iControl iTunes Player for iPhone?
TUAW is told that a media navigator will allow you to view videos, play podcasts, listen to music and even support shuffle playback.
Evidence of the player can reportedly be found in the latest iPhone Beta Firmware in the form of localization strings.Apple already has existing products, such as the Apple TV and Airport Express, which allows iTunes to stream to external devices, so providing similar functionality to the iPhone seems a natural step. In fact, Apple previously applied for a patent on many of the concepts surrounding remotely controlling iTunes from a portable device.
A portable multimedia player (such as the iPod. manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.) is used to wirelessly access and control a media server (such as a personal computer running iTunes software) that is streaming digital media by way of a wireless interface to a media unit (such as a stereo/speakers in the case of streaming digital audio).
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I think iPhone OS 2.0 is going to have LOTS of new features like going from Tiger to Leopard except obviously not so drastic as an entire computer OS, but the same idea.
Can't wait to get my iPhone 2.0, I am dying here :D
The beginning was AMAZING, but now with everything new on the iPhone 2.0, the iPhone is seriously starting its climb to conquering the world. If I were the rest of the com industry I would be even more scared of this than when it first came out. Lol it is so sad to see the crap that other companies make thinking that they will copy the iPhone lol. They haven't even come close and now their attempts are going to look even more pathetic.
One mobile computing device is the future and Apple is infinitely prepared more than the rest of the industry and it's showing. It is going to be like computers as it is the new computing platform, you will have crap imitation wannabe phones (PCs) and iPhones (Macs)! This is really like Steve and Bill starting over again with an entirely new revolution. The first revolution was to get computers into your house, now the second revolution is to get them in your pocket, and this time Apple is going to win. People on here that whine about iPhone overload obviously do NOT understand that and how important the iPhone is to Apple and Macs. They are connected, the iPhone is NOT JUST A PHONE!
There may have been a few missing features at launch, but no 1st Gen product is perfect, and look what it has done to the industry in such a short time. And that was all only the beginning. Now it is time to really hit them where it hurts! GO APPLE!!! :D
I'm also hoping some hackers come along and get it running over a data connection too, 3G+streaming music? Awesome. Just give me a 4gb iPhone!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I have been waiting for this. Now if only it could stream your home library from anywhere over WIFI not just libraries in close proximity.
I think iPhone OS 2.0 is going to have LOTS of new features like going from Tiger to Leopard except obviously not so drastic as an entire computer OS, but the same idea.
Can't wait to get my iPhone 2.0, I am dying here :D
The beginning was AMAZING, but now with everything new on the iPhone 2.0, the iPhone is seriously starting its climb to conquering the world. If I were the rest of the com industry I would be even more scared of this than when it first came out. Lol it is so sad to see the crap that other companies make thinking that they will copy the iPhone lol. They haven't even come close and now their attempts are going to look even more pathetic.
One mobile computing device is the future and Apple is infinitely prepared more than the rest of the industry and it's showing. It is going to be like computers as it is the new computing platform, you will have crap imitation wannabe phones (PCs) and iPhones (Macs)! This is really like Steve and Bill starting over again with an entirely new revolution. The first revolution was to get computers into your house, now the second revolution is to get them in your pocket, and this time Apple is going to win. People on here that whine about iPhone overload obviously do NOT understand that and how important the iPhone is to Apple and Macs. They are connected, the iPhone is NOT JUST A PHONE!
There may have been a few missing features at launch, but no 1st Gen product is perfect, and look what it has done to the industry in such a short time. And that was all only the beginning. Now it is time to really hit them where it hurts! GO APPLE!!! :D
I agree - The iphone/ipod touch like devices are the future of computing. having said that, I wonder if apple will open up the iphone or at least its apps to other device manufactures?
That may sound crazy, but didn't apple lose the computer OS wars to windows by not licensing the apple OS back when it still had a chance?
Eventually other manufactures are going to come up with a shared nearly adequate alternative to the itouch/iphone interface, and through cut throat competition with each other they will eventually produce devices at half of apples equivalent retail price and apple will start to lose its potential market share and once again become a niche player rather than the markets dominant force.
I'm just speculating of course - is this going to play out the same way as the OS war? (except with googles "android" replacing microsofts windows) or is this more like the ipod story? (with apple being the dominant).
Should apple license the iphone/itouch to other device makers? (thereby taking a cut on every phone sold)
Or should they "stay the course" and shout "bring them on!"?
it could be the difference between apple selling 1 billion "itouch interfaces" a year (including a couple hundred million devices of their own) or selling less than 50 million devices a year (not terrible, but still only 5% market share, and remember no one will be buying standalone ipods in 5 years time)
1 billion "touch interfaces" licensed at $10-$20 a piece = 10 to 20 billion cash a year in almost pure profit!
Even if they don't license the iphone OS, Does anyone think it will be long before we see linux/android/windows mobile emulators to enable people to run the iphone apps on non-iphones??? (maybe this is why apple is insisting on apps only being sold threw itunes - to make it as hard as possible to get the apps on other phones!)
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