On 06/18/04 13:04, Don Stratton said...
Either one sounds cool, although the idea of PULSING
bands of Tron-like accents made me suddenly wish
Total Remote had support for animation or color
cycling. ;)
Animation would be interesting, but considering it might slow performance on the 200Mhz models like mine I'm happy with static graphics for now.
I tried an RCA Kameleon once. It was interesting, but I did return it because it simply used too much juice to be "friendly." RCA and some others should treat such power hungry mosters like cordless phones, digital cameras or PDAs and include a durable, transduction-based, recharging pad/coaster (just in case a clueless friend comes over and puts his/her coffee on it).
You buy an iTrip at CompUSA, decide that "it
doesn't work right" which really means you can't
use an FM transmitter in your particular situation
(no opens bands like in LA/NY, electrical noise
from power lines conducted into the RF signal,
you have a crappy radio with a broken antenna
but it pick up the local 100,000 watt radio station
"just fine!", etc.) so you return it, and CompUSA
sends it back to us with no explanation why, and
for FULL credit.
I did this with a cheapie, generic FM transmitter/lighter socket charger for my Delphi XM radio. It was obviously way below the quality of the iTrip and wouldn't even work in the woods of NH. FM transmission is definitely a toughie. I once had a Toshiba transmitter that worked flawlessly and was tiny for the time.
Unfortunately, it's lost to a few moves or given to an ex-girlfriend (not sure which). Its buddies (an old Aiwa (nice durable metal) portable cassette deck, Sony Watchman, Casio credit card FM radio, and some other 80's design antiques) are still in the box where it used to reside. They're great for inspiration. The Aiwa portable products back then were incredibly solid, unlike today.
As an aside I would note that _I_ think it is
easier to work "on the device" with Total Remote's
native mode for taking a skin and adding IR codes
and macro functions than working "offline" with
a damn CCF editor. I _could_ be biased. :)
Now if a TR profile could be authored in, tested in, and transferred from something like this
http://www.flipstart.com/ that would kick. It'd be tricky, but that device would run Fireworks and Photoshop without a hitch. Heck, it'll run 3D Studio. It's more powerful than my current laptop (still use a shuttle XPC for 3D portability).
I've been crunched with work, but will get to those TR skins shortly.
Cheers!
