GlideTV announced today its first remote control solution, the GlideTV Navigator. The device is the first product of the company and it’s a gadget meant to help you control various devices around the house.
The GlideTV Navigator will be compatible with various devices like home theater PCs (HTPCs), Windows PCs and Apple Macs, AppleTV, Sony PlayStation 3, Boxee and others. The device comes with a very interesting design which will certainly stir interest among your guests. It features a trackpad, backlit buttons and a wireless USB dongle.
If you have the general impression that this GlideTV Navigator is just a fancy wireless mouse then you are almost right. The device acts as a wireless mouse as it will basically offer you trackpad-based features. Besides the trackpad you also have buttons to help you control volume and playback and buttons for two-axis navigation. Other buttons like Esc, Enter, Back and Function keys are also available and they can be used to control various applications.
In case you could also use all the other keys available on a wireless keyboard then you should know that an on-screen keyboard will also be available for Windows users. The GlideTV Navigator also has to offer an integrated search menu which comes with links to Google, Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu, Netflix, YouTube and more. Needless to say, you will need a connected device in order to actually use the Navigator for making any searches. Both the on-screen keyboard and the search menu are applications that have to be downloaded before you will be able to use them.
