On 01/09/03 11:51, westmetro said...
With *any* PDA, you'll need some kind of IR booster
or extender to make it really useful. Even the
so-called comsumer IR on the newer devices is
quite weak as compared to dedicated remote hardware.
These devices are usually well under $50- and
don't work on all PDA hardware or PDA-based remote
control software. But you will need them.
Since he's in the UK, he can use the Powermid pair from X-10. An added benefit is they communicate using 433.92MHz so it's possible to send IR to the Powermid and have the repeated 433.92MHz communicate with X-10 transceivers like the TM12 & TM13. You get an IR extender plus X-10 RF control.
