1. A mobile phone for facilitating a presentation of media the mobile phone comprising: a display for displaying, on a touchscreen of the mobile phone, a plurality of device identifiers for a plurality of devices; a network transceiver for facilitating communication between the mobile phone, a content server, and at least one of the plurality of devices on a network, the network transceiver operably in communication with the display, wherein the content server, the mobile phone, and the plurality of devices are separate devices; wherein the mobile phone is configured to facilitate: receiving user first input identifying one of the plurality of device identifiers that identifies a rendering device on the network; providing information identifying a user of the mobile phone to the content server; requesting a playlist comprising a plurality of media item identifiers, the playlist based on the information identifying the user of the mobile phone; receiving the playlist; receiving, at the mobile phone, user second input identifying at least one media item identifier from the playlist; directing, from the mobile phone, the rendering device identified by the one of the plurality of device identifiers to obtain a media item identified by the at least one media item identifier from the content server and to play the media item, the media item obtained without user input at the rendering device; and effecting a display of information identifying a plurality of activities of an other user of an other control device, wherein the mobile phone and the rendering device are connected to the content server through the Internet, and the mobile phone is connected to the rendering device through a LAN over a wireless network using TCP/IP.