iPods get Bluetooth, Remote Control 48
imagin8or writes "TheRegister tells us that Griffin, makers of various stylish Mac accessories, is adding remote and Bluetooth addons for iPods: BlueTrip, to connect your iPod to your hi-fi wirelessly, and AirClick, to remote control your iPod, iPod mini, or Mac/PC (3 products) via RF. The article also mentions FireWave (due Q2), which will be a FireWire connected (and powered) digital surround sound module. Now you can control your hi-fi from your iPod, your iPod from your remote and therefore lose both in the sofa cushions without pausing your electro-pop playlist."
A remote? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A remote? (Score:2)
Re:A remote? (Score:2)
Re:A remote? (Score:1)
If it is of the same size as your stereo remote, no.
wireless? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:wireless? (Score:3, Funny)
It still has less capacity than a Nomad.
Christ, 12 hours and noone took your bait?
WiFi would be cooler (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:WiFi would be cooler (Score:2)
Basically, she wanted to play songs from her iPod on the surround sound system, which is connected via the Monster cables to the Airport Express... without getting off the couch. (W
Re:WiFi would be cooler (Score:2)
Remote Control? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Remote Control? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Remote Control? (Score:1)
HTPC (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:HTPC (Score:2)
Re:HTPC (Score:1)
Re:HTPC (Score:1)
Firewave on shopping list for Mac mini Home? (Score:2)
Lame (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Lame (Score:1)
Re:Lame (Score:2)
Re:Lame (Score:1)
$150?? (Score:2)
Re:$150?? (Score:2)
how's the battery life?
Sounds reasonable... (Score:4, Interesting)
The big thing that all the iPod remotes I have seen are missing is the ability to jump playlists.
Keyspan has their new Express Remote [keyspan.com] which can plug into an Airport Express and offers a lot more power. I have a Keyspan Digital Media Remote [keyspan.com] attached to my computer and I love it. I simply mapped two of the buttons to an AppleScript that advances ahead a playlist and then text-to-speeches the name of the new playlist.
I am wondering if the ability to skip ahead a playlist is built into the functionality of the iPod.
Re:Sounds reasonable... (Score:2)
Then using the iPod with my home stereo would be just like using any other component, except I dock the iPod instead of loading media into it.
I thought about building some of this once, but unless you are a company which is at least the size of
Re:Sounds reasonable... (Score:2)
Re:Sounds reasonable... (Score:1)
I lust after Bluetrip (Score:4, Interesting)
I have a CD player that's gone unused for over a year now because of my iPod, but to play on my stereo receiver I've used a Monster RCA cable of sorts.
Apple should be including Bluetrip as part of their hype, much as they used Belkin's to show off how to get photos from your digital camera to the iPod for storage.
Only Bluetrip looks cooler. Sit the iPod down in a charging spot, and you've got a music remote control and never need a CD player again.
The only way to make this better now is to let us sync our iPods to our computers as well. This way, I could buy music online, tell my iPod to Sync, and get my latest music on the Pod without having to move it from its perch (well, until I take it out to drive to work, but that's a different issue).
Better yet: the iMote (Score:2)
Re:Better yet: the iMote (Score:1)
My Dream (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:My Dream (Score:1)
I am more excited by this (Score:2)
Re:I am more excited by this (Score:1)
The M-Audo Transit is good for stereo in/out, but the iMic adapter [griffintechnology.com] is half the price.
Remote via Tape Player (Score:1)
Link here: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/smartdec k/index.php [griffintechnology.com]
They automagically upped my shipping from $6 ground to $10 2nd day air without my approval though. Watch your shipping charge.
Oh yeah, they say it'll ship in Q2 2005.
Re:Remote via Tape Player (Score:1)
Re:Remote via Tape Player (Score:1)
Quality? (Score:2)
Re:Quality? (Score:2)
I've had similar experiences with the iTrip (I agree, they suck), but from all the reading I've done, it seems that's mostly a function of the concept sucking, not the specific implementation. Said another way, most of the other radio tuner things by other manufacturers also suck, some more than Griffen's iTrip.
The only one I've seen that looks
The other side of the equation: (Score:2)
naviPlay. (Score:1)
One story claims it will come with HP Bluetooth headphones 'when it is released', but I saw it in a store yesterday with no headphones...