So is that a Firefly Mini in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:55 pm by Soham
Okay, maybe there’s no reason to carry a PC remote control around in your pocket, but if you wanted to, at least it wouldn’t get scratched beyond all recognition (insert, all sorts of legal disclaimers here).
Ever since we launched Firefly, many customers have been asking us to create an IR version. Well, nine months ago, we locked two Firefly’s (a regular Firefly and Zack’s sexy red Firefly mod) into a dark closet, and today we’re happy to announce that SnapStream Media will soon be proudly delivering Firefly Mini!
All jokes aside, we will be publicly launching Firefly Mini this March. It uses IR instead of RF to communicate with the USB receiver and has a living room friendly 30-foot range. The smaller form factor gives the remote a nice, compact hold. We’ve streamlined the button count leaving just the essentials making it that much easier to use increasing the WAF. My favorite part is that it is a HID-compliant device, so there are no additional drivers to install. Also, since more and more applications are supporting standard HID media keys (such as play, pause, stop, etc), Firefly Mini will support many other media applications right out of the box. Beyond TV 4.1 and Beyond Media 1.1.1 already support the remote’s special buttons (such as the guide button).
More info coming soon…