Is there a remote like app for the iPad? I really dont want to use the ugly one from the iPhone.
The iPad could be the ultimate total control remote.
The iPad could be the ultimate total control remote.
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Remote App for iPad?
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There isn't one yet but I'd be very surprised if there isn't one in development by Apple right now.
I'm sure it will be great but for now the iPhone one will do for me.
I have RedEye and they are supposed to be developing an iPad App. I'm going to email and inquire Monday.
I am extremely disappointed that Apple didn't have all their own apps ready for the iPad from Day 1. Is there any excuse for Remote, MobileMe iDisk, and Gallery to NOT be iPad ready?
Seems like Apple just wants to sit back and let the developers do all the work. I hope they become more active in their own App Store.
I assume that by the OP's statement "The iPad could be the ultimate total control remote." that he/she is NOT referring to the Apple iTunes remote but a WiFi controlled IR transmitter remote device like RedEye.
I agree. And they could've put some iLife type apps on here too. GarageBand, iWeb, and others. They should've shot for bigger and better things software wise.
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Yeah maybe. Maybe they have their priorities different to what you think they should be. Silly them for not letting you run their business, it would run so much more efficiently and everyone would have everything they want, when they want.
Seriously, you sound like a spoiled brat.....I want.....I want....waaaaaaa.
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Yeah maybe. Maybe they have their priorities different to what you think they should be. Silly them for not letting you run their business, it would run so much more efficiently and everyone would have everything they want, when they want.
Seriously, you sound like a spoiled brat.....I want.....I want....waaaaaaa.
I am sure the engineering to get the package ready as it exists for day 1 was immense, not an excuse, but as Steve would say, "be patient Grasshopper"
I am sure, where this entity is going, will boggle the mind, THIS is not all it can be, which is why we early adopters, believers , if you will, await the expansion of this form factor, as well as all future form factors. We know, at least now, the vision is yet to be revealed, much like where the i-Phone is now, could not have been seen on day one
I know what you're saying, but what better way to show off your new "magical" iPad than with your own apps running as iPad programs, not upscaled iPhone apps?
I might have to check out Rowmote. I would like to use my iPad as a Harmony remote replacement.
Just so I don't waste anyone's time: Rowmote is an app to control your Mac, so it's more a replacement for the Apple Remote, not a Harmony Remote (except when the Harmony Remote is acting as an Apple Remote of course). Works great for a Mac Mini in use as an HTPC, but you can't use it to control your TV or stereo. IMO it's not clear if this is what the OP wanted or not.
The minute GarageBand gets released for the iPad, I'm downloading it. And I don't even have an iPad yet.
That little problem would likely be corrected less than 24 hours later, though, and my long-in-the-tooth Toshiba laptop would see its last use. At least by myself, anyway.