| App: | NetRemote IR 1.1.0.44 | UltraMote 3.1 | Nevo 1.0.4.004 CPL1/CPB1 | NoviiRemote 2.3 | NoviiRemote Deluxe 3.1 | RemoteControl II for Pocket PC 1.18 | Total Remote 2.2.577 | VITO Remote 4.0 | PDAWin TV Remote Controller 5.5 | UniversalRemoteCE 4.0 |
| Price | $19.99 | $15 (sw); $35 (sw+hw); $30 (hw) | OEM | $24.99 | $34.99 | $29 / 25e | $24.99 with the hardware dongle | $15.95 | $14.95 | $10.95 |
| Alternative storage/RAM occupation? | 1.5M/5k CIR.dll in \Windows and the two CCF/skin dirs: \My Documents\NRCCF and \My Documents\NRSkin | 502k/~0 | in ROM | 2.23M/~0 | 1.7M/4k nrdwakeup.exe in \Windows | 2.03M/55k help + gsgetfile.dll and rcii_hlp.exe in \Windows | 1.17M/72k help files | 1.902M/6k help | 610k/~0 | 449k/13k help |
| VGA modes/orientation compliance/ability to change orientation and other operation tests: Native VGA support? | + (auto-loads VGA skins in native mode; only some unimportant dialogs are displayed in the upper left quarter). On the other hand, in TSU6000 (& everything low-resolution) CCF import mode, it's useless on VGA devices - even in QVGA mode. | - (upper left quarter occupied) | N/A | - (upper left quarter occupied) | Some support - doesn't rescale the skin, misplaces labels, though. | so-so - if you define 480*640 themes, then, it'll work; otherwise, with the default ones, only the upper left quarter occupied | - (upper left quarter occupied) | ?: Couldn't test because coulnd't get past the registration key entry screen – some GUI components aren't displayed at all. | - (upper left quarter occupied) | - (upper left quarter occupied) |
| QVGA Landscape? | - (Tries to scale down the interface, but it's very ugly and the characters still remain those of the Portrait (too big for LS!) size) | - (not scrollable) | N/A | - (not scrollable) | - (not scrollable) | - (not scrollable) | + (GUI displays in Portrait; menus are correctly resized) | + (reflows everything, good!) | - (not scrollable) | + (scrollable) |
| Full screen? | + | - | so-so (only the lower bar is hidden, the upper isn't) | - | + | + | + | + | + | - |
| Orientation change: up/down (hx4700 etc) | - | - | N/A | - | - | + | + | + (Tools/Settings/Rotate Buttons (90/180/270 degrees)) | - | - |
| Orientation change: to left (for devices that have their IR ports on the left) | - | - | N/A | - | - | - | - | + (see above) | - | + |
| Voice operated? | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | +; CPU usage: 20-30%; can only be assigned to pre-defined (not arbitrary) keys | +; CPU usage: 6-10%; can only be assigned to pre-defined (not arbitrary) keys | - |
| Supports built-in hardware PDA keys? | + | - | - | so-so (Options/Hard buttons; only button 1/2, the arrows and the Action button is redefinable and can only control a given TV set - that is, there is no machine-specific HW button assignment) | Much better than in NR2.3 – all buttons can be assigned in a much more flexible way | + | so-so (generic, non-specific options: only the standard 4 buttons + action + arrows can be set) | + (much better than that of NoviiRemote 2.3 or TotalRemote - if a VCR is active, VCR-related functionality can be assigned to any HW buttons (even the special PL720 buttons!); with an active TV, TV buttons and so on | + | +, definable for all HW buttons on the PL720 |
| App: | NetRemote IR 1.1.0.44 | UltraMote 3.1 | Nevo 1.0.4.004 CPL1/CPB1 | NoviiRemote 2.3 | NoviiRemote Deluxe 3.1 | RemoteControl II for Pocket PC 1.18 | Total Remote 2.2.577 | VITO Remote 4.0 | PDAWin TV Remote Controller 5.5 | UniversalRemoteCE 4.0 |
| IR capabilities /HW compatibility tests: Toggle codes? | - | - | - | +; (it's pretty misleading: upon Home Devices/choose your device/ReLearn, Double Mode is explained as "on problems only". However, this is the toggle mode; the default Single Mode offers no toggling capabilities). Works OK. If you, in addition, teach in Single Mode, then, only every second button press will be sent out - this is certainly a bug. Therefore, it's always preferable to use Double Mode to learn - even if it's not a toggle button. (Tested on both devices) | +; it's still pretty misleading; other NR 2.3 problems fixed | +; works OK (Toggling must be initiated at the start of learning) | + (during teaching, you can also choose for teach a toggling signal) | - (in addition to the single mode, it's only able to learn in macro mode - any number of consecutive commands) | - | - (it's a very-very simple app) |
| Macros (concatenated, individual, sometimes completely independent IR commands; do not mistake it for toggling!)? | + (editable in Tonto) | - | + (connecting two or more activities together) | -, will only come later | -, will only come later | +; its config file format is excellent and easily editable (Buttons and Macros dirs) | + | + | - | - |
| Supports tap-and-hold (e.g. volume)? Tested with the Canon camera | + | + | + | + | + | + | + (on the 2210, it wasn't able to learn the Zoom signal; on the PL720, it worked OK) | + | - (!) | + to a certain degree: it didn't emit a truly continuous signal, unlike other apps, which may not the best (for example, jittery zoom) on the iPAQ; on the PL720, it was OK |
| iPAQ 3660 test - does it start at all / can it use the built-in IR, if yes? | +/+ | +/+ | N/A | +/+ (tested with both JVC and air conditioner) | +/+ (tested with both JVC and air conditioner) | +/+ | +/-, doesn't emit any signal | +/IR part doesn't work; seems to be incompatible with iPAQ | +/+ | +/ - (Air Cond.) /+ (Pana video) |
| PL720? | + | + | N/A | + | + | + | + | + | - (only the 1st after reset; nothing after that (something is sent, however)) | short-distance only (if it works at all) |
| PL720 air conditioner test? | +, a bit (about 2 metres) weaker than the other, native PL720 CIR apps | +, true CIR | N/A | +, true CIR | +, true CIR | +, true CIR | +, true CIR | +, true CIR | +, true CIR (at first; after that, it's useless) | -; didn't work at all - not even from short-distance |
| iPAQ 2210? | so-so (see below) | -; doesn't even start because of the incompatibility | + | so-so: about 1m only (no CIR) | so-so: about 1m only (no CIR) | no CIR support yet | so-so (no CIR; the choosable 'native iPAQ CIR' doesn't work) | so-so (no CIR; switching ports doesn't help) | +, truly CIR! | so-so (no CIR) |
| iPAQ 2210 air conditioner test? | seems to be short-distance (not CIR!) only (about 1m), as opposed to the Nevo distance, no matter what (COM2...4) COM port is used | N/A | + (CIR) | so-so (about 1m only (no CIR); switching to COM3 from COM2 didn't help this) | so-so (about 1m only (no CIR); switching to COM3 from COM2 didn't help this) | works, but no CIR (about 1 meter) | works, but no CIR (about 1 metres) | so-so (no CIR) | +, CIR! | -; didn't work at all - not even from short-distance |
| IR port redefinable? | + (Tools/Properties/ Plugins/open the tree view/Properites); also is transmit priority | - (only to UltraMote CF) | N/A | + (2...4 and auto) | + (2...4 and auto) | +, also is transmit priority | - (with the iPAQ, native CIR is choosable in Tools/ Options, but it doesn't work; with the PL720, only IrDA is offered (but it's CIR)) | + | - (only to external CF IR/RF cards) | - |
| Supports the Total Remote headphone dongle? | - | - | N/A | ? | ? | - | + | - | - | - |
| Supports additional IR CF cards (UltraMote)? | - | + | N/A | ? | ? | (+) (only supported on the SimPad series and some other WinCE devices + the Dell Axim x5) | - | - | + (seems so) | - |
| App: | NetRemote IR 1.1.0.44 | UltraMote 3.1 | Nevo 1.0.4.004 CPL1/CPB1 | NoviiRemote 2.3 | NoviiRemote Deluxe 3.1 | RemoteControl II for Pocket PC 1.18 | Total Remote 2.2.577 | VITO Remote 4.0 | PDAWin TV Remote Controller 5.5 | UniversalRemoteCE 4.0 |
| Philips Pronto support? | Native support for TSU6000 (8-bit color) CCF's; after a (really simple, desktop-based) conversion, reads the (converted) CCF files of everything older. Excellent! | - | - (however, it has its own, very extensive database instead at MyNevo.com) | - | - | - can't directly import/export CCF files; you need to manually copy/paste hex codes (see section "Import Philips Pronto CCF Hex Codes" in the help) | ?: in my tests, the signal sent out didn't work with any test CCF's. Others have reported success, though. | ?: I haven't managed to make the actual IR codes work; others have, on the other hand, reported success with them. Rendering problems; absolutely no suport for TSU6000 (Pro) files. If you copy the CCF files in \Devices, it'll find them in Main menu/Manage Devices; but a lot of buttons won't even rendered/displayed, if the pages are rendered at all and the app doesn't crash. In these cases, a reset and a restart generally helps. It's certainly less compatible than the CCF support of PDAWin TV Remote Controller 5.5, let alone, say, NetRemote IR | + (no RC6/predefined codes though; the majority of the CCF files I've tested worked. Great!) | - |
| Also loads Pronto layout, not just codes? | + | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | - (only IR codes are transferrable by hand) | + | + (but is buggy) | + (it works just great!) | N/A |
| Pronto NG? | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| User/location separation?Different user templates? | - | - | + (very nice GUI!) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Different room templates? Any restrictions, if yes? | - | - | + (very nice GUI!) | - | - | - | - | - | - | +; only one device of each device group (TV, VCR, DVD, DSS, CD, CBL, AMP, PVR) can be defined for one room |
| App: | NetRemote IR 1.1.0.44 | UltraMote 3.1 | Nevo 1.0.4.004 CPL1/CPB1 | NoviiRemote 2.3 | NoviiRemote Deluxe 3.1 | RemoteControl II for Pocket PC 1.18 | Total Remote 2.2.577 | VITO Remote 4.0 | PDAWin TV Remote Controller 5.5 | UniversalRemoteCE 4.0 |
| Database? Number of units in the built-in/online database? | - (no pre-defined devices at all) | - (no pre-defined devices at all) | +; excessive | +; 92 units + about 500 devices freely downloadable | +; around 100 units + able to read/import the older files | +, about 30 units | +; some hundreds | +; 59 units (TV/VCR) | +; 38 units (data stored inside the main EXE file) | +, quite extensive library (IR data stored inside UniversalRemoteCE.ird) |
| Did I find a driver in the built-in/online DB for the ...JVC 7700? (N/A stands for the lack of any kind of database, except for common CCF databases) | N/A | N/A | right the first | + (the pre-defined one works OK) | + (the pre-defined one works OK) | - (only one, NEC video IR file) | + (#6) | + | - (none of the two built-in); none of the two CCF files worked either | - (none of the 6 combinations worked); |
| ... HS860? | N/A | N/A | right the third | + (the pre-defined one works OK) | + (the pre-defined one works OK) | - (only one, NEC video IR file) | + (#13); didn't work with the CCF file that worked with the PDAWin app | so-so (sometimes worked, sometimes not. If it worked, it was quite unpredicatble & unreliable) | +; furthermore, one of the two downloaded CCF's worked | + (Profile 1, Protocol 2) |
| ... Canon camcorder? | N/A | N/A | - (no Camcorder category; the VCR (/Accessories) category only have one entry) / MyNevo had the correct driver (the 4th) with the already-extended category name ("VCRs / Camcorders") | - (no Camcorder category; no Canon at all) | - (no Camcorder category; no Canon at all) | - (only one, NEC video IR file) | + (#1) | - (no Canon) | - | - |
| ... LG air conditioner? | N/A | N/A | - (no LG in the Home category); the 4 devices in the MyNevo LG Home download didn't work | - (no Home category; no LG at all) | - (no Home category; no LG at all) | - (no Home category at all; in Edit/Edit IR Database, however, it can be added if you teach - it's also pre-defined and choosable, just like tons of device brands/types) | no Home category; the CCF is a no-go either (tesed on both PDA's) | - (no Home category) | -; works great with the downloaded CCF | - |