We heart XBMC, which debuted as a gorgeous and highly polished replacement OS on the original XBox, and has grown up to be the go-to media center for all types of gear now (and is the background technology behind Boxee to boot!). So what could be better than a killer open-source media center? A killer open-source media-center you can now access via your iPhone with XBMC Streamer [iTunes link], of course!
The XBMC Streamer connects to a running XBMC host and streams your music from your house, to you… anywhere in the world! You will never have to worry about running out of space on your Iphone again. Never again will you have to pick and choose which albums to take with you and which albums to leave at home. The XBMC Streamer gives you access to every song, artist, and album in your XBMC library.
And what’s even better than all this? The awesome folks at Collect3 have given TiPb three (3) promo codes to give to you! Just head on over to our forums and tell us the most embarrassing song in your media collection. That’s right! We want the best of your worst!
Boxee, a branch of XBMC (originally Xbox Media Center, something that gave my original Xbox a life and power well beyond what Microsoft ever intended) is free alternative to Microsoft’s Media Center and Apple’s Front Row and AppleTV that many believe soundly beats both on features alone. It’s had some hiccups as of late, what with Big Media pulling Hulu content (they likely don’t want Hulu on TVs as the same shows fetch much higher ad revenue from traditional networks than they do from the internet streams), but that hasn’t stopped them from pushingforward. The latest example? Boxee Remote for iPhone:
the boxee remote app has two modes: Gesture and Buttons
in the Gesture mode you need to hold down your thumb and move it around in order to navigate.
clicking on the boxee logo acts as Select/Play/Pause
dragging the boxee logo to the edges of the screen will act as a continuous up/down/left/right
clicking in an input field will open up the iPhone Qwerty keyboard and will enable you to easily enter text
the app works over WiFi, so make sure the WiFi on your iPhone is turned on
If you’re a Boxee user and you try this out, let us know how it works for you!
