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Griffin Beacon

£50, apple.com/uk
Most phones don’t have an IR port, making them the chocolate teapots of the universal remote world. Griffin’s Beacon takes your phone’s Bluetooth signal, converts it to IR and sprays it around the room. Sold. More chocolate tea, anyone?

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