Keene Electronics and Canada's Touchsquid Technology Announce Strategic Alliance
Keene Electronics and Touchsquid Technology Announce Strategic Alliance (25/5/2012)
"We are excited about our alliance with Touchsquid Technology as their products and our hardware works perfectly together to provide a complete Home Cinema control solution". Alan Quinby, Director of Keene Electronics also notes that the Touchsquid Android software provides a great alternative to the more common iPad options.
TouchSquid Technology, a Canadian developer of hardware and software solutions for AV Home Cinema control, and Keene Electronics, a UK leading provider of connectivity products, announced today they have entered into a technical partnership. The agreement provides a platform for co-marketing and product compatibility. Using a combination of TouchSquid’s remote control app and a Keene KIRA infrared device, Android smartphones and tablets can be turned into powerful infrared remotes. KIRA stands for (Keene IR Anywhere) system enables IR commands to be sent via local network or internet!
Based in Derbyshire, UK, Keene Electronics have been selling AV accessories since 1988. Specializing in video, audio, home cinema and home automation applications, Keene Electronics not only design and manufacture their own products, they also resell related AV products and provide technical support and installation services.
Keene's KIRA products connect almost any electrical device throughout a home and business to a WiFi and/or IP network so it can be controlled, automated, and maintained by network-based software. Keene Electronics offers other connectivity products and capabilities, including IR learning, IR receivers, and sensors, that can be connected to a network.
TouchSquid Technology is an emerging solution developer in the AV remote control industry. Their flagship product is an all-in-one remote control/tablet computer, but the generic TouchSquid App can turn virtually any Android tablet with a KIRA product from Keene Electronics into a fully featured, high end home AV remote control with large, easy to read virtual buttons, intuitive user interface, and customizable screens.
TouchSquid Universal TV Remote Control has an extensive library of over 200,000 supported devices (growing all the time), and an internet connected tablet can be used to browse TV listings and reviews.
By having the ability to store multiple profiles, using activity based button layouts with automatic input switching, and providing a quick, easy way to get back on track when devices are out of sync (in the form of the Squid help button), the TouchSquid App eliminates a number of common “remote control headaches” and enhances a viewer’s home cinema experience.
Beyond simply adding remote control functionality to Android devices (tablets and full screen smart phones), a KIRA device from Keene Electronics can eliminate the need for line of sight visibility of devices being controlled by TouchSquid’s all-in-one device, allowing devices to be hidden in a cabinet or a separate room.