Re: pda control

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not so daft - if you set up an intranet with suitable pages you can
control everything via a wireless PDA or laptop (for example, xPL
includes the ability to send messages from a web page).  The real
obstacle to this approach is the lack of a decent wireless touchscreen -
a PDA is too small, and a tablet PC takes too long to boot or come out
of hibernation.  What is really needed is a wireless web tablet along
the lines of the Nokia 770 - except with an 8" instead of 4"
screen.

Mal



Chris Hunter wrote:

>'wondered if anyone's using their PDA as a remote control for their
>computer & entertainment systems - I'm thinking of having all the
lights
>computer-controlled with no manual switches, with (since everyone
>carries one these days) local control via messages sent from PDAs via
IR
>links ... visitors could be given temporary control capability, by
>beaming between PDAs, using pass-words to give time-outs ... and maybe
>not only lights ...
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>'also thinking of grossly simplifying power & signal distribution
(radio
>& TV aerial, ethernet, EIB or CBUS, telephone), by clustering
electrical
>equipment & power-sockets into as few as possible places in the
house
>(it's on three floors, including garage, so it might have to be
twelve),
>with extension leads avaialble for ocacsional use.
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>Am I daft ?
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>Chris
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