Onewriterdescribesthephenomenonasthemigrationofonlinefunctionalitytoreal-worldobjects, as in the example of being able to run a Googlesearch of yourhometofind the TVremote control.
Much like other GoogleTV products, the remote that ships with the device is double-sided -- there's a QWERTY keyboard on the bottom and more traditional controls (along with a trackpad) up top.