hate to ask, but what's CE mean?It would be a lot nicer if we had a number of CE companies out there competing in this market so that we had lots of choices and competitive prices.
If you like that phone you will *love* the 8125!IVB said:I actually have a Siemens SX66 cellphone PDA from Cingular that has a 240x320 screen, and has integrated wifi that i'm already using for occasional HT/HA control with CQC.
I only just got a CCTV and card, it would be interesting to see if I can see video on it...
Well, that's the beauty of HA. You can build and customize the HA system to meet your needs, and those needs could be different from somebody else's. That's what makes it a great hobby!I know I have brought this up in the past but I am still baffled about why anyone would think it is a good idea to carry around an expensive device with a tiny screen to control their media or HA systems?
I am still baffled about why anyone would think it is a good idea to carry around an expensive device with a tiny screen to control their media or HA systems?
That's exactly what I did. I wrote my own software using ASP.NET and VB.NET. I'm running Internet Information Server (web server) on Windows XP Professional with my own home grown web application. I use my HP iPAQ 2795 PocketPC (Windows Mobile 5.0) to log into my site to control my lights and view my caller id from anywhere I have WIFI access. Or I just fire up a web browser on any computer that has internet access. I haven't made my software publically available, though. I am, however, currently working on a desktop app for Windows to control Insteon, and I plan on releasing a free "Lite" version of it.What happened to the belief in free, open standards? Like the internet. If you design HA access via HTML, ASP.NET and/or Flash, then the only thing you have to worry about is the resolution. Make 320x240, 640x480 web pages and every device can access it, UMPC, Phone, PDA, PC, it doesn't matter at that point.
I'm sure phones, PDAs, Tablet PCs, etc. can, with a lot of effort and expense, be used as a way to control a media or HA system, but why would anybody want to?
What happened to the belief in free, open standards? Like the internet. If you design HA access via HTML, ASP.NET and/or Flash, then the only thing you have to worry about is the resolution. Make 320x240, 640x480 web pages and every device can access it, UMPC, Phone, PDA, PC, it doesn't matter at that point.
I guess the professional market wants super-reliable, high margin stuff, and those things make sense to them. From the middle-class DIY POV, they are a curse and we are just waiting for more free, open, modifiable stuff...