Android :: Android As Universal Remote For CE / HA?

I'm wondering if there's any universal remote-ware for consumer electronics/home automation being developed in the Android ecosystem? Does anyone know of anything under way or a related Linux project that could be re-adapted for Android? If you look at the attached "rough" diagram I'm hoping to devise something that's a central controller for consumer electronics & home automation. I want a hand-held to interface with it, this hand-held would ideally have IR integrated, but it's not imperative as Wifi would be used mostly. So far the best solution I've found is this:
http://openremote.org/display/HOME/OpenRemote

You don't have to use their reference hardware but something low power/profile like it would be ideal. It's critical one has JRE + Apache Tomcat installed/configured properly, & I'd run them on top of Mythbuntu or maybe LinuxMCE. I was also thinking of integrating the entire thing into my HTPC/PVR! But I'm not sure yet, it might be better to have a dedicated machine. This controller would be able to send/receive via; Internet, wifi, Ethernet, IR, X10, proprietary RF, & other CE/HA related protocols. I'm hoping to make do with my axim x50v as the hand-held, but porting to android is slow moving so I may eventually have to move to a better supported device (preferably with IR but not essential). I'm interested in other peoples ideas, have you tried something similar? Have you played with a platform that's better (in your opinion) than openremote? Or perhaps you feel there's a better hware/sware/topology combo for the hand-held or controller/s?