i.TV is a digital TV and movie guide, Tivo, and Netflix manager. By using the location manager (or plugging in your zip code), and choosing your service provider, you can browse and search for upcoming programs. Once you’ve selected a show, you can also get more details about the show, or read a Wikipedia entry formatted for the iPhone screen—though in one case (Doctor Who), the page reformated itself to tiny, unreadable text that was impossible to enlarge.
For films, i.TV has the expected features; you get theaters, show times, and reviews, current and upcoming releases, along with YouTube previews and links to photo galleries and Wikipedia entries. If you’re willing to enter your credit card information in the (encrypted) “Wallet” function, you can also use it to buy tickets online (at theaters that, you know, sell tickets online).
i.TV recently added a couple of new features, allowing users to manage their Netflix and TiVo accounts. The Netflix side is relatively full featured. You can view your queue, change the order or delete films. You can add films to your queue, but you can’t search for films to add—you have to follow recommendation links from other films. You’ll get the star rating that Netflix provides, but you can neither read nor write reviews.
As for TiVo, you can link i.TV to your TiVo account and record show from within the description, along with the padding time, the number of shows to record, and the priority, should it conflict with another program you’re interested in.
i.TV is quickly turning from a simple channel guide into a media addict’s delight. If they can add the ability to start streaming video from Netflix Watch Instantly and/or the TiVo itself (as Slingbox does, with additional hardware), they’ll have the media convergence app that everyone seems to be looking for.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s ad-supported freeware?
Product [i.TV (iTunes App Store link)]
The best part about i.TV is for iPod Touch users who don't always have access to a wi-fi connection… The app caches days worth of listings so even if you aren't connected you can still see what's on.