Hi Ralf,

I agree that you want to be looking at the TV screen, not the remote. To overcome this issue, we allow the use of multi-touch and accelerometer gestures. In this way we get the advantage of a touchscreen (compete customization) and hard buttons (operation without having to look down) in the same package. Our current RedEye does this today, and the same software will power the RedEye mini when it arrives.

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your article - I'm a big Apple TV and iPhone fan, and loving the new Remote app (the update actually makes it usable).

To your closing point: we've been working on a hardware + iPhone app solution to the universal remote since April '08. Earlier this month we launched a beta program, although we've had to close down because of demand. And yes, we do use multitouch gestures to solve the touchscreen/tactile feedback problem. If you're interested, please check us out at http://redeyeremote.com/ or drop us a line.

Cheers,

Matt