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- m3rkvry, on 07/21/2009, -1/+34I clicked on the link, very interested. Then I saw that I would have to click through sixteen separate pages of advertisements to read this list. So I immediately closed the link. And I will continue to do so for every company that formats their articles this way.
Stop it. Now. - yikiad, on 07/21/2009, -0/+21Only one thing you missed, to put it all and the same damn page.
Home DVR
Free apps from DirecTV and AT&T let you program your digital video recorder from anywhere.
iTunes
Via Apple's free Remote app, search and change the song playing on your computer's iTunes jukebox from bed, across the house, or even outside.
Or change volume settings, or hit pause, etc.
Presentations
Apple's $0.99 Keynote remote lets you control Keynote presentations if you own the iWork suite.
Other apps, like Evan Schoenberg's $0.99 Rowmote can steer PowerPoint slides.
Apple TV
Apple's free Remote software also controls the Apple TV set-top box, if you have one of those.
A recent update adds a nifty feature that lets you use your iPhone's multi-touch screen as a "gesture pad" to scoot around the Apple TV display.
This is much easier than using the small, plastic remote that came with Apple TV.
Sonos Home Stereo
If you have a Sonos multi-room sound system, your iPhone is now a remote via the free Sonos Controller app.
X-Plane Flight Simulator
Sort of like how Nintendo's DS has a touch-sensitive second screen that often controls what's happening on the first screen, this will let you control and observe some of your flight simulator's features -- on your computer -- using the iPhone as a smaller, second screen.
Requires the $4.99 X-Plane Remote app and the $39 desktop X-Plane software.
Boxee
If you use the free Boxee media center software on your Mac, PC, Linux box, or Apple TV, now you can use your iPhone as a remote via Boxee's free app.
(What's Boxee? Think of it as a multimedia-specialized Web browser that you're supposed to steer from your couch. Lets you watch Netflix movies, MLB.TV, and other Web video streams.)
Digital SLR Camera
onOne software makes a lite ($1.99) and pro ($19.99) version of its DSLR remote app.
If you hook it up to your wi-fi enabled Canon EOS DSLR camera via a computer, you can remotely control settings, fire the shutter release, and see your camera's viewfinder remotely.
Nikon support coming soon.
Desktop PC or Mac
This one takes a little tinkering, but free VNC -- "virtual network computing" -- remote desktop software on your computer (Mac, PC, Linux, etc.) will let you view and control it from anywhere, provided it's turned on and hooked up to the Internet.
The VNC app we've been using for our iPhone is the free Mocha VNC Lite; there's also a pro version for $5.99.
Blu-ray Discs
A new Fast & Furious Blu-ray disc, to be released on July 28, includes a "virtual car garage," which lets iPhone and iPod touch users see different views of the movie's racers and cars by using their touch screens.
You'll also be able to use the iPhone or iPod touch as a remote control on some Blu-ray discs, provided you have a Blu-ray player that's hooked up to the Internet.
VLC Media Player
If you use the free, popular VLC (Video LAN client) media player app, you can control it with your iPhone via the free VLC Remote app or its $2.99 premium cousin.
XBMC (Xbox Media Center)
If you use the Xbox Media Center app to watch movies on your Mac, you can control it remotely via apps like the $2.99 XBMC Remote.
Security Camera
Plenty of security camera monitoring apps in the App Store, depending on your rig.
By far the most expensive, though, is Lextech Global Services' $699.99 iRa Pro, which delivers "a video command center to the palm of your hand."
Home Automation System
Home automation apps like the $4.99 iHome remote for the Indigo server let you adjust your home lighting from anywhere.
Note: Probably not for beginners.
Boyfriend
Ladies: We're not quite sure how this one works, but the $1.99 "Boyfriend remote" app is worth every penny if it performs magic.
You can tell it to "give me money," "foreget about beer," and even "take me to the mall." Classy. - smitas, on 07/21/2009, -2/+20Only 15 things?
- devnullDood, on 07/21/2009, -0/+13Man, Im getting sick of having to watch slideshows. Burried!
- Scrappy1850, on 07/21/2009, -0/+13just buy a fleshlight
- sameer768, on 07/21/2009, -1/+12We prefer everything on one page. If you cannot put everything on one page without creating clutter, you are doing it wrong.
- facereplacer, on 07/21/2009, -0/+8still waiting for the garage door opener
- fromedome, on 07/21/2009, -2/+9Smitas, any good ones the story is missing? (I wrote it.) Happy to add winners.
- fissionignition, on 07/21/2009, -2/+9So is each successive "winner" gonna get it's own page too? In that case, how's about we not make any suggestions...
- BxBoy, on 07/21/2009, -0/+6There's a "Boyfriend" app, but no "Girlfriend" app?
- leif777, on 07/21/2009, -0/+5that would be sexist
- Rudegar, on 07/21/2009, -4/+8iphone not having IR means it can't remote control 90% of devices which use remotes
which mean
"make the iPhone the best remote control in the world." <<<---- crazy talk alert! - HentaiJeff, on 07/21/2009, -2/+6yeah but it lacks an IR sensor to hack, therefore I like my mogul more.
- fissionignition, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3(I just noticed that little "it is" bit... Dang.)
- drmitchell, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3Can I bury this one on general principle? The principle that articles whose "lists" are really slideshows with this many ads are lame lame lame lame.
- serif69, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3Though it isn't an app, you can control the Transmission BitTorrent client through an iPhone-optimized web interface. It gives you almost all the controls of the desktop app. I think that's pretty slick.
- diggerpleez, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3Coincientally a few minutes ago I was wondering...
"What is a way that I can read some simple bullet points delivered to me in 15 separate pages?"
Yeah! - HugeBalls, on 07/21/2009, -0/+3You tell em girl.
- ZentraediElite, on 07/22/2009, -0/+2Beating a dead horse. Slideshows are stupid. On top of that, this list is *****, except for iTunes Remote and Keynote. Everything else is a joke.
- t0ny, on 07/21/2009, -1/+3And 15 pages! Buried.
- samgab, on 07/22/2009, -0/+2Sorry fromedome, thanks for the article, but I'm also firmly in the 1 article, 1 page camp.
Of course, we know the reason for multi pages, more page hits, more ads, etc...
Still....
For the sake of readability, 1 page per article is best. - danwallace, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2I'd love to hear about these other phones with superior features. The fact is, the iPhone is the most comprehensive consumer smartphone out there right now. This, of course, is largely due to the success of the App Store, but it's still a fact. The amount of things i can do with this little device that were impossible a few short years ago is mind-blowing. There is a perfectly good reason for the hype.
- xt0ph3r, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2There are several TiVo remote control apps, but you only mentioned AT&T and DirectTV for DVRs.
- FreddieD, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1I was surprised to see that Ira Pro is available through a very popular site specializing in five-finger discounts for iPhone apps. $899 for that thing!! I'm sure it's great but, wow..
- nbcaffeine, on 07/21/2009, -2/+3Dude definitely isn't married
- roessnakhan, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1If you think that boyfriend app had too many buttons...
- flegmato, on 07/22/2009, -0/+1Air Mouse Pro - wireless mouse and keyboard, built in functions for controlling media players, web browsing, etc
- ifruit, on 07/21/2009, -1/+2You a dork?
Yeah! - danwallace, on 07/21/2009, -4/+5So then go write an article about 15 things you can remote control with your G1 and submit it. Why should iPhone owners miss out on information that may help them get the most out of their device just because you're bitter about not being able to afford one?
- Alchemist7, on 07/22/2009, -0/+1Adblock Plus. Wasn't even aware that there were advertisements.
- tracydanger, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1Telescope (SkyVoyager). I also seem to remember in a keynote, someone saying you could unlock and start their rental cars from your iPhone.
- addiktion, on 07/22/2009, -0/+1I immediately thought penis but then I realized "I don't need an app for that."
- CynicalTyler, on 07/21/2009, -1/+2Ummm actually it was just one extra page with a javascript spinner widget for the "slideshow". I admit it's annoying, but if you don't look first you might fall off your high horse.
- fromedome, on 07/21/2009, -5/+6Do you prefer text clutter with no visuals?
- bkm72, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1The iTunes remote is pretty cool, but the DVR remote saved me from missing a show quite a few times.
It will be very handy during football season! - kohoutec, on 07/22/2009, -0/+1Logitech Squeezebox/Transporter/Squeezecentre (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/w ...
I use an app called iPeng to control my Squeezebox through Squeezecentre, wouldn't be without it. - krisrm, on 07/21/2009, -2/+2I'm not bitter about the iPhone or it's price, I'm bitter about the obsessive fan mindset that's turned this from a phone into some sort of technology idol. Nor do I own (or desire to own) a G1; but maybe the world needs to be reminded that there *are* other phones out there with similar and dare I say, superior features. I'm sure there are plenty of other reasonable tech articles out there that never made it to the front page, yet a set of 15 pictures describing such awesome capabilities as how to remotely take a picture with a different camera garners plenty of attention because it's got "iPhone" in the title.
K, done being bitter, who wants beer? :) - EskNerd, on 07/21/2009, -2/+2The article's not "15 Remote Apps for Your iPhone", and iTunes and AppleTV are definitely two different things.
- thatonekid393, on 07/21/2009, -4/+3Get all of them for free by hacking your Touch!
- s4g4n, on 07/21/2009, -3/+2Where's the wife controller App? The one where you just press the iphone's Home button and she obeys back into the kitchen.
- daveinNJ81, on 07/21/2009, -1/+0Can it double as a remote start and start my car in the morning?
- samanathon, on 07/21/2009, -3/+2The Apple Remote is on there twice, but with different features....
- jadedsunrise, on 07/22/2009, -3/+1If you have porn on your iphone it can remote control your penis.
...What? - gtsmzkmon, on 07/21/2009, -3/+0type gtsmzkmon on youtube
- danwallace, on 07/21/2009, -6/+2sameer768, speak for yourself. The only time I have a problem with multiple pages is if I have to scroll down to get to the "next" button or if I can't jump around to different selections. This article keeps everything you need to see on the screen, as well as an area to quickly jump to any selection in the list. It's a good design (for the amount of page real-estate he had available). You people are complaining for the sake of complaining.
- Sunzi, on 07/21/2009, -6/+24hours ago i wondered what things my iphone could remote control and it would be awsome to set it up as an universall remote. Well digg read my mind once again (halfways) and delivered. DiggTelepath?
Yeah! - krisrm, on 07/21/2009, -10/+3"the best remote control in the world"? Sorry, but I want some buttons on my dream remote; I don't care if I can remote-control a DSLR or not... Also, it's a bit bothersome that "iPhone" is constantly such a buzzword for *everything* - from what I understand, a G1 with Gmote will also perform many of these tasks. It's a phone, please get over it.
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