All Articles Tagged Smartphone

Arlen Schweiger | 03/30 04:56 AM, 0 Comments

We always hear about how remote monitoring is great for being able to make sure your kids get home safely from school, because you can check camera footage or unlock doors for them via smartphones. But if your clients have teenagers, you can sell them on remote monitoring by sharing the story of David Rowe. He used an energy monitoring app to find out his daughter was throwing a New Year's Eve party at their house when it was supposed to be vacant for the night. Rowe, an Australian who's… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 02/24 12:17 PM, 0 Comments

Some say home automation will not need dedicated protocols such as Z-Wave and ZigBee because smartphone makers will never embed those technologies in their mobile devices. Wrong! French-based TazTag is introducing what appears to be the first ZigBee-enabled mobile phone next week at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. The TPH-ONE, which also includes Near Field Communication (NFC) is touted as an ideal controller for home automation and smart energy applications as well as RF4CE, the ZigBee-based A/V control protocol that we’re starting to see in some consumer… View this story

Rachel Cericola | 10/13 07:00 AM, 0 Comments

Both iPhone and iPad users have been able to tap into ADT Pulse for quite some time. Now, the security company is extending the same courtesy and convenience to Android users. The new offering is called Pulse Beta. It’s specifically for Android users with an ADT Pulse system. If you have that security setup, this should offer some peace of mind. In addition to being able to arm and disarm the system remotely, it also has controls for lighting, cameras and thermostats. Also, if you’re the type that can’t keep… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 09/24 12:30 PM, 0 Comments

Bob Perry has joined Research in Motion (BlackBerry) as vice president of the smartphone maker's accessories handheld business unit. Perry was wandering the CEDIA Expo trade show with colleagues from the Waterloo, ONT-based company. They would not reveal specific plans for the connected home market. Except for a brief stint at Logitech, Bob Perry has spent the last two decades in senior-level sales and marketing positions at leading TV manufacturers Sharp, Mitsubishi, LG and Panasonic. View this story