iPhone play/control iTunes over Bonjour

[Kevin Callahan]

On Jun 3, 2007, at 12:04 AM, Chad Leigh -- ObjectWerks Inc wrote:

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> On Jun 3, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Scott Anguish wrote:
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>> On Jun 1, 2007, at 7:05 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>>> Does the  iPhone have the ability to play / control iTunes  
>>> (including multiple-speakers) over Bonjour ?
>>> What about iPhoto over Bonjour?
>>> AppleTV?
>>>
>>> Would be cool if the iPhone could be used as a more powerful  
>>> Apple Remote.
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>> 	Kev, you're just nuts.
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> How does that follow?
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>> 	While high end users do pay $600 for remotes, nobody is going to  
>> pay that, and a monthly fee to control iTunes.
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> Who said anyone was going to pay $600 and a monthly fee *to control  
> iTunes*.  They will pay the $600 and the monthly fee for an iPhone  
> and all that means including talking and surfing and whatever they  
> do.  If it could ALSO be used as a high end remote that would be  
> awesome as an added benefit.  (And might convince some people to  
> buy it as a replacement phone for what they have now -- you know,  
> the straw that broke the camels back :-)
>
> Like a regular phone and Salling Clicker on steroids
>
> Chad
>

yeah .. I have a student who switched to Mac last month - bought an  
iMac for kitchen, MBPro for himself, AE_n and a couple of  
AExpresses ... and AppleTV

he was going to buy the SONUS system on top of all that JUST so he  
could carry around their little "hi-end remote" to control music  
around the house without having to run to a computer or carry his  
laptop ..

I told him to hold off as the iPhone might provide this feature

wishful thinking ?

I would love these features in the iPhone as well.
The Apple Remote, as slick as it is, doesn't quite cut it.

Among many things, it would be nice to be able to use the iPhone's  
virtual keyboard to search your FrontRow library ... and YouTube, for  
example.

K