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Re: Touchscreen Remote - Pronto or PocketPC?


  • Subject: Re: Touchscreen Remote - Pronto or PocketPC?
  • From: "Ben McCormack" <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:42:51 -0000



Paul

Too complicated and too much that could go wrong.

As the moment I am looking at the New Dell x50v PDA with WiFi,=20
Bluetooth and CF slot. I can pick one up in the US for about =A3200!!

Ben

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@s...> wrote:
> I have used netremote as well - maybe another option for doing it=20
wirelessly if you have something like Homevision and an HA PC???
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> Paul.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yahoo Lists [mailto:ukha@r...]=20
> Sent: 25 February 2005 10:59
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Touchscreen Remote - Pronto or PocketPC?
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> I have an HP iPaq 5555 and use a program from PDAwin:
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> http://www.pdawin.com/tvremote.html
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> This software is pretty good - it allows you to load pronto CCF=20
files into so you can use the pronto edit software to create you=20
layouts.
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> I believe Dell as well as HP make Pocket PC devices with consumer=20
IR in them (my iPaq certainly has it). I guess some of the other=20
manufacturers like Toshiba are also jumping on the bandwagon.
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> Rob
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben McCormack [mailto:ben@t...]=20
> Posted At: 25 February 2005 10:45
> Posted To: Yahoo Lists
> Conversation: [ukha_d] Touchscreen Remote - Pronto or PocketPC?
> Subject: [ukha_d] Touchscreen Remote - Pronto or PocketPC?
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> Hi All
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> I have got a bit of a dilemma.
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> I have got an original Pronto that we use downstairs and I have=20
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> happy with it. Now we want another one for upstairs.
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> So I went off and found the new Pronto RU950 at =A3200. So I
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> Then I started thinking about the Pocket PC based remote solutions.=20
> Surely for around =A3200-=A3250 I could get a remote and a PocketPC
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> So what are my options for PocketPC based solution?
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> So far I have only found this - http://www.ultramote.com/index.php
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> Are there others?
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> and are they as good as a Pronot based solution?
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> Cheers
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> ben
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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