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By: Matthew Moskovciak

Turning your iPad or iPhone into a universal remote control is not a fresh idea, several nevertheless we had high hopes that Logitech may do it right, providen the company’s excellent line of Harmony remotes. The Logitech Harmony Link ($ 100) asides goes overe step so over goes along with it is iPad app, by integrating the complete listings of your local TV providers as well as letting you browse presents goes along with a slick interface, more than the clunky grid your cable company offers up.

While the Harmony Link turns a lot right (like including Harmony’s activity-based several neverthelesstons just like “Watch TV”), it is limitations hold you back from what you really would like to to do: browse as well as set recordings from your iPad more than your DVR’s interface. There are asides inherent problems goes along with using a touch interface instead of physical several neverthelesstons, as well as you will ascertain yourself constantly looking at the screen to do even simple tasks just like adjust the volume. Until the Logitech Harmony Link can integrate more deeply goes along with DVRs (like the apps available from cable companies ourselves), buyers are better off sticking goes along with the traditional line of Harmony remotes for their “one remote to control them the entire” solution.

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By: Eric Franklin

Thanks to their slim designs, touch screens, and light weights, tablets have gotten off in the last a couple of years as a popular alternative to Netbooks and, in some cases, although laptops. However, a tablet screen is not the all of ideal environment for typing.

By including a built-in keyboard, the Asus Eee Pad Slider attempts to offer a solution to this problem. But does the really inclusion of a keyboard defeat the purpose of owning a thin, light, and cool-looking media device?

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