[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

[From: Ted Zlatanov]

On 16 Jan 2007, jonsmirl at gmail.com wrote:

> If only the N800 had IR support then it could be used to go after the
> high end remote control market. Maybe we'll get it in the next model.
>
> There were at least five devices like this at CES this year.
> http://www.rticorp.com/products/T4.html
>
> They are remote controls in the $1,000 to $1,500 range for high end AV
> installations.
>
> N800 has everything necessary except for the IR support. I could
> easily see these vendors OEMing the N800 instead of building their
> own.

Would it be possible to write a generic remote control for the
770/N800, which talked (over TCP/IP or Bluetooth) to a master
controller?  The master controller would know that "turn TV on" really
means "send IR code xyz" but the generic remote control doesn't have
to.  Are there any protocols to do this already?  Also, UPnP seems to
be possible with the 770/N800 Media Streamer as a controller, IIRC.

Ted