From: mike 

>Why can't my cellphone double as a remote control for my tv, dvd, etc.?

More importantly (for me): why can't my cell phone double as a remote for
whatever TV I happen to be subjected to at the moment?

 /m



On Tue, 22 May 2007 19:24:11 -0400, "John Beamish"
 wrote:

>Jumping in here with a related thought:
>
>Why can't my cellphone double as a remote control for my tv, dvd, etc.?
>
>
>On Tue, 22 May 2007 01:57:54 -0400, Ad
> wrote:
>
>>
>>>    My dumb
>> remote control that came with my TV has a general purpose
>>> CPU.  Is that a PC too?  I think not.  Form factor makes a significant
>>> difference just like I/O capability and capacity.
>>>
>>
>> Indeed & now smartphones are getting the IO & capacity of
PC'es of only
>> a few years ago & then you oddly didn't have a problem with calling
>> machines of that capacity PC'es.
>>

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