Apple future product… a Smart Media Commander?
August 27, 2007
This is pure speculation on my part, so let it be clear.
With Apple releasing the iPhone and now possibly the “iPod Touch” with 16:9 large screen touch display wouldn’t it make sense if Apple also turned those devices in “Smart Media Commanders”?
OK, what is a “Smart Media Commander” you might ask. Good question! What do you want it to be? Is my answer.
A “Smart Media Commander” is an evolved remote control based on a WiFi touch screen device. The WiFi nature of the iPhone (and possibly the new “iPod Touch”) could allow it, with the right software, to interact with any of your WiFi enabled Mac hardware.
This could allow you, from you couch, to select you Apple TV unit and then control it using your iPhone touch screen. The basic Play, Pause, Keyboard Typing, Up, Down, Left, Right, Menu, etc would be possible. The iPhone touch interface could also change based on the context of what is on our Apple TV screen.
For example, if you where on the YouTube section the iPhone Smart Media Commander screen could display a list of available video to play while the Apple TV is playing a video in Full Screen. Find a video you like on the iPhone Screen, select it and the iPhone User Interface gives you the choice of “Queuing” the video or “Play it right away”.
During a Photo slide show presentation the User Interface could allow you to Pause, Rotate, Zoom, Delete, etc, the picture on your big screen TV.
The Smart Media Commander could also allow you to “Buy/Rent” video from the iTunes store and get them to play right away on your Apple TV.
The Smart interface could also be used to deliver targeted “Advertisement” to the iPhone GUI while a freely available show playback on the big screen. It could give you the option of pausing the main video and jump to a web page, or ask if you would be interested to receive more information via a subsequent email, etc.
Really, your imagination is the limit on what such an interface could be. I sincerely hope to see it come to life in the months to come.
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Uzi, nice finding! This is a nice option. This kind of solution coupled with the iPhone touch screen power and you have the perfect remote.