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Greydusk1324 t1_ixte6l0 wrote

The most fun I had with a palm pilot was going to Best Buy and messing with the giant wall of TVs using the IR transmitter.

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WestNileCoronaVirus t1_ixtqggg wrote

Similarly, there was one of those on one of the game boys back in the day, & there was a James Bond game that allowed you to use the transmitter on your Gameboy as a TV remote. I used to sit in the living room with my parents, who were completely unwilling to buy a new TV even though it absolutely stunk. So Iā€™d just use my Gameboy to do random things like change the channel, tank or sky the volume, or turn the TV off altogether. They never figured it out & eventually bought a new TV because they suspected our existing TV was dysfunctional.

It was me. I was the dysfunction. My like 9 year old brain concocted this hair-brained plan to net the fam a new TV & it worked fucking perfectly. They still have no idea šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø

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Version-Abject t1_ixtto8n wrote

I had a LG phone for a while with an IR blaster. It caused chaos for this reason.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_ixuq1id wrote

My mate did AV install/maintenance at a school, and the IR blaster on his Samsung was a godsend because they could operate TVs without have to track down the remotes. Bliss.

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EnigmaWithAlien t1_ixuo0ke wrote

Oh yeah the IR! And a little red window on my laptop so they could talk back and forth when you pointed the Palm at the computer. That was cooler than anything now. (More secure, too.)

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