You have all missed the point.

Oh, yay, they're removing yet one more piece of tactile feedback - the mouse click.

Yep, it will run as just a set of speakers.

Originally I was put off by the device - but primarily because I was thinking of it as a replacement for an Apple TV or other video set top box. While that is a use for it, I'm now looking at it a little differently.

I really think these skins are ugly. Motorola's is the closest to a clean, attractive interface - the other two are just varying levels of ugly and over-complicated.