There are already a few home automation iPhone apps in the store, but here at CEDIA it's clear that all of the home automation heavies have definitely discovered the obvious: the iPhone makes for a great universal touchscreen remote for everything from your AC to your living room blinds to your music collection. And most of them won't make you pay the price of a snazzy dedicated touchscreen controller to get it, either. Most of them.
Of the apps by Crestron, Lifeware, Z-Wave and Control4 we've
seen here at CEDIA, Crestron's seems to be farthest along
(pictured above). It can control multiple rooms in multiple houses
all via Wi-Fi or AT&T data, and is a free download and add-on.
Z-Wave, probably the most accessible system that you don't have to
have a Cribs-worthy home to run, will sadly charge you $10 a month
for the privilege of freaking out your pets while you're on
vacation or locking your doors from bed. Lifeware's app is still
in its nascent stages, but it will pack more Media Center
integrations (in case you're running the baddest Media Center in
the world).
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written by iphone accessories, August 29, 2009
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