Filed under: Apple Corporate, Multimedia, Rumors
Rumor: iPhone as Apple TV remote
Loop Rumors is reporting on a patent Apple has filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office entitled, "Multi-media center for computing systems." In short, the filing describes a "media-player with remote control capabilities" that is used to control several media devices, and even share data with those devices.Perhaps the iPod will grow to include this capability, or maybe even the iPhone. It's also possible that the Apple Remote as we know it today may become more powerful, but it would certainly be more fun to control television with the iPhone. Heck, if my Newton can do it, the iPhone should be a cinch.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CyBeR said 4:28PM on 4-15-2007
Except, of course, that the iPhone doesn't have infrared and the appletv doesn't have bluetooth. So no combination of controlling is going to happen there.
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Eric Silverman said 4:34PM on 4-15-2007
im hoping for a VNC client for the iphone
that would be sweet-tastic
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BdeRWest said 4:42PM on 4-15-2007
@1: But they do both have Wi-Fi, and I betcha anything the iPhone has an n card in it.
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Leonard Nimrod said 5:17PM on 4-15-2007
@ BdeRWest,
The iPhone most assuredly will NOT have 802.11n.
Reasons include, but are not limited to the following:
1) 802.11n requires more power to operate.
2) iPhone WiFi is meant to be used at HotSpots which typically have 802.11n.
3) Gives iPhone users a reason to upgrade later.
4) Adding 802.11n in 12 to 24 months gives time for the costs and power consumption to go down and the usage and desire for it goes up.
5) Most importantly, Apple's own Tech Specs pages says so.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/technology/specs.html
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Kirk said 5:23PM on 4-15-2007
We should expect to see the iPhone and fabled wifi-equipped iPod converge. They are both going to be able to control multiple media sources, including the Apple TV, computer A, computer B, and AirTunes. This will all be done via 802.11n AND will allow for web-streaming of music and video to the iPhone via a wifi or EDGE connection. Think Slingbox. Think Different.
I'm so excited for this to happen. This will truly be the media experience that Apple has been hyping for so long.
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Tom said 2:22PM on 4-16-2007
I too think this is going in the direction of web-streaming of music to iPods. For your daily commute, it would work fine. It's funny though how in these conversations hardly anyone mentions the fact that Orb has been doing this for a while now. For the past two years, I've been able to stream my entire library of music and videos to my Sprint A920 cell phone. No Slingbox required and all for free.
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