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Originally Posted by DaveF
I thought you did. But I guess you meant the 3rd party developers would do it. It was the "killer app" concept of remote control and barcode scanners that threw me. I agree that the SDK is a big deal -- that's the killer app. (And we should meet, so you can know a real life person who uses a universal remote. There's no way the iPhone will compete with the Harmony One...) |
I'd love to take you up on the offer -- but you aren't based in NYC, are you?
I don't doubt that Harmony One is a far better remote than the iPhone could ever be, or that the Kindle is a far, far better book reader than the iPhone could ever be. But, I think that a functional remote on the iPhone could end up being more popular. Who needs one or five or ten more different dedicated devices -- all about the same size/shape -- be they remotes or book readers or garage openers, when you always have an iPhone in your pocket anyway?
I'm not saying that anyone is going to go: Hum, I need a Universal remote -- should I get a Harmony or an iPhone. But when someone ALREADY has an iPhone, they might choose to download the remote control software from the iTunes store rather than buy a Harmony. And people who don't have an iPhone, might be more inclined to buy one because they've heard that it can replace 10 different other devices. A HT aficionado would stick to the Harmony. But there are 100 times more casual users than there are aficionados.