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SkyBell™
(formerly known as iDoorCam) and SKYCAM let you keep an eye on your home from
your mobile devices.
With SkyBell, the doorbell is finally getting an
upgrade. As the lifestyles’ of many
people become more and more mobile, SkyBell caters to the travelling masses by letting them answer the front door
from almost anywhere in the world.
SkyBell works
by connecting to your home’s WiFi, so that when somebody rings your doorbell,
you can answer the door from any of your WiFi enabled mobile devices. You can then choose to see, hear or speak to
whoever is at your door from your mobile device. Or, if you are busy, you can simply choose to
ignore the call. The device also offers
a unique “Do Not Disturb Mode” that will mute the sound of your home’s doorbell
in the event that you are home, but do not wish to be bothered. Maybe you work from home and do not wish to
be disturbed; perhaps the baby is sleeping; or maybe you’re deep into a
nostalgic Breaking Bad Netflix marathon.
Whether or not you are at home, SkyBell gives you the ability to answer the front door
from wherever you are. It is
fully equipped with both a day and night vision camera. It also has a speaker, microphone and motion
sensor.
The motion sensor is an especially interesting feature, because
it provides the ability to receive front-door alerts on your mobile devices,
whether or not the person at your door actually rings the doorbell. If the motion detector picks up movement,
then you will get an alert, and be able to see what’s happening at your front
door. This could be useful whether
you’re keeping an eye on things while your child is home alone or wondering if FedEx
dropped off that package you’ve been waiting for. Or perhaps your friend is old-fashioned and
still knocks on doors.
Your SkyBell feed can be
received over WiFi, 3G and 4G and is compatible with both iOS and Android
mobile devices. The SkyBell free mobile app is available for iOS and
Android as well.
If SkyBell goes
mainstream, it seems plausible, if not probable, that apartment buildings would
forego the antiquated, Seinfeld-era buzzer system in favor of this modern
alternative.
By expanding on the SkyBell platform, SKYCAM was born. SKYCAM is a wireless surveillance and
monitoring video camera that uses Skype as the DNS server (which means no
monthly DNS fees). The uses for SKYCAM
are endless. You can monitor your home
or office or keep an eye on your pet, use it as a baby monitor or a front door
video phone, monitor any corner of the house, call your loved ones when you’re
away from home or talk to parents, grandparents and other relatives even
without a PC.
Like SkyBell, the user can access SKYCAM’s surveillance
stream from their mobile device. SKYCAM
is also equipped with night-vision capabilities, and is compatible with
Android, Apple iOS, Windows, Linux and any other device that supports the Skype
app.
Learn more about these
products at:
