Anand Reviews the Apple iPhone 3G
by Anand Lal Shimpi on July 16, 2008 8:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Apple’s Remote App
It’s not a surprise that the best iPhone application comes from Apple. It’s called Remote and acts as a WiFi remote for iTunes running on your computer.
It's a WiFi remote for my iTunes
Once installed and connected to your computer, with iTunes running you can not only view your entire song/video library but you can control what’s playing on your machine.
It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for when it comes to controlling my HTPC, unfortunately my HTPC relies on Vista Media Center and not iTunes. Apple’s Remote app is the perfect blueprint for what I expect sometime to build a Vista Media Center/Video Browser remote control out of. I can imagine browsing through my movies in a coverflow like interface, selecting what I want to watch and have that start playback in Vista Media Center.
It’s not there yet, but the platform is more than capable - Apple’s Remote app is the perfect example of just that.
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sprockkets - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - link
Yeah, T-Mobile has better coverage than At&t? WTH? Just look at their maps. Do they even have 3G yet?Well, I guess I can trust Anand's experience. But, at least I can take my SIM card out and use my own phone. I guess you can just call Verizon and do the same thing, but with the majority being GSM, there is less of a selection for CDMA.
And of course, Apple is predictable as ever. They advertise every night the iphone on The Daily Show.
cocoviper - Thursday, July 17, 2008 - link
I think as the US and Europe reaches saturation CDMA will become much more competitive. It's what China and Brazil's network are built on, and given the next 10-15 years there will most likely be more cell phone growth and eventually more users there.brzgeek - Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - link
CDMA in Brazil??!! I'm Brazilian, and the last company that was a CDMA holdout (Vivo) gave up that particular battle and switched to GSM about a couple of years ago. Nowadays there isn't a single company selling CDMA phones in Brazil any more (though Vivo still supports CDMA due to its pre-GSM users who haven't switched phones). I suggest you check your sources, they seem to be seriously outdated.NA1NSXR - Thursday, July 17, 2008 - link
You're kidding right? I just spent a year in China and it is a nearly 100% GSM country. I don't even know where you get off saying China is CDMA so matter-of-factly.tayhimself - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - link
Hmm... this is a great suggestion Anand. Have a yearly charge for both and somehow integrate them too.