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January 23, 2013 at 8:51 pm #7645
bbig119

    Its strange. I thought for sure there would be more out there for something like this. This seems like such a simple step to the whole home-automation progression where every device could be running android of some sort. In any event, that’s neither here nor there. I did do some looking and here are a couple of options I’m looking at in case anyone is interested.

    Belkin Wemo (http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Automation-Switch-Apple-iPhone/dp/B0089WFPRO/ref=pd_sim_e_1)

    There are also a couple of product by a company called Visible Energy (http://www.visiblenergy.com/products/monostrip.html), which look interesting but its more money, and does more than I’m looking for– looks like an online version of what a Kill-A-Watt does.

    I ran across a few other products as well. With the exception of the WeMo, the others charge a monthly fee for remote access to control the outlet.

    At the moment, I’m trying to figure out if the WeMo can be configured easily from a PC, since I’ve moved from iOS to Windows Phone 8. A simple dumb outlet would work for me, but I thought this could be something fun to satisfy the geek in me. After looking around and seeing what’s available, actually more like, what’s not available, I think this is an area ripe for someone to make alot of money.