App Requests: DJ, Remote Control, Shopping List

[rugbyboy]

So that iPhone SDK. Great if you can code. Many of us can't...

Here are three that would set my heart a-flutter if some talented, benevolent programmer could make

DJ - seems obvious to me this one - enable DJ facilities with the music onboard the ipod. touchscreen makes precise sound mixing, speed and mixing possible

Remote Control - There are a few things using bluetooth for remote now - the Mac, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3. A remote control app would rock.

Shopping list - because i forget things in the supermarket. plus tapping when i've picked thing sup to cross out would help. if it automatically grouped the things i need into categories then would make supermarket visits much quicker.

Thanks in advance

 

[KCWolfPck]

Remote Control - There are a few things using bluetooth for remote now - the Mac, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3. A remote control app would rock.

Since when did the Wii and XBox 360 start using Bluetooth? (Hint - They don't!)

Shopping list - because i forget things in the supermarket. plus tapping when i've picked thing sup to cross out would help. if it automatically grouped the things i need into categories then would make supermarket visits much quicker.

FYI - There's already a great WebApp that does this. Granted a native app would rock.

The WebApp for the shopping list is at http://onetrip.org/onetrip/?pass&go

 

[rugbyboy]

Since when did the Wii and XBox 360 start using Bluetooth? (Hint - They don't!)

Erm how do you think the controllers connect to the machines??



Thanks for the heads up on the other app!

 

[emotion]

Since when did the Wii and XBox 360 start using Bluetooth? (Hint - They don't!)

Erm how do you think the controllers connect to the machines??

RF?

 

[KCWolfPck]

Since when did the Wii and XBox 360 start using Bluetooth? (Hint - They don't!)

Erm how do you think the controllers connect to the machines??



Thanks for the heads up on the other app!

Only the PS3 and Wii use Bluetooth.

The XBox 360 controllers connect via 2.4GHz wireless RF


What would make you think it uses Bluetooth?

 

[Jeremy1026]

Since when did the Wii and XBox 360 start using Bluetooth? (Hint - They don't!)

Hint, yes the Wii does.

 

[emotion]

Back to the OPs original point....

I'd like to see some music controller app, instead of a native djing app (though that might be nice as well if carefully executed). Something like a mini version of the Jazzmutant Lemur. Maybe connectivity via bluetooth but maybe cabled option too with lower latency.

 

[KCWolfPck]

Hint, yes the Wii does.

Hint - Read the post right above yours.

 

[rugbyboy]

Only the PS3 and Wii use Bluetooth.

The XBox 360 controllers connect via 2.4GHz wireless RF

I stand corrected on that one.

[QUOTE)What would make you think it uses Bluetooth?

Hope...

 

[jchiar]

DJ - seems obvious to me this one - enable DJ facilities with the music onboard the ipod. touchscreen makes precise sound mixing, speed and mixing possible

Doubt we will see a DJ application like your thinking of.

Virtual DJ on the mac requires a 1.4 ghz system with > 1gb of ram. Even optimizing the screen and features to two basic 'cd's' onscreen would take much more horsepower i think..

 

[emotion]

Ableton Live 6 runs ok on my 800MHz G4 Powerbook with 640MB of ram (say a couple to three tracks), and that app can be fairly demanding. It's definitely possible on an iPhone. Through the SDK can you play protected AACs? ie. is something other than iTunes allowed to play Fairplay DRM protected files.

Not much a of a stumbling block though really. All my AACs are un-DRMed.

 

[darngooddesign]

I was running Baytex Party on my Powerbook G4 550 and it did all the necessary DJ tricks. It also ran fine on a iBook G3 900. Its really just a matter of how efficiently the buffers are programmed.