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Wireless iPod as a remote for Airport Express

Airport Express seems cool and all, but needs a remote control to really make it useful to me. What would it take to make the iPod function as a wireless remote for playlists on your Mac, or for playing songs off the iPod itself directly to speakers connected to AE? It would be pretty slick to be walking around a party at your place and be able to have control of the music like that.

Idea number two, iPod networking:
Multiple wireless iPods in the same AE network could allow you to view and stream songs from the second user's library (a la Rendezvous on the Mac). For example, if 5 guests show up at a party with iPods, the host can view, select, cue up and play songs or playlists from the others for playback through AE. Files aren't being transfered/saved, just streaming, so it shouldn't raise any copyright issues.

Will Apple do it?
[887 byte] By [SkylerMicheals] at [2007-11-15 19:03:36]
# 1 Re: Wireless iPod as a remote for Airport Express
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iPod too expensive to successfully be marketed as a "Remot Control"
iPod is a remote device, your main music library is idealy stored on your Hub (aka iMac/PowerMac) and this is where you would idealy be linking to for music playback.
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JCG at 2007-11-17 9:59:03 >
# 2 Re: Wireless iPod as a remote for Airport Express
What about a Bluetooth remote add-on?

Seems logical to me.
Razororg at 2007-11-17 10:00:08 >
# 3 Re: Wireless iPod as a remote for Airport Express
Check out Joe Salings "Clicker" software. Let's you use your Bluetooth enabled phone as a remote for itunes on bluetooth laptop/desktop.
mhedges at 2007-11-17 10:01:06 >
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