Apple Turning iPhone/touch Into Remote Controls

Author	Gordon Kelly
Published	27th Jun 2008

Apple Turning iPhone/touch Into Remote Controls

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Modders have been hacking both the iPhone and the iPod touch to try and use them as remote controls for some time, but it seems Apple now agrees that this is a very good idea...

The ever industrious MacRumours has done some digging into the latest iTunes v7.7 beta and discovered in the 'Read Me' section (seriously, who reads a Read Me? These guys are committed!) a particularly interesting hint:

Following the usual: "Use iTunes 7.7 to sync music, video, and more with iPhone 3G, and download applications from the iTunes Store exclusively designed for iPhone and iPod touch with software version 2.0 or later" comes "Also use the new Remote application for iPhone or iPod touch to control iTunes playback from anywhere in your home - a free download from the App Store."

Quite how Apple will do this (MacRumours suggests via WiFi) at this stage is unclear - but if it gets the interface correct (and doesn't Apple tend to get this bit right?) then we could have a bargain version of a Sonos player for gratis and you can't say fairer than that...

Link:
MacRumours Report

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flares said on 27th June 2008

Signal from www.alloysoft.com already does this pretty well, and being a service running on the PC/Mac, is not limited to just apple mobile device, as it simply provides a URL on y... more

Ben said on 27th June 2008

This will be awesome. If it works with AppleTV, I'll be buying that as well :)

Thomas C said on 27th June 2008

Sailing Clicker is somthing i came acorss recently which allowed for the control of Itunes/Powerpoint through either Bluetooth or Wifi from loads of devices - its extreamly usefull... more