The Queen Gives Sony Chief an Earful Regarding Remote Control Design

Macworld UK:

iPod user HRH Queen Elizabeth II has admitted she finds Sony products too difficult to use.

Sony’s new CEO Howard Stringer recounted a luncheon with the Queen to Sony shareholders. He told them that the Queen had struggled with certain Sony products.

According to Stringer the Queen told him: “I have a lot of trouble with your remote controls. Too many arrows.”

★ Thursday, 30 June 2005