The Peel control uses a device you may already own—an iPhone or iPod Touch and doesn't require plugging any hardware into the device, or cables into the TV. Instead of lists of channels, it shows you pictures and summaries of the shows that are on, by genre. You don't even have to know what channel they're on, you just click "Watch on TV" and it takes you to the show. While it can control various devices, like DVD players or Apple TVs, it doesn't require you to recall which input each is on. It switches TV inputs automatically and presents an appropriate virtual remote for each device, controlled by touch and gesture on your iPhone's or iPod Touch's screen. It consists of a free app, plus a small, $100 battery-powered wireless hardware transmitter that's shaped like a pear and called a "fruit." You can just put it on a coffee table or bookshelf near your TV.
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