RE: Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Q1 by the way is *VERY* cute! One of our partners at Cedia was using
them as a UI to his HA front end and then onto our (C-Bus) dimmers.

I still want to get hold of a Nokia 7700 to have a play with at some point
too...

Phil=20

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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
> On Behalf Of Chris Purves
> Sent: 03 July 2006 16:54
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device recommendations please...
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> Actually it looks like I meant the progears. It seems=20
> airpanels are the nuts if you don't mind putting up with the=20
> occasional remote desktop niggle (rare but occasional apparently).=20
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> People seem to agree that a local running version of=20
> mainlobby client is preferable if you can get the horsepower.=20
> It seems the Q1 is the first sensibly priced device that=20
> might manage it - hence a few people buying them including=20
> Mario - cinemar's owner.
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> My solution is equivalent to local but you lose the=20
> portablity which the airpanels and Q1 offer. Probably some=20
> kinda combination is in order. Few fixed, few portable.
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> Chris
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dean Barrett" <dean@...>
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> > That'll be the people with more money than me then :)
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> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> > Christopher Purves
> > Sent: 03 July 2006 16:40
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device=20
> recommendations please...
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> > I thought people were starting to move away from the airpanels -
> looking for
> > alternatives hence all the posts about the new Samsung - I read
> Cinemar is
> > gonna start selling the q1 I think ?
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> > Chris
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> > > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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> > > From: groups@siliconpixel <mailto:groups%40siliconpixel.com>
.com
> > > Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:21:44 +0100
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device=20
> recommendations please...
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> > > How responsive do you find them, say compared to running ML
on a
> PC? How
> > would you also rate them compared to the Samsung Q1 or other
> tablet/display
> > devices you've seen?
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> > > It's difficult to know what route to go without seeing=20
> them up close.
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> > > From: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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> > [mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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> On Behalf
> > Of Dean Barrett
> > > Sent: 03 July 2006 15:23
> > > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device=20
> recommendations please...
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> > > Its the V110
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> > > Dean.
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> > > Paul Gale
> > > Sent: 03 July 2006 14:29
> > > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device=20
> recommendations please...
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> > > Looks good Dean :-)
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> > > Which model is yours?
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> > > The Geovision question relates to using the .JPG camera
image in
> ML - it
> > > shows but doesn't update.
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> > > Of Dean Barrett
> > > Sent: 03 July 2006 14:04
> > > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device=20
> recommendations please...
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> > > I second the AirPanels.
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> > > As a fellow Mainlobbiest i have 2 of them 1 x 10" and 1
x 15"
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> > > There's a picture of the 10" one on my coffee table in
the
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> > > gadgets bit of my website - http://www.samares.=20
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> > > Have quite good SWMBO rating too - like do the Tesco's
ordering a
> stuff
> > from
> > > the Kitchen or Lounge etc.
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> > > Whats the Geovision question - you can see mine in the same
> section of the
> > > website.
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> > > Sent: 03 July 2006 13:16
> > > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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> > > <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: touchscreen device recommendations
please...
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> > > If you can find one, Lots of us Mainlobbers (or should that
be
> > > Mainlobbiers) run Viewsonic Airpanels - basically an all in
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> > > 'Smart display' with touchscreen, wireless LAN and thin
client.
> > > Works by connecting a remote desktop session to the host PC.
> > > http://cgi.ebay.
> > > <http://cgi.ebay.
> > > <http://cgi.ebay.
> > <http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D160002796535>
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> > > The only downsides are the limited number you can have
connected=20
> > > concurrently without using something like Thinsofts WinXP=20
> server and=20
> > > the odd unexplained disconnect.
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> > > I'm also going to respond to your thread on the Cinemar=20
> forums about=20
> > > using Geovision - don't have the answer though :0
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> > > Kevin W.
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> > > --- In ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com,
> "Paul
> > > Gale" <groups@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting close to finally having all of my HA=20
> systems displayed
> > > and controllable from one interface - MainLobby - and=20
> it's working=20
> > > really well.
> > > >=20
> > > > I've been thinking of how to display/control this and
where. So
> > > far there are three obvious places in my house: AV Room,=20
> Kitchen and=20
> > > master bedroom, each of which have slightly different needs.
I'll=20
> > > also be displaying the interface in a number of other=20
> rooms on a TV=20
> > > through my AV distribution system and controlled by simple
remote.
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> > > > The AV room is really the main area for this to be used
and
> > > the `showcase' for visitors as well as day-to-day use. I
will be=20
> > > able to display the interface on the plasma but thinking=20
> about it,=20
> > > the use of a separate touch screen device sitting on the
coffee=20
> > > table would be the ideal. This means that valuable and=20
> regular data=20
> > > can be shown continuously and the plasma/AV distribution
doesn't=20
> > > need to be switched over, interrupting a TV programme or
film.
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> > > > So, I'm after thoughts/recommendations on a suitable=20
> display with
> > > these considerations in mind:
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> > > > * It's GOT to look sexy/aesthetically pleasing/high
tech
> > > > * Be able to sit upright on it's own or in a stand
> > > > * Touch screen control
> > > > * Not sure whether audio needed - possibly but only for
HA
> > > announcements (I have whole house audio with announcements
anyway)
> > > > * Got to be able to run 24/7 if needed (prob more
likely to
> > > turn off when alarm state changes)
> > > > * Got to be able to go into sleep mode and resume very
quickly
> > > > * Can be a stand alone PC type device or a thin client
> > > > * Good quality screen
> > > > * Smallish - prob smaller than a traditional tablet PC
> > > > * Cost well below =A31,000 - pref around =A3500
> > > >=20
> > > > Sounds like it's maybe a UMPC or thin client - but
cheap!
> > > >=20
> > > > Any thoughts/ideas/recommendations?
> > > >=20
> > > > Thanks,
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