By now, you must all be aware of Griffin’s Beacon universal remote system, as we’ve gotten our hands at the iPhone version and allow you to find out about the only for Android , too. Well Dijit, who creates the apps that work with the Beacon hardware, wasn’t done, and so has released an iPad-specific app to use the additional screen real estate it affords. Dijit calls it a “reimagined” version of the iPhone app and it provides both a brand new look and a few new functionality to the Dijit experience. We got to spend your time with the app at gdgt Live in San Francisco, and located it to be quite comparable to the recently released Android version. Head on past the break for a video breakdown of Dijit for iPad and our impressions of the app in action.
Dijit for iPad supports an analogous sizable library of devices as its predecessors and lets you find the perfect IR codes to your A/V gear, so the initial setup is comparatively painless. The app itself integrates social networks that can assist you find new content of interest — identical to services like Miso and Buddy TV . Not just does the app show your TV listings, nevertheless it can access Netflix and let users play YouTube clips contained in the app, plus there’s episode and cast information on tap to boot. As in previous iterations, the handheld remote control layout is fully customizable and allows users to select and select their buttons of choice while arranging them in any configuration. In the present day, the app still works using Bluetooth to speak with the IR blaster hardware, however the folks from Dijit told us they’re engaged on making the app communicate directly with smart TVs over WiFi using UPnP. Keep at it guys, you’ve about six weeks to get it ready for show-and-tell at CES.
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