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Universal Debuts Blu-ray App for iPhone

Universal Debuts Blu-ray App for iPhone

It’s not exactly high-definition video streaming, but it’s a start. Universal Studios Home Entertainment has unveiled pocket BLU, a free mobile app that lets iPhone and iPod touch users control networked Blu-ray devices over Wi-Fi.

The app offers users a remote control that operates on-disc features, a graphical timeline in landscape mode for jumping to any point in the movie, and a content listing of available Blu-ray titles that lets you stream certain bonus content to the iPhone for viewing later on.

In addition, the app offers a pop-up keyboard for on-disc data entry.

For the app to connect, the Blu-ray disc in question needs to be “pocket BLU” enabled–so get ready to look for yet another logo.

Needless to say, this app would have been a lot more interesting if it actually let you watch Blu-ray movies you already owned on the iPhone.

But that probably got nixed in the design stage faster than you can say, “lawyers gone wild.”

The app is a free download, and is available now in Apple’s App Store.

[Thanks: http://www.pcmag.com]

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