At this year's Digital Life expo Microsoft had a sizable presence, and a lot of that presence was focused on their Media Center application, which will be shipped with Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate. We have already highlighted one of the new 3rd party remotes, which debuted at the event for use with Media Center, but it appears that there was also a new remote from Microsoft. Luckily Neowin.net was able to not only snatch a picture of it, but also get a hands on experience with it.
The remote looks to be fairly square-like in shape (which is a little surprising since most remotes seem to go for a curved look), and it seems to be pretty plain in color. However, according to Christopher over at Neowin.net, the remote 'fits in your hand beautifully despite the squared edges'.
As of right now, I have not seen mention anywhere of when this remote will be released, how much it will cost, and whether there will be any benefit to using it over existing Media Center remotes. As soon as details become available, we'll try and pass them on as quickly as possible.
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1. Can't wait for the Vista.
Posted at 2:06AM on Oct 17th 2006 by Carolynn