I think that this just the beginning for Teevox. When I met the founders last spring they were showing off a prototype iPad app that was sort of like a live newsfeed for television. As you watched a show it would pop up additional information about what was going on at that moment, like who the actors were, what song was playing in the background, trivia, and I'm sure in the future targeted ads.<p>I think the integration with Twitter and Facebook also indicates that they're going to be building some social features into the app, which would be pretty interesting to see. Anyway, definitely keep an eye out for these guys.
When I read the headline, I thought it would be some sort of infrared emitter that you attach to your iPhone to transform it into a remote control similar to the (Logitech) Harmony ones.<p>It's not. Sigh...
I find it a bit confusing when pg invests in companies such as this, which will most likely increase the addictiveness of stuff (in this case TV), given his growing concerns of the issue[1]. I can see this makes investment sense in terms of the ROI on money, but wouldn't you rather invest in things which steer the world in a direction that you would like it to go in?<p>[1] <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html</a>
Noticed a bug when creating a new account - I use password safe to manage my passwords, and it created a password that contained a symbol that caused an "Invalid Password" message to show up. Some feedback here would be nice ("Invalid Password: Numbers/letters only please" or something like that). Better yet, accept anything in the password box (there may be i18n issues here, others may be able to chime in with their experience).
Who cares that the product seems simple right now... check out the website! <a href="http://teevox.com" rel="nofollow">http://teevox.com</a><p>LOVE the sense of humor and personality of the company. The testimonials at the bottom are awesome. Good luck!
Because it's so difficult to stand up and manipulate a television, or use the <i>gasp</i> remote control that came with it. I'm quite surprised YC would invest in a .. television company.