Sony’s Google TV controller outed on ABC’s Nightline

Compare and contrast this Sony Google TV remote to the one that Apple pairs with it’s Apple TV.

Sony Google TV Remote:
(Source Engadget)

Apple TV Remote:

(Source Apple)

All I am trying to point out is that there is one device that based solely on the remote alone I would want to use, and one that looks like it is from 1990.

Think about it like this:

Blackberry Tour:

(Source Blackberry.com)

iPhone 4:

(Source Apple)

Which is why I would guess that RIM started making phones that look like this:

(Source Blackberry Storm)

My guess is that the above Sony remote doesn’t last long in the pictured form factor.