Using my iPhone or PC as a remote for the Model 998 would be cool, but I wonder if it would just be a gimmick unless the unit was being connected to a Crestron or similar system. I've found that even though I have the ability to control my AppleTV with my iPhone, I only use it when I want to type in a search topic for something (touch screen keyboard beats scrolling around on a non-querty box of letters). The RF universal remote that already controls all of my devices is more practical for general use. Plus my five-year-old doesn't borrow the universal remote to play games or take pictures of the cats.

Of course, that does bring up the other side of the coin: having an Ethernet interface for Crestron control would probably make some people very happy (even moreso than having RS232 control). And being able to make setup changes via my phone or PC without interrupting people using the system would also be pretty snazzy. Yeah, that would be slick.