{"id":2809,"date":"2010-09-22T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T14:07:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-29T23:38:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T23:38:17","slug":"new-savant-hardware-turns-ipod-touch-into-smart-home-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/apple\/new-savant-hardware-turns-ipod-touch-into-smart-home-remote.html","title":{"rendered":"New Savant Hardware Turns iPod Touch into Smart Home Remote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Savant Touch Remote\" alt=\"Savant Touch Remote\" src=\"\/images\/news\/savant_touch_remote.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Savant has been <a href=\"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/New-Products\/Savant-Launch-Desktop-and-In-wall-iPad-Docks.html\" target=\"_blank\">using Apple hardware<\/a> for smart home applications for years now.\u00a0 Today&#8217;s latest announcement is the &#8216;Touch Remote&#8217; &#8211; a device that transforms an iPod Touch into a home automation remote control, complete with hard buttons (often the thing that&#8217;s most lacking in a touch based remote control).\u00a0 Savant point out this is a remote that you can also use for VoIP phone calls and FaceTime chat.\u00a0 Savant\u2019s Touch Remote will be on display at CEDIA 2010 and will ship to dealers Q1, 2011 with an MSRP of $399.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sj-gblock\">\n<script language=\"javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5598479065369258\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300; \ngoogle_ad_height = 250; \ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\"; \ngoogle_ad_channel = \"7058025304\"; \ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\"; \ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_link = \"52a79f\"; \ngoogle_color_url = \"CFFFDF\"; \ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\"; \n\/\/--> \n<\/script>\n<script language=\"javascript\"  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>Savant Systems LLC, having delivered the first Apple-based home automation and control system, has announced the introduction of the <strong>Savant Touch Remote<\/strong>, a groundbreaking handheld interface featuring an embedded iPod touch. Savant\u2019s Touch Remote will revolutionize the concept of remote control by <strong>integrating the familiar functionality of the iPod touch into a traditional remote control form factor<\/strong> that operates freely from room to room just like a wireless touch panel or Savant\u2019s iPad solution. Never before has a user interface been so intuitive and versatile\u2014so compact and easy-to-use.<\/p>\n<p>Built upon Apple\u2019s highest resolution iPod touch screen ever built and Savant\u2019s award-winning and highly intuitive iPhone\/iPod touch user interface, the \u201cstunningly sharp\u201d handheld Touch Remote is designed to deliver a simple, elegant and familiar consumer experience. <strong>The perfect balance of pushbuttons and touch interface<\/strong>, the Touch Remote supports Savant\u2019s groundbreaking On-Screen Display (OSD) technology, providing control over everything from lighting, home theater, whole-house automation, media, security, network cameras, climate control\u2014any home appliance connected to Savant\u2019s control platform. Through Savant\u2019s iPBX\u2122 telephony platform, <strong>the Touch Remote is also a phone<\/strong>, enabling users to communicate to other zones within the home as well as to the outside world. \u201cThe Touch Remote leverages the functionality and high performance that Savant brings to control and automation by being the world\u2019s only 100% Apple-based solution,\u201d stated Savant CEO and founder Bob Madonna. \u201cBecause our new remote is based upon the iPod touch, it has allowed us to leverage our iPhone\/iPod touch application, our own iPBX telephony solution as well as over 200,000 app\u2019s that are available all within an elegant, lightweight user interface. Savant continues to be innovative and fast to market with technologies that broaden the capabilities of home control for consumers,\u201d Madonna added.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Touch Remote, <strong>Apple\u2019s new Retina display with 326 pixels-per-inch delivers four times the resolution of previous iPod<\/strong> models and features the latest LED backlighting technology and an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen to deliver optimum viewing while also conserving battery power. Savant\u2019s Touch Remote is the most advanced and intuitive handheld interface ever conceived.<\/p>\n<p>The Touch Remote is balanced for a comfortable fit and delivers immediate access to systems throughout the home with a few taps or swipes of its 3.5-inch color touch display or through logically positioned backlit buttons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3.5-inch multi-touch display, 326 pixels per inch<\/li>\n<li>Dual mode communication, 802.11b\/g\/n Wi-Fi wireless and RF<\/li>\n<li>18 backlit buttons with key transport keys<\/li>\n<li>Available in black or white<\/li>\n<li>Can receive wireless video from network cameras<\/li>\n<li>VoIP calling over Wi-Fi<\/li>\n<li>Tabletop docking station charger<\/li>\n<li>Supports video conferencing via FaceTime\u00ae<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savantsystems.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.savantsystems.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 : \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/New-Products\/Savant-Launch-Desktop-and-In-wall-iPad-Docks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Savant Launch Desktop and In-wall iPad Docks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want More?<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ottomate\">Follow us<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutomatedHomeUK\" target=\"_blank\">Like us<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, or subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/automatedhome\">RSS feed<\/a>. 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