Cisco Home Energy Controller tablet

It is full steam ahead for Cisco when it comes to tablet city, what with the Cius announced alongside the Home Energy Controller tablet. This will be a 7″ countertop unit which is said to assist you in home power management, where hopefully the damning real-time statistics of power usage in your home will kick you into taking some affirmative action. Features of the Home Energy Controller tablet includes a 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen display that lets you remotely control thermostats and other appliances over a Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection. It will have an Intel Atom 1.1GHz processor running within which ought to be adequate enough to do the job, since you won’t be using this as a primary computing device in your home. Ubuntu Linux is its operating system of choice, allows you to run videos and access an app store if you want to. It will cost around $900 per installation, so make sure you follow its advice to stop electricity wastage whenever possible to achieve a relatively short Return On Investment (ROI) time period.

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