I wonder if it can be paired to multiple phones? Otherwise you'll end up with only one person who can turn the lights on or off.
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#12@title: Why does it explicitely mention the iPhone alone... like it was the only important gadget.. (yes the page says iPhone and Android). "from your smartphone" would have been better
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#13They claim that one can still use the existing switches in addition to controlling the bulbs via WiFi, and this is a feature that seems somewhat important for e.g. guests, situations when you don't have your phone on you, etc.
But I'm curious how it would work, switching of the light switch would also kill any fancy WiFi interface to the bulb.
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#14So, how would one go about connecting it a password protected network?
I think they are their own network, so you don't connect them to your existing one.
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#15Why would anyone want to use something like a smartphone to control their lighting?
Smartphones are todays temporary fad, and will change every few years.
The lighting of your house, however, is supposed to last a few decades, unless you like totally redocorating every few years.
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#16So, how would one go about connecting it a password protected network?
I asked on Kickstarter and Phil Bosua responded:
"When you launch the app for the first time it guides you through a simple configuration process. You enter your network password and then the device and all lights are paired."
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#17Why would anyone want to use something like a smartphone to control their lighting? Smartphones are todays temporary fad, and will change every few years. The lighting of your house, however, is supposed to last a few decades, unless you like totally redocorating every few years.
Changing lightbulbs =/= "totally redecorating".
Besides, while smartphones may change over the years, they will be replaced by something where a smart lightbulb would be equally applicable. For instance, if at some point in the future we are able to integrate computers with our brains, we could use our brain-computers to turn on/change colour of our lightbulbs.
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#18Why would anyone want to use something like a smartphone to control their lighting? Smartphones are todays temporary fad, and will change every few years. The lighting of your house, however, is supposed to last a few decades, unless you like totally redocorating every few years.
They say that they will release an SDK so you can connect to it in the future too, whatever kind of device you have.
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#19I've wanted to do this to my place for years, but I've always wanted to do it to improve the lighting - more smaller sources so you don't get blinding looking at the globe and better locations.
Alas I rent so I've never been able to do it, and $99 is a bit much for a pair of lightbulbs.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think Color Kinetics has locked up almost everything useful with RGB LED arrays.
I'm assuming the LIFX did their due-diligence and attained "freedom to operate" before undergoing this venture - or is "assumption the mother of all f-ups"?
I prefer 'assume makes an ass of u and me'.