NetBlender prepping Blu-ray disc to iPhone connection?

NetBlender is preparing to reveal new technology aimed squarely at connecting Blu-ray content to Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, called BD Touch. Designed to "leverage network capabilities of Blu-ray players" Macworld UK surmises it could lead to possible use of those devices as a remote control for Blu-ray players, but given NetBlender's history of authoring tools we see the potential for an add-on that easily helps developers implement features like Digital Copy or BD-Live enabled ringtone purchases. Remote control -- or better yet Remote Play style -- apps could be interesting however, so we'll keep an eye out for the official announcement, expected April 10.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2008 5:03AM]

So basically, the BD-Live streaming content that almost no one really watches and nearly no one cares about will be available to the iPhone which perhaps a higher number of blu-ray owners will have. A target market for a product with limited use in functionality. As for the remote control idea, shenanigans!