Remote Possibilities

Tagged as: mobile, technology, trends
Posted by: Dan Shust 

 

As most of you know by now, last Friday was an important day for Apple. Parts of the iPhone 3G launch went well and other parts...not so much. But, I'm going to leave that discussion to the multitude of other blogs and forums already deep into the subject. I want to talk about a little application called Remote.

Remote was not one of the applications that was previewed at the WWDC back in June. It arrived in the iTune App Store as a bit of a surprise, a treat to the Apple faithful and a taste of things to come, a bit of a looking glass into Apple's supposed "Master Plan."

In a recent report, Forrester Research speculates by 2013 Apple Inc. will have completely embedded itself into the hub of the digital home. And why not? Apple recently passed up Wal-Mart as the largest supplier of music in the United States and the iPod commands the MP3 player market with a 70% share. The report envisions Apple providing products including all-in-one computers that can easily double as primary entertainment systems, home servers, unique networked entertainment/informational devices and a universal remote to control it all.

Wait...a universal remote to control it all? That would be cool! What if it also could take/view pictures, check your email, surf the web and knew your location? Heck, what if it was a phone too? Wouldn’t that be crazy?

All we need is a little piece of software to get us started...

Remote is currently the most popular download in the iTunes App Store. Check it out. Looks like their plan is in motion.

Tagged as: mobile, technology, trends

• share