ThinkFlood’s latest product, the RedEye Mini, is another universal remote dongle for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but it’s interesting in that it is both more and less gainly than the iPhone Universal Remote Case we wrote about last week.
Unlike the iPhone Universal Remote Case, the RedEye Mini is a small dongle that plugs into your iPhone or iPod Touch’s 3.5mm headphone jack. In other words, it keeps your Dock Connector open where the iPhone Universal Remote Case hijacks it, requiring you to pull your iPhone out of the Remote Case every time you want to sync it. The RedEye Mini solution is better in this regard, although now you have an easy-to-lose dongle to worry about.
Other than that, both products roughly do the same thing: all you to control every device in your entertainment center through a free iPhone app. The RedEye Mini app goes one step futher, though, with the ability to program your own new control macros using full multitouch and accelerometer support. Even better: costing just $49, it’s cheaper than the iPhone Universal Remote Case by about $11, and should support the entire iPhone OS family…. even the iPad.
The RedEye Mini will be released sometime this spring.
