I can't believe all the knee- jerk fanboy bashing of google here. With a low price point, an android tv stb has the potential to fracture apple's ecosystem because folks will be buying games and other apps for it. I'm an iOS developer but I've played around with android tv sticks for the past few years and there's huge potential. Apple have procrastinated opening up appletv to the point of being reckless - Apple TV should have had access to the App Store years ago, and there could have been a huge bigger user base now. Instead of bashing google, suggest bashing apple for being too slow taking appletv forward.
Really? Which android tv "stick"? There been so many. Could you imagine developing for them only to have them pull the plug a year later? Pathetic. Knee jerk would have been on the first, maybe 2nd iteration. This is the fourth in four years!
And my criticism isn't unique to google. Go to the most recent Apple TV thread and you'll see plenty of valid criticisms- mine included. But give me a slow-to update streamer that is consistently supported and updated over a new product every turn of the calendar with no support and complete abandonment. It's a no contest.
Not really sure what the point in malware on a TV would be. What would they steal, your recording schedule?
Your Google credentials/login, your account information for pay services or content purchases (including credit card info), the ID's or passwords for any number of websites you might browse on your TV..........
Google is really taking to the heart the concept that your have will lots of failures before you have a success.
A thousand monkeys typing random text for an infinite period of time will eventually... teach Google engineers how to produce a streaming media product, in a similar manner.
Really? Which android tv "stick"? There been so many. Could you imagine developing for them only to have them pull the plug a year later? Pathetic. Knee jerk would have been on the first, maybe 2nd iteration. This is the fourth in four years!
And my criticism isn't unique to google. Go to the most recent Apple TV thread and you'll see plenty of valid criticisms- mine included. But give me a slow-to update streamer that is consistently supported and updated over a new product every turn of the calendar with no support and complete abandonment. It's a no contest.
Agreed. Everything Google does except maps, youtube and search is a string of beta products that as soon as you use seriously gets dropped or changed beyond recognition.
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Well at least that doesn’t get by
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It is a strikingly familiar situation for Microsoft and their pathetic attempts with iPad challenges ...
Drum roll ... "and now ... as you hated the mark 1, mark 2 ... we now proudly present ... yes ... you guessed it .. the Surface Pro 3 ... even though the first two didn't, this one can!"
What's most incredible is how excited MS fanboys were, for example on The Verge, when this is just another Surface.
As if the concept was totally different. It just has a bigger screen, that's all.
I can't believe all the knee- jerk fanboy bashing of google here. With a low price point, an android tv stb has the potential to fracture apple's ecosystem because folks will be buying games and other apps for it. I'm an iOS developer but I've played around with android tv sticks for the past few years and there's huge potential. Apple have procrastinated opening up appletv to the point of being reckless - Apple TV should have had access to the App Store years ago, and there could have been a huge bigger user base now. Instead of bashing google, suggest bashing apple for being too slow taking appletv forward.
Consumers aren't developers. They don't get excited by an SDK and some "open source" to go and hack their refrigerator.
Agreed. Everything Google does except maps, youtube and search is a string of beta products that as soon as you use seriously gets dropped or changed beyond recognition.
Good point- YouTube is so little talked as a success vs search and maps- but man, that was a brilliant purchase that a lot of people didn't think was good at the time. There isn't even a competitor.
Apples competitor is Roku, not Google, in this area along with netflix. And never forget that all are up against the numerous suits who run the content providers. That is everybody's problem.
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And my criticism isn't unique to google. Go to the most recent Apple TV thread and you'll see plenty of valid criticisms- mine included. But give me a slow-to update streamer that is consistently supported and updated over a new product every turn of the calendar with no support and complete abandonment. It's a no contest.
Google is really taking to the heart the concept that your have will lots of failures before you have a success.
Google is really taking to the heart the concept that your have will lots of failures before you have a success.
A thousand monkeys typing random text for an infinite period of time will eventually... teach Google engineers how to produce a streaming media product, in a similar manner.
one year later...
Now, THIS, is the version that will annihilate Apple TV !
one year later...
Ok, ok... THIS, seriously, is the version that will shame Apple TV !
one year later ...
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http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-thinks-most-tvs-will-have-google-tv-in-six-months-is-he-nuts-2011-12
I am not sure if a new name isn't a better idea ... morons tend to have short term memories ... a Zune 2 would have been a bad idea after all ...
Agreed. Everything Google does except maps, youtube and search is a string of beta products that as soon as you use seriously gets dropped or changed beyond recognition.
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Well at least that doesn’t get by
lol
It is a strikingly familiar situation for Microsoft and their pathetic attempts with iPad challenges ...
Drum roll ... "and now ... as you hated the mark 1, mark 2 ... we now proudly present ... yes ... you guessed it .. the Surface Pro 3 ... even though the first two didn't, this one can!"
What's most incredible is how excited MS fanboys were, for example on The Verge, when this is just another Surface.
As if the concept was totally different. It just has a bigger screen, that's all.
http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-thinks-most-tvs-will-have-google-tv-in-six-months-is-he-nuts-2011-12
Great link.
But I don't get you signature. Google didn't copy java, they just used it like Apple used Objective-C.
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No. Because its not compatible with their Lifestyle.
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Consumers aren't developers. They don't get excited by an SDK and some "open source" to go and hack their refrigerator.
Good point- YouTube is so little talked as a success vs search and maps- but man, that was a brilliant purchase that a lot of people didn't think was good at the time. There isn't even a competitor.