I've been happy with Novii Deluxe. It works at 10-12 feet just as well as the stock remote. Novii support was very helpful during my learning curve. They came up with what I needed to know to get my TV and my DVD/VHS player-recorder to respond -- all from the same codebase. And then a couple of days later, they emailed me an improved codebase that someone came up with on their own. (Just giving credit where it's due.)

Using the 6700 as a remote, to be honest, is not the most practical idea. But if simple things amuse you, as they do me, it's kind of fun.

Yes, an amusing little toy...lol...

would love to test Novi, just dont want to pay 16 bucks for a remote...LOL

I'm using Novii Deluxe also. It is a nice little toy and I use it to control my TV capture card in my computer (which it works well for).

The main problem with this app isn't a fault of Novii at all, however, the IR bulb in the Apache/PPC-6700 seems sort of weak. It works well at 4-5 feet but no further. So that is a limitation if you're not controlling items that are somewhat close to you.

Just a heads up...

I tried some of these IR remote apps when I first got my phone, but none of them seemed to work that well. I also read some threads about the weak IR emitter in the 6700 so I mostly gave up on the idea. I just tried Novii Deluxe a few days ago and I have to admit I'm impressed. The included IR code database is a huge improvement over the other programs I tried. I was able to control 3 different TV's just by picking the manufacturer out of a list. I also used it on my Dish HD/DVR receiver without any problems. Best of all, I can use it at over 10 feet if I aim at the receiver carefully. Pretty cool. I guess the IR emitters vary from unit to unit. I was pretty surprised with the distance I got.