I love my AppleTV.  It has really changed the way I watch movies.  In fact, I haven’t used an actual dvd to watch a movie in months.  Why would I?  I have instant access to all of my movies through an AWESOME interface on my tv.

The AppleTV comes with a little remote, which works great.  But, even greater than that would be if this rumor is true.  Check out these pictures:

These are just artist renditions of what it could look like, but it is still cool nonetheless.  From the CrunchGear article:

The multitouch pad would be totally programmable, and would be able to function as anything from a simple number pad to an iPod-like click wheel to a whatever-else-you-have-in-mind. That’s the rumor, at least.

Even though it’s pretty big compared to a standard remote, you would be able to do a lot with it.  I hope this rumor turns out to be true!

CrunchGear (via Digg)