[PB] Re: [Ti] Apple Remote + Front Row

[Adam Bass]

Jim,

Right now, it seems Apple is selling the remote just so that buyers  
of the new iPod Universal Dock will be able to take advantage of it.  
But the statement you quoted from Apple suggests that they will make  
future products with built-in IR; most likely, they will start to  
include this remote and the Front Row software with other Macs as  
well, such as the Mac mini and their laptops. Technically you  
probably could get some kind of USB IR device, but even then, Front  
Row is only on the iMacs right now, and I assume these remotes will  
only work with Front Row. So unless you figured out a way to transfer  
the Front Row software from one of the new iMacs to your PowerBooks,  
you're pretty much out of look right now unless you buy a new iMac.

I think this is going to be something really big for Apple though,  
and I'm sure Front Row will be added to at least to the Mac minis,  
and hopefully their laptops as well.

Adam


On Oct 13, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Jim Freeman wrote:

> Ahh. Either you have sharper eyes than I do, or it wasn't there  
> earlier today when I checked. I found the remote and read the  
> description. It won't work with my 1st gen iPod or my shuffle. Oh  
> well. And I guess I don't have built in infra-red in my PBG$. The  
> fine print reads:
>
> "Compatible with Apple products introduced in 2005 or later that  
> have a built-in Infrared (IR) receiver"
>
> So now I guess I'm waiting for some sort of USB infra-red device. I  
> hope they come out with a package for folks like me, maybe for $49.  
> What other Apple products have built-in infrared? Or is this just  
> for people who buy the new iMac and then lose the remote?
>
> Jim
>
> On 13-Oct-05, at 4:18 PM, Justin R. Miller wrote:
>
>
>> $29 it is -- see the right column of the store page.
>>
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