Contributed by the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association. To learn more about CEDIA membership visit www.cedia.org/join.
It is hard to deny the huge impact that mobile devices (tablets and touch-screen phones) have made on the consumer electronics business. As well as being probably the most converged personal technology devices ever, they are changing the way that we look at the touch points (user interfaces) of a system. There is much talk that these devices can replace the traditional remote control and although compelling, electronic systems contractors should observe caution and consider the following: