No.

- tvbgone turns off your (or someone else's) telly by sending all loads of 'off' signals, one of which is likely to work. these transmissions last for about a minute. It won't work with every telly out there, but does with most. I got it to work with LG ones in the UK.

- Irreco is a remote controller on your phone. My experience was that Irreco was not that easy to get to work, including its UI. Though, I have seen a number of reports from those who have really enjoyed it.

Have you treated youself to a female a to female a usb adapter (gender-changer)? Plug the usb cable into your phone and stick this adapter on the end of the cable. You can then start testing the usb hostmode enabler (currently in devel I think).