Pictures can even be geotagged and saved to both the camera and the remote device.
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Google is charging down the same path: it offers music sync, photo sync, Exchange-like sync, cloud storage, remote device back-up and updates.
The phone also acts like a remote control device for search and programming.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 features Samsung Smart Remote, which transforms the device into a universal remote control that can control an entire home entertainment system and even recommend programs.
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The feature that sets the Wii apart from both its competitors and its ancestors is the Wii remote, the device's control pad.
And wireless apps will turn the smartphone into a remote-access device.
Since the app works in tandem with what you are watching, iPad is now the ultimate remote control and companion device for TiVo Premiere users.
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The team hopes the laser could be built into a remote-controlled robotic device which could be despatched into a mine field, looking for vapour clouds.
Lacking any display (or any way of connecting one), the unit has you use the sluggish remote to prompt the device to read back which songs are available.
The only downside is navigating the onscreen keyboard via remote, although you can always sub in your mobile device thanks to those recently upgraded remote apps for iOS and Android.
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Some YouTube exec demonstrating how you can turn your mobile device into a remote control for YouTube.
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Once connected, HTC technicians can run remote diagnostics, push common device and network configuration settings, and remotely control the customer's device to resolve issues.
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The free SwannView app offers convenient remote viewing functionality to the DVR4-4000 or DVR8-4000 kits by allowing you to set up live remote viewing on your mobile device.
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With Ceton Companion, the mobile device becomes the remote control.
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Much like other Google TV products, the remote that ships with the device is double-sided -- there's a QWERTY keyboard on the bottom and more traditional controls (along with a trackpad) up top.
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Nokia also plans to release an app for the device to allow for remote control.
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But officials now believe the device may have been remote-controlled, or accidentally detonated by the bomber.
Consumers want to use their mobile like a Universal remote, an all-purpose device that makes life easier.
The player has a small, square screen on the front that is "visible from any part of the room, " according to the company, so you can sit on your couch and still see what's going on, while controlling it via your Apple device or the included remote control.
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And when you are performing the equivalent action on Siri, your device is passing that information to a remote server which is processing the request and then returning an answer, in pieces, back to your device.
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Iomega Link iOS client application for remote viewing and control from your smart device.
The remote control is no longer the main device sitting next to you on the couch.
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There is a landrush of apps and services that are trying to make the connection between your television and your mobile device, the 21st Century remote.
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Samsung Smart Remote, powered by Peel, utilizes the built-in IR emitter in the GALAXY Note 10.1 to transform the device into a sophisticated universal remote control that can control an entire home entertainment system and even recommend programs.
Comcast ( CMCSA - news - people )--not to talk your ear off on all this stuff, but Comcast just came out with a software that works on the iPad that acts as your remote control, acts as a preview device.
The device spares African patients living in remote areas the trouble of having to travel to urban centers to seek medical examinations.
The wireless Bluetooth HID remote allows users to control any iOS Bluetooth Device while connected to a TV, dock station or car stereo.
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Like most home protection systems, Scout offers remote control and monitoring via computer or mobile device, but the big draw here is its aesthetically pleasing equipment and simplified installation process.
With Bluetooth capability, you can use a discreet remote control to change volume, turn the device on and off, toggle between electronic devices, answer hands-free phone calls and stream music, sort of like having a miniature wireless headset in your ear.
Panasonic, for example, introduced a television paired with a tablet device that acted as both a traditional remote control and interface for the Web.
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