Technically not announced yet, Gear4 showed Pocket-lint a glimpse of its Unity control system at the John Lewis Christmas in July event, which could be about to revolutionise the universal remote market.

For starters, it's not an actual remote...

While all Apple laptop, desktop or Apple TV models come with a remote, it has to be said they are pretty basic, ugly and not really that useful. So can the iPhone or iPod touch do any better? We get button pressing to find out.

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