| So it's not exactly ground-breaking news that the | | | | (connect iPod to PC for iTunes to sync it - done, add |
| iPhone and iPod Touch can do just about anything (the | | | | iTunes server to iPod - done) I was controlling my |
| phrase "There's an app for that" comes to mind), but | | | | iTunes PC on a beautiful interface, complete with |
| most of those apps come with a price. Yes, many of | | | | cover art, right on my portable iPod Touch! |
| them are only $.99 to $1.99, but quite a few of the | | | | Now, of course, being in the A/V industry, I have my |
| cooler apps are closer to $30 to $50 or more. | | | | audio system connected to just about every room in |
| Last month (April) I celebrated the passing of another | | | | my house. Generally I will play AM/FM radio, or drop in |
| year in my life, and to celebrate my wife bought me | | | | my XM Radio to play some music, or just shuffle a |
| one of these devices, an iPod Touch. Up until that point, | | | | bunch of songs from my Windows Media Center PC. |
| I was never really a big fan of the devices. I'm | | | | But, not having been a big fan of Apple or iTunes in |
| generally not one to give into the hype, but as many of | | | | the past, I had never really used iTunes much. Now, |
| my clients love new technology (which is generally | | | | that's a whole different story. I love it! I can take my |
| why I stay in business) I find myself having to keep up | | | | iPod Touch with me to any room in the house and |
| with the latest and greatest. | | | | shuffle through playlist, artists, songs, albums, etc. I can |
| So in the process of downloading every free app I | | | | even control the volume of iTunes running on my PC |
| could find, and even a few $.99 apps, I ran across | | | | (which adds a whole new level of remote control to |
| something called Remote. This app was created by | | | | my multi-room audio system.) This actually comes |
| Apple, and believe or not, was one of the free apps. (I | | | | really close to replacing an iPod dock in the house now |
| didn't think anything Apple did was free?) | | | | (although it is kind of nice to just drop the iPod into the |
| This is the description from the Apple iTunes website: | | | | dock and let it play - but I lose my remote control of |
| "Remote is a free, fun, and easy-to-use application that | | | | the iPod/iTunes then.) |
| turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control. | | | | All-in-all, I have to tell you, I may be taking a big bite of |
| So wherever you are in your house, you can control | | | | the Apple soon. I really have enjoyed the capabilities of |
| the music in the iTunes library on your computer and | | | | iTunes and being able to share my music to all of my |
| your Apple TV with a tap or flick of a finger." | | | | PCs in the house, and now with the added capabilities |
| This intrigued me. So I could take my iPod Touch, | | | | that Remote gives me, I see no need to use any other |
| which connects to my Wifi network, and control my | | | | audio sources (although, I do still enjoy listening to XM |
| PC running iTunes as if I were sitting in front of it. | | | | Radio for those new artists and titles that are not in |
| Wow, now that's cool. So I had to download. | | | | my collection yet. |
| After running through a fairly simple setup procedure | | | | |