Good news for those of you who have an iPhone (or those photographers who are still looking for a reason to buy one). OnOne Software, who make Photoshop Plugins, have developed an iPhone application that lets you wirelessly control your Canon or Nikon DSLR.
In the email they sent, OnOne says the Software allows you to control camera shutter and settings remotely, review images, and see live viewfinder previews before you shoot. It also works with an iPod Touch.
The software is priced at 19,99 $ (they even have a ‘lite’ version at one tenth of that price), which is actually a lot cheaper than buying a real wireless remote, as I unfortunately had to find out after losing my Nikon ML-3. As I don’t have an iPhone with me right now, I cannot really tell you more about it but those interested should check out OnOne’s website. If anyone has already tried or bought the software: please leave a note in the comments!
I’m pretty positive that using the iPhone as a remote for a DSLR will result in better pictures than using it thing as a camera 
. After all, I don’t make phonecalls with my D90, do I?
UPDATE: after having taken a look at OnOne’s website, it appears that the setup requires the camera to be connected to a computer as well. This was not clear from the original mail and I guess, although it does open certain opportunities, it’s not actually a viable setup for your average street photography. Looks like I’m not going to have to ditch the old ‘hardware’ remote for some time.
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wirelessly ?
@ Michel. Yes, wirelessly, although like I added in the PS, you need a laptop or PC in the setup also. Looks like it will mostly be of use to studio photographers or event photographers, who put cameras in hard to reach places and want to control them wirelessly.
It’s still not a substitute for a normal wireless remote, because it needs a computer in the neighbourhood.