my experience has been that pre-annoucning anything (including the 
announcement of a native app) is generally a bad idea. I've learned 
that lesson and do not pre-announce anything anymore. All pre- 
announcing does do raising expectations and if things take longer than 
expected by either me or customers, it ends up being frustrating for 
both. Regardless of whether any timeframes were announced or not 
announced at all (like in this case).

Please don't get me wrong. I really appreciate your post. I just can't 
really comment on it without sharing detailed information I haven't 
shared to this point. And since all I get from sharing more 
information ahead of time seems to be negative reactions, I no longer 
do it.

All I can do is to ask for your patience. AJAX Remote's native 
incarnation isn't one of the simple keystroke-emulators that you can 
find lots of on the App Store. This is a highly complex and integrated 
solution. That takes time to both implement and get right. Especially 
the interface. But server internals to no lesser degree. Some new 
interface features do require complete rewrites of core parts of 
Remote Buddy. This, too, consumes literally tons of time. It, too, 
needs to be done right.

Regarding AJAX Remote: 
Have you tried a recent release and its integrated gesture remote 
mode? It's usable in a new fullscreen mode. It can be added to the 
home screen. And it makes use of the Safari multitouch support in 
recent iPhone OS releases to achieve great responsiveness. It should 
give you a near instant response just like you can see in the most 
recent demo video. If it doesn't, please consider to go through the 
"Reliability check" of the "Network Guide" to verify your network 
doesn't loose packets and thus introduce unnecessary delays. You can 
find that guide here:

http://www.iospirit.com/products/remotebuddy/guides/network/

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz