Thread: ELAN N800 Handheld Touch Panel
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gnexus is offline gnexus
2007-12-30 , 06:30
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December 19th, 2007
ELAN Home Systems, a developer of multi-room A/V and come control systems, revealed today the early shipping of its new N800 touch controller. This remote on steroids is priced around $1,200.

The ELAN N800 offers wireless Internet access and lets one control ELAN and third party supported systems. A graphical interface allows you to control entertainment, theater and whole-house systems. It’s based in part on Nokia hardware and sports a four-inch touchscreen display.

Features of the N800 include real-time status display for lighting, temperature and security systems as well as “now playing” information from music sources, zoom, full-screen & panning functions, a full-screen finger keyboard, built-in stereo speakers and more. It is available now.
According to their websitewebsite :
Proprietary software in the ELAN N800 is not compatible with other Nokia N800 or web tablet models purchased elsewhere.
OTOH, the N800 uses Linux. Unless somehow Nokia set them up using Symbian, their code is built upon GPL code. Therefore someone (the FSF), needs to force the GPL down their throat and get them to toss up their cookies and code