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.
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
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.
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.
“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.
I'm surprised that nobody has commented yet that Google's action here is a page from Microsoft's strategy book:
Quote:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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They'll ditch it eventually.
It's an explosion from the holy war.
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?
But Apple TV is the only device that lets you mirror you iPhone/iPad...
...and your MacBook...
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.
“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.
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.
Period.
I'm surprised that nobody has commented yet that Google's action here is a page from Microsoft's strategy book:
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.
Then that would be Roku.
Yeah, because no company has ever planted a "rumor" in the press, and then not commented on it before. Not even once.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/07/29/google-appears-ready-to-ditch-android-over-its-intellectual-property-issues
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.
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...
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.
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.