Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 19 Jul 2008 22:54:15 -0700 Mark Crispin wrote:
>
>> That's certainly true with low-end phones like iPhone.
>>
>> Almost all phones sold in Japan have IR. It's the most common way
>> to exchange contact information or files between phones. Nobody
>> in their right mind uses Bluetooth in a public place in Japan for that
>> purpose.
>
>
> Personally, I'm a little peeved HTC has been leaving IR off the newer WinMo
> phones. Besides being a great "lowest common denominator" wireless
> communications format, it means my AT&T Tilt is my first WinMo device that
> can't print to my portable Sipix printers, or double as a TV remote in a
> pinch!

And I'm peeved that most notebook PCs are leaving IR off.