The all-new Magic Remote
This device puts forth the notion of placing users remote from the computer, without reducing the Multi-Touch user/interface interaction. In fact it initiates the subtraction of the traditional keyboard and mouse, but not in the sense of restricting the user to be at close proximity of the display.
Bring together the large silky glass trackpad on the MacBook Pro, with the low-profile design of the Apple Remote, and you have a versatile Multi-Touch device the size of an iPod nano. But we’re just getting started, because when you flip the device over, you’ll discover a QWERTY keyboard like the one in the iPhone OS, but with the crisp, responsive keys of the Apple Keyboard. There’s an accelerometer built-in too, so the trackpad is turned off when you’re typing on it.
There’s absolutely no learning curve. All your familiar Multi-Touch gestures are there; the way you type on the keyboard feels the same as it is on the iPhone, the way it’s held feels like the iPod nano. In fact it feels so much more convenient because you just bring the Magic Remote anywhere; with Bluetooth there’s no pointing too, it doesn’t even require a surface. Place the Magic Remote in the dock at the end of the day and it’ll be charged ready to go the next time you need it.
