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Universal Remote's Days Are Numbered

Posted by timothy on from the get-it-numbered-numbered-like-the-keys dept.

theodp writes "While the universal remote has served humanity with distinction, its days are numbered, and your smartphone is to blame. Whether you want to control your music, your television or your PowerPoint presentation, there's probably a solution using your phone. Try as it might, the universal remote simply can't navigate the digital world the way the smartphone can — it's a lot easier to put the remote's abilities in the smartphone than vice versa."

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  1. Re:I kill everything I fuck by binarylarry · · Score: 0, Troll

    Whazawha? Did the new NIN album come out already?

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  2. Re:Yeah..Soft keys. by MadnessASAP · · Score: 0, Troll

    What on earth was the point of abbreviating the word keys and then explaining said abbriviation in a post that barely qualifies as a sentence?

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  3. Re:Yeah..Soft keys. by MadnessASAP · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well that somewhat makes sense, I might have gotten that if it wasn't for a lack of sleep.

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