I recently bought a Logitech Revue (Google TV). It's okay, not a bad buy for the fire-sale price of $100, definitely not worth the original $300 asking price. One interesting thing is that it supports a remote control app for your Android device. It's pretty good. But anyway, it brings to mind another use for having a configurable hard button, or two, on phones.
The biggest downside to using phone as remote is having the screen go off and so having to go through the lockscreen to get to your remote. I think my first-cut at perfect implementation would be:
Best way to fight terrorism: refuse to become terrorized
The biggest downside to using phone as remote is having the screen go off and so having to go through the lockscreen to get to your remote. I think my first-cut at perfect implementation would be:
- When you first use Google TV Remote on your device, it activates the hotkey.
- Hotkey brings up remote immediately, bypassing lockscreen.
- Hotkey remains active so long as the phone's location remains the same.
I know hard keys are not in favor (flagship Galaxy Nexus being the first smartphone with zero hard keys, not even a home key), but still...
-- Best way to fight terrorism: refuse to become terrorized
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