I'm not a physics expert but from what I understand, infrared waves utilized by those codes move at their own consistent speed like any light wave (particle?), save other external influences (like being in a different universe), so they can't be made to be sent any quicker than they already do. I suppose a faster processor in the sonic would cycle to the next code more quickly, but the infrared light itself can not be sent any quicker through space than they already move. It would need to utilize different technology (faster light waves (particles?)), and likewise so would all of the televisions in the world :behave
However, if the sonic had bluetooth connectivity and you could use an app on your smartphone to reference an online database for the correct code based on the make, model and function of the device, then you would just have to pull up that device on your phone and drag/drop the commands you wanted to a diagram with all of the commands mapped out. It would then tell the sonic via bluetooth to send the specific IR code associated with each gesture to the device, and since the database has all of the codes for those functions, it wouldn't need to be programmed with the remote. You could also program a ton more banks stored on your phone instead of inside the sonic, and a drag/drop style programming interface would allow you to set up control of any 13 commands of your device of choice in a matter of minutes, then use the sonic with that set of commands.
I think we're on to something here...
Actually we could already program the Sonics using the same method as entering the Unlock Code - i.e. just press the main slider button in succession, pause briefly, then enter the second digit, etc. just as universal remotes come with a guide of codes to program them so the standard controls work without programming each button.
Now, this would involve a bit of compromise in that there would, necessarily, be a standard gesture for each control so the automatic mapping would know what to map to. *But* if, for example, you want "Push" to be select/Enter instead of the universal standard of Power On, you'd still gave the option of press press hold to re-program as many gestures as you wanted whilst leaving the others the agreed upon standards.
I'd also be more than willing to pay more for a higher memory model, say 6 or even 8 or more banks of commands instead of 3. Heck, I bet there are many customers out there who would happily pay for a "Deluxe Sonic" model with double or triple the memory bank capacity *as well as* additional features (true sonic option for sonic remote devices, Geiger counter, radar detector - I'm joking on these last two (mostly).
The thing is, now that I have held one of these beauties in my hand, and used it - I am shameless to say I am obsessed! I literally carry it with me everywhere! Please tell me I'm not the only person who does this?
Before I bought one, I thought it sounded cool, but using it has made me realize how much I'd splurge for a feature rich deluxe version.
Wand Company - you guys have become the pied pipers of the gadget lover in me!
