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Apple Remote iPhone App Controls Your iTunes Over Wi-Fi
Posted by Brian Lam at 9:02 PM on July 10, 2008
The App store went live a few minutes ago and the remote app we saw last week went live as well. It controls your iTunes through a screen that looks just like the regular iPhone/iPod touch player, and it only works through Wi-Fi. You can control AppleTVs, too, and you can also control speaker output.
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briancpx
Posted July 16, 2008 11:30 PM
joestradamus you rock, I've been unable to figure this out until now... I had my N TIme Capsule set to Bridge mode but didn't realize my G Airport Express needed that setting as well. Thanks for the help!!!
ejl10
Posted 9:43 PM 10/7/08
Just a little more effort required to make this, combined with a few Airport Express units, a nice competitor to Sonos. Multiroom is going to be key.
ejl10
Joseph
Posted 10:08 PM 10/7/08
@mcdonnr: Yes. I'm on a Windows XP box and got it working.
Joseph
mcdonnr
Posted 10:07 PM 10/7/08
So, out of curiosity (and because I'm too lazy to go to the damned site)... this works for Windows, yes?
mcdonnr
Joseph
Posted 9:55 PM 10/7/08
This is probably gonna be the end of Blacktree's Telekinesis program, Although that only runs on a Mac.
Joseph
rudeadly
Posted 10:18 PM 10/7/08
man the new HP smart touch rollover ads are pretty cool..
also, this app is wonderful!
rudeadly
mercaders20
Posted 10:57 PM 10/7/08
It will also eat into the sales of Salling Clicker, a remote control utility for cell phones and PDAs.
mercaders20
homerjay
Posted 10:57 PM 10/7/08
@Joseph: So does that mean you're on 2.0?
homerjay
Joseph
Posted 10:47 PM 10/7/08
Wow im using this now. This thing is AWESOME. It automatically syncs for any new songs that add to your music library. Excellent app. You can use this control your Apple TV and everything too.
Joseph
rockstarjoe
Posted 10:38 PM 10/7/08
This looks fantastic!! I can't wait until I can actually use it come tomorrow.
rockstarjoe
TheBeff
Posted 11:43 PM 10/7/08
does this mean ill be able to browse through my itunes without existing full screen while i'm playing games? cause that'd be siiiiiick
TheBeff
kevinsays
Posted 11:43 PM 10/7/08
can i access Front row with this app?
kevinsays
EL_RIEL
Posted 11:33 PM 10/7/08
DO WANT!!
EL_RIEL
navvywavvy
Posted 12:12 AM 11/7/08
Pffff. Who needs an iphone. I've been remotely controlling iTunes with a dart-gun for years.
navvywavvy
Brendathor
Posted 12:07 AM 11/7/08
Pretty sure you could do the same thing with Geexbox running on a $30 beater i386 machine using GB's webgui and a smartphone with a decent browser.
Brendathor
Enrique
Posted 12:06 AM 11/7/08
What if I have 2 Windows PCs on the same wireless network with iTunes. They have different libraries (obviously) and my iPhone (coming tomorrow AM) will sync with just one. Will I have the ability to remote control either version of iTunes?
Thanks! Can't wait!
Enrique
Joseph
Posted 12:02 AM 11/7/08
@homerjay: I'm an Application developer. I've had 2.0 for over a month now.
Joseph
kellygeorge
Posted 11:55 PM 10/7/08
what about front row? that would be great for us powerbook users with no IR sensor.
kellygeorge
William Mize
Posted 11:53 PM 10/7/08
Is that Mary Kate/Ashley Olsen in a pirate hat and Renaissance Faire shirt? Yikes!
William Mize
mcdonnr
Posted 12:36 AM 11/7/08
@Joseph: Sweet, best news ever!
mcdonnr
ezman
Posted 1:15 AM 11/7/08
@navvywavvy: that actually made me laugh out loud. Regardless, i still want an iPhone... even a first gen would be fine with me.
ezman
IrkedAngel
Posted 1:45 AM 11/7/08
Any idea if it will work with a iPod touch?
IrkedAngel
aec007
Posted 2:01 AM 11/7/08
@mcdonnr:
If you got a Win Mobilephone and your PC has bluethooth you can pretty much control it anything.
I recently upgraded to a Moto Q9h Global for $80 (refurbished like new) and was very pleased to find out the "remote control" option.
You can hook up the phone to the PC over my PC's BT connection (keyboard/mouse/audio) so it becomes a FULL FLEDGE PC remote control.
I can navigate / open / close any apps and control Windows Media Center / Windows Media Player, etc...
There are specific screens on the phone for each application...
Actually pretty darn cool! if you ask me.
I building a MCPC soon... So I may ditch or avoid a harmony controller altogether...
Microsoft certainly has it right...
aec007
bobdobbs
Posted 1:07 PM 11/7/08
Goddamit, this could be really useful, but there's no on-the-fly playlist support. So, you can select a song, but you have to wait until it's over before you select the next song! No seamlessly playing DJ at the party. Jeezus, Apple, something you jerks get things so half-assed.
bobdobbs
unithom
Posted 4:04 AM 15/7/08
@kevinsays and @kellygeorge -- exactly. What about Front Row?
I get that Apple wants us to buy AppleTVs, but having had a Mac mini as HTPC before that came out, I'm not feeling the love right now.
I guess nothing is stopping someone else from developing their own app to provide this kind of functionality. And I wonder how you'd 'pair' it with a specific machine's copy of Front Row... hmm.
unithom
joestradamus
Posted 1:43 PM 11/7/08
BTW, you *can* use this with more than one wireless network. Bonjour (the protocol that Apple uses here) only works on a single subnet. So I was able to get this working with my iPhone on a G network (Airport Express) with iTunes and AppleTV on an N network (Airport Extreme N) by chosing "Connection Sharing: Off (Bridge Mode)" in the Internet tab of the Airport Utility. Hope this helps someone. Cheers.
joestradamus