Sony announced an updated version of its Google TV-powered Blu-ray player, the NSZ-GP9, as well as its first-ever Google TV set-top box, the NSZ-GS7. Both products will feature all of the improvements made in the most recent Google TV update, including access to apps in the Android Market.
The major upgrade from last year's model is the new touch-pad remote, which supports gestures via three-axis motion control. … Read more
Consumer electronics giant LG kicked off CES 2012 with a bang, unveiling a boatload of high-tech TVs and a new smartphone.
The company's 2012 TV line boasts sleek flat-screen TV designs and commitment to the fledgling Google TV platform:
LG's Cinema Screen Range has super-thin five-millimeter bezels--the frames around the screens-- and a one-millimeter bezel for its OLED model. The LM8600 series will be edge-lit LCD TVs that are 3-D compatible, voice-controllable, support Flash and HTML5, and have built-in Wi-Fi. Sizes for the thin-bezel Cinema Screen models will range from 47 inches to 55 inches.This summer, LG … Read moreLAS VEGAS--LG Electronics confirmed at CES this morning an 84-inch "ultra resolution" TV with a 1mm bezel, a "magic remote" for voice recognition, 3D gesture recognition, and Wi-Fi to mirror your TV on your mobile devices.
LG also unveiled 55-inch 3D OLED TV at 4mm thick. According to LG, it's the largest and thinnest of its kind.
In addition, half of LG's televisions will offer 3D and smart features for Internet access. Its smart TV browser will now support HTML5. The company will focus more on passive 3D viewing. Although Google TV was predicted … Read more
LG announced that its first Google TV models will be available later this year with a mix of Google technology and the Korean company's own 3D and Web-friendly features.
LG announced two new LCD models, the LMG860 and LMG620, which will both be available in 47-inch and 55-inch versions.
Both ranges feature LG's Cinema 3D technology which features inexpensive passive glasses. The TVs will include a 2D-to-3D conversion mode if you tire of your copy of "Alice in Wonderland" in 3D.
The LG Smart TV with Google TV feature's LG's own Smart TV interface … Read more
Google is tapping Santa Clara, Calif.-based Marvell to power its new TV, which will debut next week at CES.
Marvell's ARMADA 1500 HD Media System-on-a-Chip (SoC) has been designed into the next generation of Google TVs debuting at CES 2012, the chip supplier said Thursday. That chip is based on a design from U.K.-based ARM.
"Marvell and Google have teamed up to...[transform] the TV into the command center for our connected lifestyle," Marvell co-founder Weili Dai said in a statement.
The two companies have collaborated on software and chip technologies to grow the … Read more
We take a look back at last year's Android predictions and take our best guesses for what to look for in 2012.
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Google will begin to work on better in-car connectivity for Android devices to help encourage use of its Maps app and to gain ground from Apple and its iPhone. They’ve already started taking jabs at in-car navigation, so maybe they want to move to replace it
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The Google TV-equipped Logitech Revue is finally getting its Honeycomb update.
Earlier today, both Google and Logitech announced that the set-top box's owners would be able to download an over-the-air update bringing Android 3.1 to the device. Honeycomb delivers a host of improvements, including a redesigned interface, access to Google Music, and support for the Android Market. In addition, the software's Chrome browser supports Adobe Flash Player 10.2.
The update comes over a month after owners of Sony's Google TV-based devices were offered the software. The only issue is, early reviews of Honeycomb for Google … Read more
The recurring rumors about Apple entering the TV set business are at fever pitch, with no less than former Apple President Jean-Louis Gassée recently jumping into the fray and joining the it-will-likely-happen bandwagon.
Gassée and I have been arguing about the idea of an Apple TV since 2008, when I was among the first to blog about the idea. Gassée had taken the position that since TVs are upgraded every five years on average, and computers every two years on average, melding the two would not make sense. The computer would make the TV … Read more
"Do you like prizes?" asks Sony in its new Facebook ad.
"Sure, Howard Stringer, prizes are pretty neat... But, hang on, what's the catch?"
Sony is giving away for free a Google TV Blu-ray player every day to people who input their e-mail address on the company's Facebook prize page. Plus, the entries go into the draw for a 46-inch Sony NSX-46GT1.
Google TV has lived a checkered life since it debuted 12 months ago on this same hardware, with a particularly disastrous November consisting of a mixed reception to its Honeycomb "major update&… Read more
We've heard stirrings for some time of Samsung's plans to jump into the Google TV market, and now, word from a top company exec all but confirms it.
Samsung is currently in "last-stage" talks with Google to launch a Google TV-based device, Yoon Boo Keun, president of Samsung's TV division, told reporters today, according to Reuters.
The report didn't stipulate whether the device would be an actual television based on Google software, which lets users surf the Web and manage their DVR, among many other features, or a set-top box a la the Logitech Revue with Google TV. In a statement sent to CNET, Samsung said the company "has been in discussions with Google, but there is no concrete plan of any collaboration at this stage."
Whatever the upcoming device may be, don't expect to see it at CES 2012 in January. Boo Keun said the company plans to unveil its Google TV gear at an event next year other than the gargantuan Consumer Electronics Show. … Read more
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