Philips Home Control has taken a simple gadget and glorified it in the form of the Dual. This sleek remote control features not one, but two input interfaces.
On one side, you have a typical but fancier-looking panel for adjusting volume, channel and other playback controls. Not to mention a touchpad for scrolling and maneuvering a cursor.
Then on the reverse side is a full QWERTY keyboard. For HDTV owners interested in accessing social applications (i.e. Flickr, Facebook) from their television sets, this accessory has some potential.
Neither a release date nor pricing have been announced yet. However, when everyday gadgets go chic and modern, they tend to come with an exorbitant price tag.
