Dale Roe writes about television for the Austin American-Statesman.
He's worked at the American-Statesman for 10 years and has written family movie and video game reviews as well as watched lots of TV. Dale directs, writes and performs with Austin's Gag Reflex comedy ensemble, is a freelance illustrator and has contributed stories and reviews to Macworld magazine. He lives in Round Rock with his wife, two children and a dog named Apollo who barks whenever he hears another dog bark on television.
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By Dale Roe
| Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 10:16 AM
The AppleTV remote:
Sony’s Google TV remote:
Okay, so that’s deceptive. That top photo is the remote control that ships with the Apple TV, but both Apple and Google are now pushing sophisticated, functional and well-designed smartphone and iPad apps to control their companies’ new television boxes. Still, it makes a point about how out of touch Sony is, doesn’t it?
The funniest comment I’ve seen about the Sony remote was from a commenter who asked if it made labels.
Read about Google TV here.
Read about AppleTV here.
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By Christian McDonald
October 6, 2010 4:31 PM | Link to this
As someone who has an old-school Apple TV and have used that "simple" remote to type or find something, I don't find a QWERTY keyboard out of touch at all.