"John Stumbles" ] wrote in message
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in a Maplin email flyer I've just received:

Remote Control Via Mobile Phone
Only: £9.99
Save: £10.00
Code: N34BF
· Turn equipment on & off from your mobile phone
· Compatible with most mobile phones
· No phone charges incurred
· No need to open or modify your phone or connect with other devices
· Applications include turning lights on & off, activate a car alarm,
control the heating etc.


Any ideas how it works? Presumably it only works within direct receiving
range of the moby (i.e. you can't dial in to it from the other side of the
country)?

I cant seem to find it on www.maplin.co.uk, however, the ones I have seen
before rely on you ringing the house phone a number of times for a number of
rings.

So you may find it will actually work from any phone, they may have just
highlighted the mobile phone to make it sound better!

Sparks...