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title: 'Using your Android phone as a remote for controlling music playback'
date: '2009-01-08T01:11:45-08:00'
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categories:
  - Android
  - Portland
  - Remote
tags:
  - Android
  - 'don park'
  - donpdonp
  - 'music player daemon'
  - Remote
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# Using your Android phone as a remote for controlling music playback

[Remote](http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284417350&mt=8 "Remote") is an incredibly popular application for the Apple iPhone that allows you to wirelessly control your iTunes playback from your phone. Now, our own [Don Park](http://twitter.com/donpdonp "@donpdonp") shows us how this can be done the open source way, using [Android](http://www.android.com/ "Android") and the music player daemon.

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