Apple remote has just got an update to version 2.0 . The new update bring compatability with iPad and support for Retina Display seen on the iPhone 4 and the latest iPod Touch. The app also now supports the Shared Libraries on iTunes and the new Apple Tv which has been started to ship in the US and Canada. Apple sent out the shipping notifications on Monday and the earliest promised delivery was yesterday. If you are ordering now though, the Apple Store is showing a 2-3 week wait, and Apple has started refunding people who paid extra for expedited shipping. No word yet on whether thats demand or a production hiccup.
On the iPad you finally get a real interface instead of a stretched iPhone one. You get music album and video thumbnails and the whole list of your playlists on all that screen. Theres also a Gestures tab for the Apple Tv where you flick and drag the way you do anywhere else in iOS. Home Sharing will find and let you control shared libraries on your network, from a Mac or PC running iTunes, or a new Apple Tv. You also get multitasking under iOS 4 and fixes for iTunes 10. Its free, needs iOS 3.1.2 or later and its sitting in the App Store right now. We are playing with it on the iPad here. Go grab it !!
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