DVRs, Moto introduces the MotoCharger 1000 remote for its VIP series
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Jan 7th 2009 4:21AM
posted Jan 7th 2009 4:21AM
Not sure why everyone lucky enough -- ha -- to get a Motorola STB from their provider can't use this new remote, but those U-Verse customers with the VIP series of IPTV set-tops will. The MotoCharge 1000 remote should last about four months before you have to dock it on the included charger, which also features a digital clock that reminds of something right out of the eighties. More interestingly, it includes a "find" button which can be used to locate the remote via RF. The charging dock can be plugged into the wall or into an open USB port on the box, which is nice if outlets are tight behind your TV.
[Via ConnectedHome2Go]
Oh yeah for the VIP series. Not for their more widely deployed and used DCH or DCT series.
Come on Motorola, stop ignoring your primary user base. Everything good always comes out for IPTV providers. Motorola needs to realize that IPTV is only available in a small fraction of the country. How about supporting new products and features for good old tried and true HFC or Satellite networks.
It took how long for someone to come up with this idea?
Now that have someone make a universal remote like this, sans the stupid clock
Nice... I might actually grab one of these for my UVerse remotes.
Edit: The world's ugliest remote gets a dock.