I remember browsing a Palm shareware site and seeing a remote control
program. Probably not as full featured as what you want though.
But, really, how do you propose to protect the Palm screen/stylus from all
of
the orange Cheezy Poof residue when you are watching TV while
eating Cheezy Poofs!?
Brandon
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Guluk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 10:31 AM
Subject: Food for thought?
> I'm sitting around thinking how poorly my Palm stock has been doing
> (actually COMS) and how can we get that to change and I get the idea that
> Palm needs to include a full featured TV remote control system in future
> releases. They already have Infra Red and a smart enough processor to
learn
> from other remotes.
>
> Sound good? Silly? We need Palms to become ubiquitous to the convenience
> and efficiency minded persons of the 2000's. What better way to get the
Palm
> more integrated into our daily lives than to have it control the little
> things such as our TVs, VCRs, DVDs, etc.
>
> I currently have several remotes and am looking to buy one of the top of
the
> line home cinema controllers that remarkably look like a Palm. I expect I
> will spend half, or at least a quarter of the price of a Palm to gain the
> benefit of a single device to control all my infra red based home devices.
>
> The Palm could easily learn the frequencies of my remotes as some of my
> remotes already do this. Then take the convenience of a stylus to change
> volume, adjust the surround system and then check those deleted scenes on
my
> Austin Powers DVD...
>
> How about turn on the burglar alarm or any other infrared controlled
device
> from the convenience of my couch. The ultimate couch potato toy....
>
> This could spawn a whole industry creating IR relay devices that would
allow
> you to control everything from existing washing machines to outside
lighting
> systems to simple light switches that allow dimming via the Palm.
>
> Anyway, I really think that this would help the Palm become that much more
a
> tool that everyone would want and that if Palm doesn't do something this
> simple that their competitors will soon...
>
> This also opens up a great resource for the software developer that can
> create the coolest interface to work with the large myriad of products
that
> could use this technology. Maybe customizable skins that you would assign
to
> each device such as slide graphics for volume etc...
>
> Just a thought....
>
> Next, we will need the Palm to work with an AirPort card so that you can
> access a decent server within 150 yards much like Apples and Lucents
> wireless LAN cards. Then you could have all the volume of your home
computer
> accessible from the backyard patio or anywhere in your office without
having
> to go back to your 10 pound stationary computer.
>
>
> Stephen Guluk
>
>
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