[tyweir]

They showed controlling the TV with Android phones, in fact with multiple phones.

No more fights for the controller. :)

[wmeredith]

I'd like to see a mini game and whoever wins gets to control the TV for 10 minutes.

[px]

Just fights among the controllers.

[joezydeco]

So the input controller is a $300 device with a $70/month use fee?

[buster]

From what i have read this will be a corporation between Sony, Intel and.. taadaaaa... Logitech.. guess what, they build kickass remotes :p

So, a really nice Sony HDTV + Logitech Harmony + Internet... yeah, i'd love that!

[pyre]

I think that you're missing the point if you think people are supposed to (or will) buy an Android phone for the sole purpose of using it as a controller...

[joezydeco]

No, I fully understand the use of an Android phone as a controller. I consider it an option that 10% of the user base will use.

I'll rephrase the question: what input device am I supposed to hand to my mother-in-law? A wireless mouse? A gyro-pointer? A mega-keyboard with a teensy little trackpad on it? And she's supposed to focus this little 32x32 cursor on the correct place on the screen?

[look_lookatme]

Right now, I don't know. But it's entirely possible that in the future, your Google TV set-top or Google enabled TV comes with voice recognition and your mother in law just tells it what she wants.

[joezydeco]

I'll just call her from my flying car.

Seriously, this is a clear example where Apple thinks things out a little better. We're now heading into an indefinite period of "OMG GOOGLE TV PWNS APPLE TV"...but Apple at least took the time to think out their answer before presenting it.

[abrahamsen]

A directional pad.

http://www.google.com/tv/developer/#navigation-is-critical