hi all, i want to do something much simpler. I want to get this functionality without paying 24 bucks, and possibly without airtunes.
http://www.alloysoft.com/

"Using Signal from the iPhone looks best and works really fast. You can tell that the web interface is made for the device. I don't have an iPod Touch, but I guess it is the same experience. So how does it look like on other devices with other browsers? Well, any request will bring up a virtual iPhone in your browser and then work just the same. Hence the remote control from any laptop works great, too. Good stuff! I also tested the access from a Nokia N800 Internet Tablet - which by default also goes to the virtual iPhone screen - and would require a bit of scrolling up and down. But then, even better, just by changing the URL from http://macmini:3569/iphone/phone.html to http://macmini:3569/iphone/ I was able to get the normal iPhone content full screen on the N800 - which works great, too." another post on http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33874

I just want to be able to be outside (or wherever) and use my n800 as a remote for my music. i want to see it all like i would see my computer, or as a mp3 player would display it. i dont want to vpn or rdesktop it, as without the n800 keyboard its a hassle to type in song names to add to a queue.

basically i want my n800 to be able to change what the computer upstairs is playing on the speakers...

I know that the new logitech squeezbox duet is based on linux, so if we could get something like that on the n800 that would be great.

Thanks