Does Satechi’s new GoRemote Bluetooth iPhone controller really need to be waterproof?

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Photo: Satechi.

The first impression upon seeing Satechi’s new GoRemote Bluetooth remote-controller for the iPhone is oh man, that’s really freaking cool! Followed rapidly by wait, what am I going to do with this thing again?

There are enough ingredients baked into the GoRemote to prompt Tim Taylor-like grunts of lusty approval. With it you can command Siri, control music playback or snap photos, via Bluetooth, from up to 33 feet away. It’s waterproof enough to go swimming. And it has its own wristband and bicycle handlebar/car steering wheel mount. OOHHUU OOUUGH ARGGH ARGGHHH!

But most of us don’t swim with our iPhones, let alone listen to music at the same time (unless you’re my friend Diana, who think she’s a mermaid); listening to music while tooling around on a bike means you’re wearing earphones, which have their own remotes; and if your friends think smartwatches are dorky, wait till they catch you walking around with a remote lashed to your wrist.

On the other hand, the fact that the GoRemote can be strapped to s steering wheel and used for hands-free access to music and Siri makes up for everything else, and the iPhone camera remote feature is pretty cool too.

The GoRemote is $45-$50 on Kickstarer, depending on whether you get one or both of the mounting options, with a delivery date of October.

Source: Satechi

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