Google prepping 'Android TV' set-top box with stripped-down interface, voice input and notifications

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  • Reply 41 of 152
    irelandireland Posts: 17,798member
    solipsismx wrote: »
    It's understandable why Gogole would ditch GoogleTV. They created a horrible product and they are now scaling it back to a more realistic concept with a new name, but Chromecast has a modicum of success so why create this competitor to it. We know that Chromecast is really built from Android, not Chrome OS, so what is the key difference here? The HW? I don't get how this is going to help Chromecast going forward unless they are also ditching it in favour of Android TV.

    They'll ditch it eventually.
  • Reply 42 of 152
    irelandireland Posts: 17,798member
    rogifan wrote: »
    Then I'm not sure what the BOOM is for.

    It's an explosion from the holy war.
  • Reply 43 of 152
    how does it fire up, I'm guessing you'll have to yell "ok glass, turn this Android tv on..." then you kinda have to do a little wave to confirm. REVOLUTIONARY /s
  • Reply 44 of 152
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ireland View Post

     

     

    This is way more than a name change, but I also this the name change will actually prove quite important for this product. Branding and naming matter. If iPhone was called the TX75LL390 it wound't have seemed anywhere near as accessible to consumers.


     

    “By the summer of 2012, the majority of the televisions you see in stores will have Google TV embedded in it,” Schmidt said on stage at the Le Web conference.

     

    Source.

     

    So what happened?

  • Reply 45 of 152
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crosslad View Post





    But Apple TV is the only device that lets you mirror you iPhone/iPad... 

     

    ...and your MacBook...

     
    ...content on you TV.

     

     

  • Reply 46 of 152
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Grape CEO View Post



    how does it fire up, I'm guessing you'll have to yell "ok glass, turn this Android tv on..." then you kinda have to do a little wave to confirm. REVOLUTIONARY /s

     

    Meanwhile you've just turned your smoke detector off, so you give a little wave to turn it back on and the next thing you know Jersey Shore comes on the TV, rinse, repeat.

  • Reply 47 of 152
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    ireland wrote: »
    It's an explosion from the holy war.
    Wow you buy into hype easily. It's no surprise this was leaked to The Verge, basically a PR arm of Google.
  • Reply 48 of 152
    irelandireland Posts: 17,798member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by hill60 View Post

     

     

    “By the summer of 2012, the majority of the televisions you see in stores will have Google TV embedded in it,” Schmidt said on stage at the Le Web conference.

     

    Source.

     

    So what happened?


     

    Schmidt is an idiot.

  • Reply 49 of 152
    irelandireland Posts: 17,798member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rogifan View Post



    Wow you buy into hype easily. It's no surprise this was leaked to The Verge, basically a PR arm of Google.

     

    I hope you do know my it was an explosion from the holy war comment was a joke.

  • Reply 50 of 152
    First company to offer porn apps or channels wins.
    Period.
  • Reply 51 of 152

    I'm surprised that nobody has commented yet that Google's action here is a page from Microsoft's strategy book:

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    Don't have a product that people actually want?  Competitor just put something out the door that makes your offerings look like crap?

     

    Pre-announce vapor to create Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt!

     

    You don't need to actually ship something that does what your competitor does cheaper, faster, and better!  You just need to say that you will be shipping it Real Soon Now™!  This will cause prospective buyers of your competitors' products to say "I could get that, OR I could wait for the better version from Microsoft Google!"

     

    All it takes is a well-timed and well-worded press release to freeze the market, flushing your competitor's hopes down a swirling drain pipe!  Use your massive market advantage and army of fanboys to crush the sales of your competitor's actual product!



     

    This is clearly a me-too attempt to spread FUD.  At least, that's what it appears to be until Google shows themselves even slightly competent at making a TV-attached content delivery device that people actually want.

  • Reply 52 of 152
    lilsmirklilsmirk Posts: 38member
    I'm surprised that nobody has commented yet that Google's action here is a page from Microsoft's strategy book.

    This is clearly a me-too attempt to spread FUD.
    "Action"? "Attempt"? Dude, this is a rumor, and Google declined to comment on it. Chill out ;-)
  • Reply 53 of 152
    pazuzupazuzu Posts: 1,728member
    junkdrop1 wrote: »
    First company to offer porn apps or channels wins.
    Period.

    Then that would be Roku.
  • Reply 54 of 152
    lilsmirk wrote: »
    "Action"? "Attempt"? Dude, this is a rumor, and Google declined to comment on it. Chill out ;-)

    Yeah, because no company has ever planted a "rumor" in the press, and then not commented on it before. Not even once.
  • Reply 55 of 152
    euphoniouseuphonious Posts: 303member

     

    Thanks for that. How amusing.

     

    On election night in 2012, did anyone watch Karl Rove melt down when Ohio was called for Obama? Rove had spent so long in a hermetically-sealed bubble, listening to and perpetuating a fallacious feedback loop which said that Romney was going to win, that he just couldn't accept what he was hearing. The real-world evidence didn't fit into his all-encompassing worldview, so he simply chose to reject that evidence for as long as possible in order to maintain the delusion.

     

    The only difference between DED and Karl Rove is that Rove eventually had to accept that Obama won, whereas for DED ignorance continues to be bliss.

     

    What an embarrassment.

  • Reply 56 of 152
    irelandireland Posts: 17,798member
    euphonious wrote: »
    Thanks for that. How amusing.

    On election night in 2012, did anyone watch Karl Rove melt down when Ohio was called for Obama? Rove had spent so long in a hermetically-sealed bubble, listening to and perpetuating a fallacious feedback loop which said that Romney was going to win, that he just couldn't accept what he was hearing. The real-world evidence didn't fit into his all-encompassing worldview, so he simply chose to reject that evidence for as long as possible in order to maintain the delusion.

    The only difference between DED and Karl Rove is that Rove eventually had to accept that Obama won, whereas for DED ignorance continues to be bliss.

    What an embarrassment.

    Ouch.
  • Reply 57 of 152
    lilsmirklilsmirk Posts: 38member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by MachineShedFred View Post

    Yeah, because no company has ever planted a "rumor" in the press, and then not commented on it before. Not even once.

    You're entering in conspiracy theories here... :)

  • Reply 58 of 152
    lilsmirk wrote: »
    You're entering in conspiracy theories here... :)

    Okay, so they are either completely incompetent when it comes to securing confidential unreleased product information, or they are spreading FUD about their prime competition.

    You pick.
  • Reply 59 of 152
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MachineShedFred View Post





    Okay, so they are either completely incompetent when it comes to securing confidential unreleased product information, or they are spreading FUD about their prime competition.



    You pick.

    Big enterprises like Google, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and others can hardly prevent any rumor from leaking. You got Android TV and the new 5" iPhone 6. Are they both FUD? We don't know if it's true or not until either a public statement is made, or rumors get multiple confirmations from various sources.

  • Reply 60 of 152
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    lilsmirk wrote: »
    Big enterprises like Google, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and others can hardly prevent any rumor from leaking. You got Android TV and the new 5" iPhone 6. Are they both FUD? We don't know if it's true or not until either a public statement is made, or rumors get multiple confirmations from various sources.
    difference is one was a rumor based off Asian supply chain and the other was actual screen shots of software UI. I have a hard time believing an employee at Google leaked these screenshots to The Verge without higher ups knowing about it. Unless they were leaked by whichever OEM is making the STB, which I suppose is possible.
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