[Animats]

Looks a lot like this $58 item on Alibaba.[1] Is Ring just a reseller with an app?

There are remote controllable door locks. This doesn't interface with them. Nor does it talk to the home security system. The home IoT guys need to get more organized about this.

[1] http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Outdoor-battery-operat...

[Sanddancer]

It doesn't look like it. The model you linked is just a camera, not a camera and doorbell. I also totally agree with you on there needing to be much much much more standardization on IoT stuff. Right now, everyone's separated into their own fiefdoms.

[daveguy]

Yeah, that is just a wifi+3g camera. It takes a lot of engineering and quality control to add a button and a buzzer. I think the fiefdoms will crumble when we get an open-source open-hardware home-cloud device. Yes, I should wash my mouth out with soap for all those buzzwords, but you probably get the idea.

[Animats]

"Yeah, that is just a wifi+3g camera. It takes a lot of engineering and quality control to add a button and a buzzer."

Right. If you contacted this manufacturer in Shentzen, and said you wanted to buy 10,000 units, but with a custom bezel and an extra push button, that probably would not be a problem.

Or you could contact one of the other hundreds of video doorbell makers in Shentzen.[1]

That's probably where Ring's unit comes from, after all.

[1] http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_...