New Apple Remote?
Well I'm sad to say my cat got to mine and dropped it in the laundry basket (it drops a lot in there) and it went through the wash and no longer works. Is there any chance of a newer version of it coming out soon, or should I just go out and buy a new one now?
On second thought this might be better off in "General Discusion." Oh well...too late so lets also add some speculation...
If Apple were to make a new remote, what new features would you want on it? Personally I would like Bluetooth.
On second thought this might be better off in "General Discusion." Oh well...too late so lets also add some speculation...
If Apple were to make a new remote, what new features would you want on it? Personally I would like Bluetooth.
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Oh and if it could fit in an Express-card/34 slot too...
IMO we wont see any new remotes until Apple brings out their Television. I'm guessing either touchscreen or about 9 buttons. <<, >>, >/||, +, -, MENU, HOME, Rec., ON/OFF. It's hard to know what buttons they'll settle on, but I am most definitely convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt they are wroking on TV's.
I think we've already seen the new remote. It's called the iPhone. Once Leopard is out and the iPhone is released, Apple will enable the capability with the inclusion of a mini interface type app to run on the iPhone. Probably through Apple TV.
Remember, you DIDN'T hear it here first. You heard it first from a post I made here about 2 years back when I said iPods will eventually be a remote to control your content from a television.
touchscreen remote? Somehow I doubt that. Not apple-esque enough for a remote if you ask me.
Not just a touchscreen. Nothing but a touchscreen. Which, given the iPhone, would be about as Apple as you could get.
I think we've already seen the new remote. It's called the iPhone.
As much as I like the iPhone, I don't play on spending 5 or 600 dollars on a remote.
Remember, you DIDN'T hear it here first. You heard it first from a post I made here about 2 years back when I said iPods will eventually be a remote to control your content from a television.
I'm sure you meant to say "on your television", funny I never used a Mac 2 years ago, never mind AI. Sorry to disappoint you.
Looking at my phone is fine though, so it works well.
Yes but isn't one of the biggest complaints about remotes is that you have to look at where each button is? With a touchscreen that would make it even more difficult most of the time. The normal Apple Remote is the only remote I have used that I don't need to look at occasionally.
Looking at my phone is fine though, so it works well.
I don't think the complaint is that you have to look at the buttons. It's that the average multi-device remote has so many buttons it takes a while to even find the one your looking for.
Really, the only way to solve the hideously complicated remote problem is via contextual control surfaces. Current "smart" remotes go some way towards this, but not far enough.
I could very easily imagine an iPhone style remote with an "up/down, back/forth, enter" home row of icons for volume, channel changing, track forwarding, etc., depending on the functionality you were using. It wouldn't take long for your thumb to get used to where those were.
The rest would be icons of various devices, or icons of various processes (watch DVD movie, listen to iTunes, watch cable with surround on, etc.)
I've gone on about this in another thread, but I really don't think the kind of technically inclined people that post on forums like this understand how most people relate to their pile of remotes. They barely know how to switch between cable and DVD, turn the volume up and down, and change channels. Beyond that, they're afraid to do anything for fear they'll break it.
There is a massive opportunity for Apple to completely change this market, if they can make something that isn't crazy expensive.
I've gone on about this in another thread, but I really don't think the kind of technically inclined people that post on forums like this understand how most people relate to their pile of remotes. They barely know how to switch between cable and DVD, turn the volume up and down, and change channels. Beyond that, they're afraid to do anything for fear they'll break it.
There is a massive opportunity for Apple to completely change this market, if they can make something that isn't crazy expensive.
Absolutely - I agree.
It's total bs - oh wait here comes BR and Hd dvd and ps3 ....
I'll likely opt to go for a Mac mini disc based approach IF they ever get a unified player. Store everything on externals. Have to use a Miglia or Elgato for analogue, tho' ... bummer, YAR™ (yet another remote). sheesh.
yah for home entertainment, a touchscreen remote would be great, I agree. However we are talking about a remote to control Front Row and a singular computer...I don't think we need a touchscreen for that.
The simpler the better.
And a LOCATOR (a beep would do), shit - my kids are always loosing the freak'n things. Or robbing the batteries to go in Roboraptor or some other roaring mobile torture device.
I could quite happily throttle them sometimes.
yah for home entertainment, a touchscreen remote would be great, I agree. However we are talking about a remote to control Front Row and a singular computer...I don't think we need a touchscreen for that.
Yeah, I'm drifting a little far afield here, but if Apple TV integrates your Front Row stuff in with the rest of your home entertainment stuff, that means a separate Apple Remote is just one more in the pile. Since Apple wants to be in my living room, I want them to make the whole experience easier, not just their slice of the pie.
But then that will mean I will get a super advanced iRemote (
No, you get a super advanced iRemote that does everything in software so it is limitlessly extensible. You can control everything, and everything can have its own environment.
It's the same reasoning as Jobs gave at the keynote: when you have to add buttons to add functionality, pretty soon you have way too many buttons and no way to add things after it ships.
I agree, price would be critical, although "what if it breaks" isn't much of a objection, since by that logic you should never by anything that costs more than $20.
If it does a lot and does it well and solves the problem of remote insanity, it would be worth more than a lot of CE toys.