I'm just being curious here, but can I use it for things like using it as a remote control for cable/tv?
Yes, it can. There was a homebrew app that had thousands of codes stored in it, can't for the life of me remember what it is called though.
Yes, the name of the TV controller is PSP Universal Remote, which can be found here: http://dl.qj.net/PSP-Universal-Remote-1.2-.../1442/catid/189
The IR Shell is much better the 5.00 release can learn codes soo is all good no need to hunt down your own pronto codes Seriously try it out very nice i use it alot epecialy at work to turn off the signs and radio
Where I sense ComplicatioN has come unstuck is that while irshell was originally designed around the ir emitter it gained many functions (including the ability to stream games over USB) some of which make use of the extra resources the PSP2000 has (to do stuff like multitasking). More: http://alek.dark-alex.org/pspwiki/index.php/IRShell#iR_Shell
