All PDAs run on batteries. The difficulty will be in having a single
device which can control the SB (via web/telcanto in order to get album
art) and other devices (via IR). Many PDAs do have IR emitters, but they
tend to be weak and/or facing the wrong direction. So you need a
seperate IR emitter card (they exist for CF slots) as well as IR remote
software. It also means you're switching between apps depending on what
you're controlling - nasty.

What _I_ would do is use something like a Nokia 770 (or a wifi PDA, but
I think the 770 does a better job of the web), and then use the SB's IR
blaster functionality to control the other devices through that. 

In my case the album art is not really important, so I use a universal
remote. I'm very happy with the Harmony products - excellent WAF and
the new ones with the color screen look the part.


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