remotely possible

it's awesome

 I know very little about any details, but I can attest to the fact that the IPhone works as a MCE remote, and it must work very well and be fully featured.

 I was at a dinner party in a large loft in downtown St Louis over the holidays...

The host could rightfully be considered a MCE Guru; he's built dozens of mind-boggling MCE-based systems and home theaters since 2003 (he helped me build my first one over five years ago). (He's been building computers since grade school).

All evening, there was background music playing...  ...when the hour got late, someone suggested that the music might be disturbing some neighbors in the upper-class building...

Without leaving the table, he nonchalantly picked up his IPhone and turned down the volume of the system (I believe the computer was in a cabinet in another room) and turned down the volume with a couple of touches to the screen.  

Most people wouldn't have noticed, until someone said, "Did you just do that with your phone?" 

I've known this guy for over 25 years...   ...if the IPhone wasn't the "hot setup", he'd be using something different.