[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