That sounds awesome. No Android phone, though.
Remember, my 60 year old mother in law has to be able to use this thing. Once it is set up, I am sure it is the essence of simplicity. But I have a hard time getting her to even use the Harmony universal remote (which requires you use it to power up/down the system so it knows which components are on/off). She just likes the feel of her Fios remote and refuses to use it. She then can't get the receiver to work right, so she watches tv (usually low def because she doesn't care/notice) through the tv speakers, nevermind the surround system I had installed.
In the case of simplicity, I would even suggest just using something like Chumby One for $99. It's not stellar audio quality but allows you to have Pandora in different rooms. My parents have that too and they don't have to really learn anything.
You can do all that work but if they find it too complex, it'll be a lot of doorstops.
