform.
I'm not really interested in the iPhone, or Apple products in a general sense. Windows Phone looks much more appealing to me. I love the diversity in devices, the direct updates, the UI is gorgeous, and the deep integration with things like XBOX doesn't hurt either.
My biggest gripe with Android, as someone who writes a lot, is that the Google Docs integration may as well not exist. The app is terrible. It's basically a pretty shell for the mobile site. SkyDrive/Office sounds very, very appealing to me. There are other issues I have, but this post seems like it's going to be huge already.
So I guess I have a few questions for you Windows Phone gurus.
How do you find SkyDrive to be in comparison to Google Docs? I understand you guys probably live in the Microsoft ecosystem as much as I do in Google's, but I've found Docs to be incredibly useful. Going forward in my life, having a really solid cloud productivity solution is critical.
How is the integration with other Google services like Gmail, Reader, Calendar, Contacts, etc? I've read a few posts on this, but most seemed to just confirm that it exists, and didn't really comment on how reliable it is.
I know that Microsoft doesn't have its own turn-by-turn GPS navigation yet, but are there any plans, to your knowledge, for future implementation of that? I know there are third party apps that do this, and those are valid options too but I really love that it's just built into the Google suite Android-side.
How is 3D gaming and emulation on Windows Phone? I don't play a ton of games, but there are a few I really enjoy. I'm absolutely in love with FPSE though, and playing Suikoden II on my phone is pretty much the bomb.
That's it for now. I'm sure I'll have other questions eventually. I tend to obsess over decisions like this for weeks.
Thanks a ton for any help you can provide me, guys.

I used to live android . Developed a rom and a few themes as well . I continue to work with 7+ Android in bringing as much of the metro UI to android as possible ...but honestly there is no comparison. I initially bought my wp7 device to help with our project . I now have no desire to go back .
I never used google docs , but I find SkyDrive to be amazing for my needs . 32gb for free is awesome ,and seamless integration with my PC . Gmail and contacts sync with no problem at all .
Wp7 actually does have turn by turn navigation built in with voice guidance now with mango . You just have to tap the screen after a completes turn . Now with Nokia drive being able to be sideloaded ...gps situation is perfect .
The os is just so smooth. I think you would be ver satisfied.
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Although game emulation is basically non existent other than nes and gba ..and those struggle . But the os Is young .. It will come ..so that may be a deal breaker . But MS has some awesome original xb live titles . In not much of a gamer , bu some of those are really fun .
I feel like its a fair trade off for not dealing with androids lag and FCs
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do jump....
I also had android and though they have alot of apps...windows have crazy features and then some...with the cooked mods that are being release...it only gets better....jump to windows...
htc hd7 T9292 nexgen+ os

Thanks
Thanks for the feedback, guys. I think I'll take another week to consider it.

I have google mail and my google calendar synced with my phone and they work flawlessly. Only issue is that if you have multiple calendars on google it'll only sync the main one. Not an issue for most people though (me included).

cptsmithy said:
Thanks for the feedback, guys. I think I'll take another week to consider it.
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Think carefully about it.
But I am sure that if you jump, you won't regret it

cptsmithy said:
Howdy. This is the first post from a lurker.
So, I'm a longtime Android user. I hopped on the platform with my first smartphone, an OG Droid.
Recently though, I've become a little dissatisfied with things in the Android world for various reasons, and I'm torn between upgrading to the Galaxy Nexus or hopping to a new platform.
I'm not really interested in the iPhone, or Apple products in a general sense. Windows Phone looks much more appealing to me. I love the diversity in devices, the direct updates, the UI is gorgeous, and the deep integration with things like XBOX doesn't hurt either.
My biggest gripe with Android, as someone who writes a lot, is that the Google Docs integration may as well not exist. The app is terrible. It's basically a pretty shell for the mobile site. SkyDrive/Office sounds very, very appealing to me. There are other issues I have, but this post seems like it's going to be huge already.
So I guess I have a few questions for you Windows Phone gurus.
How do you find SkyDrive to be in comparison to Google Docs? I understand you guys probably live in the Microsoft ecosystem as much as I do in Google's, but I've found Docs to be incredibly useful. Going forward in my life, having a really solid cloud productivity solution is critical.
How is the integration with other Google services like Gmail, Reader, Calendar, Contacts, etc? I've read a few posts on this, but most seemed to just confirm that it exists, and didn't really comment on how reliable it is.
I know that Microsoft doesn't have its own turn-by-turn GPS navigation yet, but are there any plans, to your knowledge, for future implementation of that? I know there are third party apps that do this, and those are valid options too but I really love that it's just built into the Google suite Android-side.
How is 3D gaming and emulation on Windows Phone? I don't play a ton of games, but there are a few I really enjoy. I'm absolutely in love with FPSE though, and playing Suikoden II on my phone is pretty much the bomb.
That's it for now. I'm sure I'll have other questions eventually. I tend to obsess over decisions like this for weeks.
Thanks a ton for any help you can provide me, guys.
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i made the jump last week, and i have not regretted it yet.
here's some of my answers to your concerns.
How do you find SkyDrive to be in comparison to Google Docs?
honestly, better. i have a lot of my work documents on there and the integration with office is so much better than google docs on android.
How is the integration with other Google services like Gmail, Reader, Calendar, Contacts, etc?
flawless, just sign in and they are there
I know that Microsoft doesn't have its own turn-by-turn GPS navigation yet, but are there any plans, to your knowledge, for future implementation of that?
bing maps is OK, reminds me of the earlier version on the iPhone 3g. it works good enough, but it's not google navigation. there are better 3rd party apps available ranging in price from $5 to $50
How is 3D gaming and emulation on Windows Phone?
xbox live games are cool. i never really gamed on a mobile, but the few that i have played on wm7 run smooth and flawless.
i actually started a blog last night about my jump from android to wp7 to help others considering the change over. again, i just started it last night, so it's really crude as of now, but i will be updating it and should have a lot of info and my experiences on it soon.
www.johnpflueger.com

Best smartwatch on a somewhat constrained budget

Hey guys,
I am looking for a smart watch under somewhat limited budget (as awesome as I'm watch is...) If there is a thread that I missed, please tell me. Anyways, what I am looking for is social media updates, gmail, texts, calling and of course, telling the time. Weather would be nice too. I can spend around $150-200.
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I think I'm gonna jump ship.

So I came across my best buy receipt for my gear s2 classic. It was $380 something bucks. I began to ask myself what value I got from it I hoped for.
1) My first use case i was really looking forward to was samsung pay. But it was delayed and there is no word from samsung about its release. Im beginning to wonder if the gear s2 community will ever use it. This is a HUGE shame on samsung currently IMO.
2) I am a previous user of the gear s. I was certain the galaxy store was to offer a substantial increase in useful apps with the gear s2. There was no way to check since theres no website to browse (only in-app with gear onboarded, scumbaggish samsung). Anyways I browse the appstore every week and nothing ever happens. Its pitiful everybody is so excited for uber. One app I was certain would be available is for the Nest thermostat. Its the perfect user interface! Nope. I best thing ive seen so far is the hue app. Cheers to the dev. The gear s2 dev community needs clones of him. But overall our app selection is outrageously pathetic. I don't see it getting much better soon.
3) Why do I have to use s voice? C'mon. Samsung cant be this pretentious. Let me use google. I also thought there'd be a more seamless integration with google now. Nope. Oh yeah, ever wonder why you cant use voice to text on 3rd party apps? Because samsung locked out that ability.
I have a very good feeling that developing for the tizen smartwatch platform is an upsettingly dreadful experience. I say this because i spent four hours on a Saturday trying to get the development environment setup on OSX. I couldn't even get any sample projects to load. This trickles through. For example I really wanted to have xClock -Agent as my daily watchface but I couldn't condone it. Its affiliated android app caused alarming battery drain - and the app developer does not care one bit to correct the malbehavior. But then i ask myself why doesn't the core gear services provide an api for location so this problem wouldn't even occur? Why not for everything else? Why no S voice or be able to use any sort for speech to text for an app? I need an add on app mostly for the dumbest things. This sucks a lot.
As a product owner myself of two development teams I have been on a desperate search for the product owners of the gear s2 platform and express my concerns on that level. All leads Ive found on linkedin did not reply to my attempts at reaching out. Maybe no product owners exist, because things should not be this bad.
Anyways I would love to love this watch. The industrial design encompasses a wonderful human interface. But I don't love it because it has no soul (useable software). I hope things change. But I'm probably going back to the pebble time.

Okay.

K!

2. Google now won't happen. It is not Samsung's fault. Google does not open the access and I believe they won't. Why would they open it for competitors?
I agree with you on the app development part though. Setting up the development environment is not a trouble for me but dealing with the lack of documents, bugs in the IDE, Samsung review team and their servers are really nightmare.
Occasionally, I came across this reviewer who does not read my instruction for testing app and she rejects my apps very often. I just re-submitted one of my app for review hours ago. Another app got rejected a month ago for the third times and the problems were also their fault. I don't even bother submit it back.
Samsung servers or their Gear app store is very very unstable. Way back in the days of the Gear 2, I already saw the cannot install WO WO issue. It still exists and occur very often for customers. I receive at least 3 emails about downloading problems a day and sometimes I get 1 star rating for problems that I cannot solve.
These are just some notable issues.
So yeah, new devs won't develop apps anymore if they face similar problems. These days, I only see new watch faces submitted using the designer tool. Hardly anyone writes apps

Yeah, I agree with everything -- and just dropped dime to get a Verizon classic 3G to replace my current sport 3G.
Why? I need the 3G.
As soon as cell capabilities are offered on AW, and nothing improves on the Gear side with the issues listed (I'm a developer that walked away from development on the Gear because of the hassle), I'm gone too.

So sad, this is the second time Samsung has lured me into their watch with bad apps. Kept watch too long to take back but would if I could. I have bought numerous Samsung products and they always just move on to the "next big thing" without looking back..

Rsmin said:
So sad, this is the second time Samsung has lured me into their watch with bad apps. Kept watch too long to take back but would if I could. I have bought numerous Samsung products and they always just move on to the "next big thing" without looking back..
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Same here.. I've had s2 classic few days and is been a pain in "A"
When it disconnects I have to reboot phone and watch ... so few apps to use app store is barren
such a shame as its a lovely looking device
I'll give it to the weekend then off it goes back to Amazon if it doesn't settle down

I'm not doing too bad but my requirements aren't huge and there are things the phone is better for. I'd love to use Google - but its not an android watch and i knew that going in. I get my emails, texts, my alarm works well enough, I can answer texts with voice, my appointments and Google Reminders work. I'm pretty happy! Wish it was waterproof. Wish the alarm was stronger. But still, I'm satisfied. At least until the next big thing... I AM a gadget whore.

Are there any app developers out there?

Basically just wondering if anyone out there is still trying to develop apps for this device. I currently have both the Gear S2 Classic and the Huawei watch, and as far as the hardware goes the Gear is miles ahead. The Huawei actually feels cheap, despite costing £100 more.
Problem is, Tizen currently doesnt work properly with certain notifications (whatsapp being a main example), and the only app that allows for initiating a conversation from the watch (It's called "Notifications Wear Style") hasn't been updated since January, and it a bit on the buggy side.
So I'm pretty much living in hope that there are people out there who are working to support the Gear S2 with more than just watch faces.

I'd love to know this as well. I'd do whatever I could to support active development on this watch. I love it but I might return it in the next few days if development seems dead.

My experience is that the Gear S2 apps keep coming, but it's more a trickle than a flood, and many of the most useful apps are coming from individual developers working on their own. You can often communicate directly with the developers, and they often respond to user requests in updates. But the big companies are mostly ignoring Tizen, and rumors suggest Samsung is not helping with its mediocre support for developers. So, app development is not at all dead, but if you want apps for the Gear S2, you have to be prepared to be patient and not set your expectations too high.

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My experience is that the Gear S2 apps keep coming, but it's more a trickle than a flood, and many of the most useful apps are coming from individual developers working on their own. You can often communicate directly with the developers, and they often respond to user requests in updates. But the big companies are mostly ignoring Tizen, and rumors suggest Samsung is not helping with its mediocre support for developers. So, app development is not at all dead, but if you want apps for the Gear S2, you have to be prepared to be patient and not set your expectations too high.
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The additional problem is that there are one or two apps that are actually half decent, made by independant developers... but they dont appear in my app store, either because I'm in the UK or because I don't have a samsung phone. Either way, if the few good apps are being restricted that doesn't bode well for patience. It's already a 6 month old product, another 6-9 months and it will have been replaced, and Samsung don't tend to support old devices for long.

I wish the Gear store was more transparent and better curated, that app developers on Tizen were provided a more robust and coherent development environment and that more companies created more and better apps for the Gear S2 series. That said, the whole question of apps on smartwatches is still in flux. Even Apple watch owners complain about the problems with apps on that platform: the apps are on average mediocre, some people say, and Apple has hobbled use of some of the hardware features of the watch, etc. If Samsung has been too quick to release new models (and abandon old ones), Apple fans complain that their company is too slow on that front: today you still have to pay a premium price for an Apple watch that has been out now a full year and is quickly falling behind other watches hardware-wise (especially the Gear S2). I get frustrated with the software limitations of my S2, but in my calmer moments I tell myself that this whole scene still has to play itself out.
[Edit: yet another set of complaints about the Apple Watch: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/7-reasons-people-arent-wearing-their-apple-watch/