The average universal remote is $150 so the price isn't too bad, but at the same time, it does utilize the iPhone's touchscreen and hardware to power the remote (read: shouldn't it be cheaper?).
Hopefully Viliv is working on a refresh that adds a multitouch touchscreen and updated hardware because I love this tablet.
Apple's CarPlay basically is that dream delivered, albeit with some clever tweaks to make it more suitable to in-car use, including Siri-powered voice commands and control via both touchscreen and existing hardware dash knobs and buttons.
It is currently nontrivial to create MATLAB scripts that will support touchscreen input, so this hardware workaround was implemented to take advantage of the image processing of MATLAB and the multi-touch library of Processing.
The G1 forces you to switch back and forth between hardware and touchscreen inputs all the time.
He notes that the rise of hardware with touchscreens, from those on smartphones to tablets and ereaders, are resulting in a boost in the need for icons both for apps for app stores, as well as within programs as a way to improve navigation.
Simply speaking, you have an iPhone-esque capacitive touchscreen, Blackberry-esque trackball, Treo-esque hardware buttons, and, of course, a full keyboard.
What we've heard on the hardware: iPhone-like, touchscreen, no physical keyboard.
