It uses IR, Bluetooth or RF (to the Hub) to control up to 15 devices, and is programmed using Logitech's software for PCs that pulls settings from a database of 225, 000 home entertainment products.
At the head of the device is an infrared sensor, but forget about using it as an IR-blaster like the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, it's only designed to work with 6100-series handsets and compatible printers.
Long and short of it was, if IR could get back the market share it was losing while at the same time boosting its return from capital assets, Kumar could return the operation to a sound footing even without touching the mass fares or laying off staff.
Still, in a bid to position the Tab 2 (7.0) as a media consumption device, Samsung outfitted it with an IR blaster.
Like all iDen phones it has Push-to-Talk, Java, and aGPS. sadly, like other iDen phones, it lacks Bluetooth or IR.
It's especially useful for those wanting to hide their kit away in cabinets, as it translates inputs into IR signals that'll bounce around those secluded spaces.
Since it comes with the IR emitter already built in, that's all anyone will need to get every pixel available of the 3D games on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 or any of ESPN 3D's broadcasts.
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The sleek, industrial design combined with integrated IR emitters makes it a compact, unique and easy-to-use addition to any home entertainment center.
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IR--You take it as given that Britain's National Health Service is in financial crisis (March 15th), and imply that people are unwilling to pay higher taxes to help improve it.
It consists of a telescope, an infrared (IR) spectrometer, and a multi-spectral CCD camera.
However just from the request, a sound file is played which is transmitted via IR to my TiVo, thus controlling it.
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Thankfully, the power button on the remote puts the player in a standby mode so it will play nicely in a remote location via IR extenders.
The reason for the dearth of such capital is that the venture capital firms that provided it in the past have not generated spectacular investment returns for the ir limited partners in recent years.
Hefty construction exposure heading into the recession of 2008 was an eye opener for management (as was the case at many industrials), and IR exited the crisis in much better financial shape than it entered it in.
IR--What is so special about health spending that requires it to be financed by a hypothecated tax?
Sony's taken a stab at it before -- but this time around, it's imagining a controller with ultrasonic location analysis and Wiimote-like IR tracking.
Basically it came down to holding the remote right in front of the iPaq's IR receiver.
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It turned out, he says, that reforms elsewhere in the Indian economy were actually making matters worse for IR.
The Griffin IR device is also a little directional, but the more sound volume you have, the less directional it is.
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Thanks to the IR sensor, the phone's browser responds to an "up swipe" in the air above it with by scrolling up, and to a "side" swipe by jumping to another tab.
The biggest notable differences here, compared to the Solo, are the addition of an integrated IR blaster and the ability to actually stream in HD -- while the Solo had HD inputs, it down-converted to standard definition before encoding the video to be streamed.
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