I think it's time to have a dedicated thread on this subject.
First some news I haven't seen here: there is a Remote app for MythTV called MyMote. Don't use MythTV, so I have no comment, but it's free so any Myth user out there should try it.
There is also a Front Row/DVD Player app. called DVDmote. I will try it next week and report. Screenshot looks ugly.
Others -- should search through iTunes over the weekend. All in all though, I was expecting, much, much more at this stage of the game. I still think it will happen, for sure in the next 6 to 12 months if not sooner, but this is what is missing:
-- Any kind of universal A/V component remote using a WiFi to IR repeater (this, done right, is the Holly Grail, as the current universal remotes out there are absurdly non-user friendly to program and expensive). This IMO is the kind of App the iPhone was made for.
-- Native app for Remote Buddy (The blog on iospirit.com says that they are working on it).
-- EyeTV remote from Elgato (they too are supposedly working on it).
-- Apple's remote upgraded to control Front Row, the Apple DVD Player and AppleTV.
First some news I haven't seen here: there is a Remote app for MythTV called MyMote. Don't use MythTV, so I have no comment, but it's free so any Myth user out there should try it.
There is also a Front Row/DVD Player app. called DVDmote. I will try it next week and report. Screenshot looks ugly.
Others -- should search through iTunes over the weekend. All in all though, I was expecting, much, much more at this stage of the game. I still think it will happen, for sure in the next 6 to 12 months if not sooner, but this is what is missing:
-- Any kind of universal A/V component remote using a WiFi to IR repeater (this, done right, is the Holly Grail, as the current universal remotes out there are absurdly non-user friendly to program and expensive). This IMO is the kind of App the iPhone was made for.
-- Native app for Remote Buddy (The blog on iospirit.com says that they are working on it).
-- EyeTV remote from Elgato (they too are supposedly working on it).
-- Apple's remote upgraded to control Front Row, the Apple DVD Player and AppleTV.