RF Air Mouse Is The HTPC Remote You Won't Get Your Hands on

Shenzhen's RF Air Mouse Remote is one of the nicest media center remotes we've seen. One side of this hand-held remote control is a full QWERTY keyboard and the other side is a regular media remote with all of the usual buttons. As a bonus, the remote can be used as an air mouse. The Air Mouse Remote is really the love-child of a Boxee Box remote and a WiiMote, and it's quite the companion for our Windows home theater PC.

The Air Mouse Remote is larger than Boxee Box's remote

The Air Mouse Remote is larger than Boxee Box's remote, however it's no larger than a regular TV or DVD player remote…to tell the truth it’s a bit smaller than most. In-hand, it feels great. On one side is, nearly, a full QWERTY keyboard with rubberized buttons. The keyboard is awesome with a few exceptions. The buttons are easy to push, and register on-screen every time. The remote’s easy to hold and you can type quickly with two thumbs. Numbers and symbols are doubled up and accessed by first pressing an ‘alt’ key. The real problem is that the keyboard is missing modifier keys: shift, alt/option, control, windows, etc. It’s as well missing the F-keys, which isn’t as big of a deal. This means a lot of keyboard shortcuts are out of the question, i.e. ctrl-c, ctrl-a, alt-f4, ctrl-alt-del, etc.

On the other side are the usual media buttons: arrow buttons, 0-9 keys, play, pause, skip, mute, channel, volume, etc. It’s every button you’d need for any media center application including Boxee, Windows Media Center, XBMC, and Hulu desktop.