• LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I used to have so much fun back when cell phones had IR blasters. Changing channels and messing with people before it was common knowledge that you could do that on a cell. I wish phones still had that.

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      1 year ago

      Back in the day when they were actually focused on putting features into phones instead of stripping them out…

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          1 year ago

          used to have a FM tuner on the modem. International models do still carry modems with FM tuners on them. And the antenna was you headphone cord. Which is why it doesnt and won’t work with Bluetooth… And for all likely hood it won’t work with USB c headphones either

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      There are still ways to do that. A friend of mine loves to mess woth Telas. He can open their charging door with a device.

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      Long before smartphones, Casio used to make an IR blaster watch. Nobody ever suspected the person checking the time was messing with the TV.