iPhone and AppleTV to Unite in January in New Apple Product?

No, this isn't an announcement of intent from Apple, but think about it: Logitech's programmable Harmony remotes make wading through the settings of your home entertainment center easy. One button to turn everything on to watch a movie, another one to turn on the Xbox 360 and play a game, etc. etc. No more fumbling with 15 remote controls. However, Harmony remotes are expensive one-trick ponies and somewhat painful to configure. If Apple could bring its patented user experience to the universal remote game, it could certainly have a winner on their hands.
However, there's one big catch: Neither the iPhone nor the iPod Touch have infrared emitters, so on their own they can't control much of anything. But connect the devices to an Apple TV via Wi-Fi, give the Apple TV 2.0 a built-in IR emitter, and you could stream content directly to your iPhone or iPod Touch and turn them into colorful, multi-touch universal remotes.
Maybe we're dreaming here, but we'd be interested.
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Subscribe to commentsFree iPod TouchDec 11th 2007 7:07PM
I wonder if this will actually happen. Anything is possible.
WaylendDec 13th 2007 5:02PM
I was thinking the same thing, but also linking it to my iMac via Wi-Fi and airtunes/internet sharing. Though I wondered why I couldn't possible already do that with an iPhone or iPod touch etc.