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Your Touchsquid Remote Control is more than just a remote control. It is packed full with features, WIFI access, front facing camera, USB ports, headphone plug in, Bluetooth, allowing you to also download music, apps, games, engage in skype conversation, read ebooks, browse the net, access your email, and of course, your dedicated universal remote control.

Touchsquid Remote Control Tablet 2 touchsquid.com

Your Touchsquid Remote Control is more than just a remote control. It is packed full with features, WIFI access, front facing camera, USB ports, headphone plug in, Bluetooth, allowing you to also download music, apps, games, engage in skype conversation, read ebooks, browse the net, access your email, and of course, your dedicated universal remote control.

Touchsquid Remote Control Tablet 3 touchsquid.com

Your Touchsquid Remote Control is more than just a remote control. It is packed full with features, WIFI access, front facing camera, USB ports, headphone plug in, Bluetooth, allowing you to also download music, apps, games, engage in skype conversation, read ebooks, browse the net, access your email, and of course, your dedicated universal remote control.

Touchsquid Remote Control Tablet 4 touchsquid.com

Your Touchsquid Remote Control is more than just a remote control. It is packed full with features, WIFI access, front facing camera, USB ports, headphone plug in, Bluetooth, allowing you to also download music, apps, games, engage in skype conversation, read ebooks, browse the net, access your email, and of course, your dedicated universal remote control.

Touchsquid Remote Control Tablet 5 touchsquid.com

Your Touchsquid Remote Control is more than just a remote control. It is packed full with features, WIFI access, front facing camera, USB ports, headphone plug in, Bluetooth, allowing you to also download music, apps, games, engage in skype conversation, read ebooks, browse the net, access your email, and of course, your dedicated universal remote control.

Choosing a tablet for Christmas

December 9th, 2012

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Choosing a tablet for Dad or for Hubby or for any one can be a simple or a difficult decision depending on your philosophy, lifestyle, or purpose.

For many families, a tablet is used as a game device to entertain young kids. For others, this is a serious device meant to do serious work. You can choose a tablet based on looks, popularity or its “cool” factor. Alternatively, you can prefer one that is practical, and functional.

Here is what sets Touchsquid apart:
- a built-in infrared blaster
- a built-in remote app worth $49 on Google Play
- a dedicated charging cradle which serves as a resting place for your Squid
- replaceable battery
- Full USB port and mini USB port for easy transfer of files
- Expandable SD slot for increased memory cards
- rubberized back to avoid slippage when resting tablet on your lap

A tablet with a soul and a purpose – that’s Touchsquid!!!

Season Holiday Touchsquid Coupon Code

November 21st, 2012

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Season Holiday Touchsquid Sale!!!

Here is your chance to own your very own Touchsquid IR tablet. Enter this Season Holiday promo coupon code

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one word in lower case, and get a $20 off the price of Touchsquid.

This is a limited time offer. This sale ends December 15, 2012. Click here to go to the order page.

Touchsquid Remote App for Roomba

November 17th, 2012

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Touchsquid Technology Inc. the developer of the Touchsquid Remote Control Infrared Tablet and several remote apps on Google Play has recently added Roomba to the list of devices that it supports.

Everyday Touchsquid continues to add new home theater and home automation devices to its list of supported devices. However, it is not often that you come across adorable and cute robot devices like the Roomba.

“Now you can also vaccuum the floor while watching TV, all from your Command Center at your Couch or Bed… The only thing it can’t do is empty the dirt bin”.

The Roomba Vaccuum Cleaner was first introduced in 2001. That was the First Generation. Today there are several generations of Roomba and the second and higher generation Roomba are the ones that have improved remote control support. These are the 400, 500, and the 700 series Roomba. IRobot, the manufacturer of Roomba has sold over 6 million Roomba altogether. The unit itself measures 13 inch in diameter and weigh of about 8 pounds. Different built-in sensors allow the Roomba to avoid obstacles, prevent it from dropping or falling, detect dirt, and follow an algorithm to calculate how many times it needs to go over an area depending on the amount of dirt.

The Roomba can be remotely controlled in different ways, via wifi, bluetooth or infrared. Touchsquid uses its infrared blaster to control the Roomba. If you already own a Touchsquid infrared tablet, you just have to add Roomba to your list of devices.

Using the Roomba Remote control codes, Touchsquid can power up your Roomba Discovery move it to a specific area to start a cleaning cycle. Use touchsquid menus and shortcut buttons to drive the Roomba to a desired location; select a cleaning cycle: spot, clean, or max. STOP, START, or PAUSE.

The Touchsquid Remote App (available on Google Play) can be used on Samsung Tab IR tablets. Its built-in database library has remote control codes for more than 200,000 home theater and home automation devices and Roomba is simply one of the many devices that Touchsquid supports.

TouchSquid Announces the Release of Media PC Keyboard / Mouse Android App

October 28th, 2012

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TouchSquid Technology Inc. is pleased to announce the release of its Media PC Keyboard/Mouse Android App, (available on Google Play), designed to give the home theater enthusiast a fun, engaging and interactive digital media experience.

“The Media PC Keyboard/Mouse app turns your Android Smartphone or tablet
into a wireless mouse and keyboard for your PC.”

Technology innovations such as high-powered home computers, digital media and high definition televisions give rise to the Home Theater PC (HTPC) or PC Media Center. By definition, a HTPC or PC Media Center is a convergence device that combines the capabilities of a personal computer with a software application. With a Media PC, one can watch, record and pause live TV; browse the internet, access PC library of movies, music and games, play DVDs and CDs on TV.

There are wireless keyboard and mouse that can be used to control the Media PC, however, they tend to be big and cumbersome for use while watching TV from the bed or couch. Other PC media remote control hardware device only have ON/OFF commands.

Using TouchSquid Media PC Keyboard/Mouse App, a user can now conveniently access his/her Windows PC Media Center using an Android Smartphone or tablet. The TouchSquid Media PC Keyboard/Mouse Android app comes in two parts. This remote works with Microsoft Windows operating systems and requires the Touchsquid server app, free to download from www.touchsquid.com/MediaPC . The App itself is available from the Google Play Store at less than the price of a premium cup of coffee.

TouchSquid Media PC remote control sends command information wirelessly through the internet connection. This app gives the user full keyboard and mouse control so it can be used with any Windows PC, for surfing, email, online messaging and even gaming. The friendly Media Center on-screen menus are specially designed for remote control interaction, such as pause and rewind live TV, record an entire TV episode, series, or category; Shuffle an entire music collection according to artist or genre. Browse the internet for information about a favorite show, celebrity or movie. Tune in FM stations and even pause live radio. Browse, zoom, pan, or print pictures by using the remote. The lit screen and big buttons on the Android screen makes it easy to work the remote in the dark.

About Touchsquid Technology Inc.
TouchSquid Technology Inc. is located in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Its flagship product is the TouchSquid all-in-one infrared tv remote control. The company has also developed a number of Android Apps, the most notable being the TouchSquid Remote Control App, for use with generic tablets in combination with an external IR blaster device. Media PC Keyboard/Mouse is a new product release and integrates neatly with the TouchSquid remote control apps, both Home and PRO versions.

Touchsquid IR Extender Repeater Kit

June 29th, 2012

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IR Repeater kit for use with Home Theater Devices Behind Walls and Cabinets.

Clean home theater set-ups (especially set-ups with wall-mounted HDTVs) can often require you to store your video equipment (like Blu-Ray players, DVD players, TIVOs, etc.) in a remote place like a closet or another room. Since your remote controls rely on line-of-site to control your equipment (in other words, it can’t go through walls, it must be pointed directly at your equipment if you aren’t using an extender), you won’t be able to use them unless you can send this signal (known as infrared or IR) to your equipment with a wired extender.

TouchSquid’s IR extender kits provide all the parts you need in one convenient package to send an IR signal direct from your comfortable couch to wherever you store your equipment.

How This Works

This kit includes an IR receiver, a connecting block (which also serves as a signal repeater), and IR emitters. The IR receiver is a small inconspicuous device that you can mount on your HDTV’s bezel or anywhere else in the room where you will want to point your remote. It is small and very easy to hide, but must be in line-of-site to your couch (or wherever you will be sitting when using your remote control). This receiver receives your remote control’s commands and sends the signal over 3.5mm wire (same type of cable called mini-stereo) through the connecting block (which you can hide behind your wall).

The connecting block then actively repeats and sends the same signal through all IR emitters connected to the block. Two emitters come with the kit and each emitter features two “eyes”. Each eye blasts out the same IR signal, and you can tape them directly over each IR receiver on your equipment or simply fix them to an opposite facing wall (like the back of the door of your video closet for instance).

Free listing for Home Theater Gear

June 19th, 2012

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Buy, Sell, Recycle, Barter your Home Theater Gear. Touchsquid Support Forum announces a free listing service for home theater enthusiasts to swap, exchange, buy, sell or recycle their home theater gear.

A category “Home Theater Gear For Sale” is now set-up at Touchsquid users forum featuring Free listings of Home Theater equipment for sale. Recycle your used amplifiers, speakers, projectors and TVs in the most effective manner possible — sell them! Listings are 100% free. You can answer ads in the forum or send a private message (PM).

To place an ad: Select the type of device, then start a new thread with the Type, Brand and Model number of the device you have for sale. Please mention a price and location in your ad. Use photos if you can.

To answer an ad: Answer in the forum to ask questions about the item, I suggest using a Private message to make an offer or arrange a sale. Sellers please post a message when the item is sold.

Dealers and professionals: OK to use for individual used items. Exploitive advertising will be deleted.

Please help us get this going by advertising your surplus items!

Touchsquid remote control app for Samsung Tab 2 IR tablets

June 11th, 2012

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Unleash the Power of the Squid!
Touchsquid Remote Control app
for Samsung TAB 2 IR tablets.

Samsung, the leading manufacturer of Android devices, expanded the versatility of its product line in Q4 of 2011 and Q2 of 2012 by releasing four new budget-friendly tablets with built-in infrared blasters. Of course, such devices are only as good as the apps they run, and although the included Universal Remote Control App that comes with these tablets is quite good, users tend to either love it or hate it. TouchSquid Technology, a small, independent manufacturer of android tablets with built-in IR, has recently released an alternative remote control app for the Samsung Tab 2 IR Tablet.

The TouchSquid Universal Remote Control App has been available for generic Android devices using external IR blasters for a while now, but by making use of the built-in IR on the Samsung, owners of the Tab 7.0 Plus, Tab 7.7, Tab 2 7.0, and the Tab 2 10.1 now have more options to control their home entertainment systems without having to buy additional hardware.

Available in both home and professional versions, the TouchSquid Universal Remote Control App makes use of an extensive (and growing) library of commands for over 200,000 devices. With a simple setup process and an intuitive activity based user interface, it’s great for the average user. With customizable buttons, adjustable timings and repeats, programmable macros, and support for several external IR blasters and serial controllers, the TouchSquid App is great for power users too.

Perhaps more important than the versatility of this feature laden software is the unparalleled support offered by TouchSquid staff. Surprisingly responsive, they are always willing to help where they can. Grahame Shannon, company president and head of development, commented, “It’s the apps that make a tablet worth using. Without them, all you’ve got is an expensive paperweight. Our mission is to develop the best Universal Remote Control App on the market, and the only way to do that is by responding to user feedback.”

New version of Touchsquid Remote control app adds support to IR Trans Infrared Blaster

May 31st, 2012

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TouchSquid Technology, developer of hardware and software solutions for home theater universal TV remote control, and IRTrans, German-based leading provider of connectivity products, announced today they have entered into a technical partnership. The agreement provides a platform for co-marketing and product compatibility. Using a combination of TouchSquid’s TV remote control app for Androids and an IRTrans infrared device, Android smartphones and tablets can be turned into powerful infrared remotes.

Based in Germany, IRTrans has a base of more than 25,000 users worldwide. Apart from home automation and home cinema use, IRTrans devices are used for environmental control, industrial applications and the control of broadcasting and cable networks.

IRTrans products connect almost any electronic devices in a home or business to a WiFi and/or IP network so it can be controlled, automated, and maintained by network-based software. IRTrans offers other connectivity products and capabilities, including IR learning and IR receivers and sensors, that can be connected to a network.

TouchSquid Technology is an emerging solution developer in the home theatre remote control industry. Their flagship product is an all-in-one remote control/tablet computer, but the generic TouchSquid App can turn virtually any Android device with an external IR blaster from IRTrans into a fully featured, high end home theater remote control with large, easy to read virtual buttons, intuitive user interface, and customizable screens.

The TouchSquid Universal TV Remote has an extensive library of over 200,000 supported devices (growing all the time), and an internet connected tablet can be used to browse TV listings and reviews.

By having the ability to store multiple profiles, using activity based button layouts with automatic input switching, and providing a quick, easy way to get back on track when devices are out of sync (in the form of the Squid help button), the TouchSquid App eliminates a number of common “remote control headaches” and enhances a viewer’s home theater experience.

Beyond simply adding remote control functionality to Android devices (tablets and full screen smart phones), an IRTrans device from IRTrans Infrared Control Systems can eliminate the need for line of sight visibility of devices being controlled by TouchSquid’s all-in-one device, thereby allowing devices to be hidden in a cabinet or a separate room.

Father of Wireless Remote Dies at 96

May 26th, 2012

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Eugene Polley (November 29, 1915 – May 20, 2012)

Eugene J. Polley was an engineer and engineering manager for Zenith Electronics, most widely known for inventing the first wireless remote control for television.

Prior to his invention, TV viewers need to get up and down from the couch to make channel selections or volume controls on the TV. His 1955 invention, marketed as the Flash-Matic, used visible light to remotely control a television outfitted with photo cells in the screen; it could turn the set on and off and change the channel.

Polley and Robert Adler shared a 1996–1997 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for “Pioneering Development of Wireless Remote Control for Consumer Television.”

In 2009, Polley received the IEEE Consumer Electronics Award “for contributions to the technology of the wireless remote control for television and other consumer electronic products.”

Below is a Flashmatic remote control ad.

The Flashmatic used a beam of light to manipulate photo cells in the television. This allowed users to change channels, mute the volume, and turn the set on and off, all without leaving the comforts of their couch or chair. However, because the contraption relied on light to do its job, the device wasn’t exactly flawless. Over the years, the control was altered to make use of sonic and radio frequencies. Later, infrared technology was introduced, effectively transforming entire generations into lazy individuals who couldn’t be bothered to manually adjust their sets.

Where is the TV remote?

May 26th, 2012

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This funny cartoon by Dan Gibson is so true! A black TV remote control can easily be misplaced, simply hiding in the most unexpected nooks and corners.

For this reason, all Touchsquid remote controls come with a charger docking station. This provides a resting place for the universal TV remote when not in use.

Touchsquid remote control can be configured into a photo slide show or an alarm clock when not in use. These are just some of the many other Android features that Touchsquid enjoys.