Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch

["rb_ziggy" <richard.boreham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Haven't solved the problem of the unified UI but I think I just saw=20
the near ideal device.  How about a full VGA touchscreen razor sharp=20
and totally legible on a 4" screen(in landscape mode too).  Browser=20
built in, wifi or bluetooth.  Thin and light and plenty of battery=20
life and pretty nippy too.  =A3380 and about the same size as a pronto=20
or an ipaq.  Oh, stone me it is an ipaq (the hx4700).

I'm not sure I'd use it as a PDA but as a control device it felt near=20
perfect in the hand.  Just the UI to crack and athough it has IR too=20
I'm not sure it would be anything like as good as the pronto for=20
power etc.=20=20

Still I may not be able to resist next week in the airport duty=20
free...

Regards

Richard=20=20
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> The Exstreamer has a web-based UI.  The MediaMVP is controlled via=20
a TV
> menu.  A Media Center PC would no doubt have both.  Throw in some=20
other HA
> devices and you have a right mish-mash of interfaces.  What I would=20
like is
> a unified front end that ideally would run on something a bit=20
bigger than a
> PDA (but a PDA would have to do for now, I suppose).  The xPL stuff=20
is
> heading that way, but it's going to be a while before it's at the=20
stage of
> being as polished as Xlobby.
>=20
> Mal