{"id":136684,"date":"2010-01-04T17:12:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T22:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/04\/l5-remote-turns-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-into-a-universal-remote\/"},"modified":"2010-01-04T17:12:11","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T22:12:11","slug":"l5-remote-turns-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-into-a-universal-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/136684","title":{"rendered":"L5 Remote turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a universal remote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/l5technology.com\/news\/l5-remote-debuts-at-ces-2010\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/l5-remote-01-04-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Sure, you can use Apple&#8217;s own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2008\/07\/10\/apples-remote-control-application-for-itunes-and-apple-tv\/\">Remote<\/a> application to use your iPhone or iPod touch as a remote for your Mac, but that likely isn&#8217;t going help most folks&#8217; with their home theaters. This new L5 Remote might be just what you&#8217;re looking for, however, and it doesn&#8217;t require a pricey dock like some other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/12\/02\/redeye-turns-your-iphone-and-ipod-touch-into-bona-fide-universal\/\">similar options<\/a>. Making its official debut at CES, the L5 is a $50 IR dongle \/ app bundle that promises to do more or less everything that a dedicated universal remote does, and plenty of things that many of those don&#8217;t &#8212; like let you create your own customized interface. Of course, that all hinges on the thing actually working as well as a dedicated device, and we should no doubt hear more about that in the lead-up to its rollout next month.<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/04\/l5-remote-turns-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-into-a-universal-remot\/\">L5 Remote turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a universal remote<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\">Engadget<\/a> on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:04:00 EST.  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