Yesterday a unique granted patent was published by the USPTO , which was filed on behalf of Apple. The patent was for a mobile device that would give you the ability to control your home computer from anywhere, and the device is speculated to be a future iPhone.
The patent info:
“A controlling device (e.g., a telephony device) can remotely control various tasks associated with a controlled device (e.g., a personal computer), including the navigation of user interfaces associated with applications or an operating system associated with the controlled device. A task can be controlled at the controlled device by mapping user input received at the controlling device to control commands suitable for execution at the controlled device.”
Although there are a number of apps that already allow you to control your computer from your iPhone, the new device is said to have the feature built in.
As you already know the smartphone market has expanded quite a bit this year with the release of the Palm Pre and the Motorola Droid. The Droid smartphone has become the first real competitor to the iPhone drawing a good size following. Could this new device be a response to the Droid? Would an iPhone with the ability to control your home computer be a feature you would be interested in? Let us know what you think.
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