Re: Motorola Homesight

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

dicko <drwho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:26:56 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)
>wrote:
>
>>Motorola Homesight is a wireless system including 2.4GHz motion sensing
>>cameras, 418MHz sensors (door/window, temperature, motion, water, etc.),
>>light/appliance modules that can be monitored over the Internet.
>>
>>     http://broadband.motorola.com/consumers/hs/flash_experience.asp
>
>Isnt this the old Xanboo company? Everything had to connect to the
>internet and for $xx a month you could watch your dog from anywhere in
>the world. It didnt go over too well.
>
>Motorola and Shell Oil (of all companies!) went into a joint venture
>and bought Xanboo, then Shell pulled out, leaving Motorola with the
>Xanboo technology.

I guess it is. I don't recall seeing Xanboo before (but I don't remember
what I had for breakfast, either). Having a well known name on it might
help. RadioShack is carrying it.

http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=homesight&origkw=homesight