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Google I/O: Importanti novità per Google TV
10 Mag
Sempre al Keynote Google è stata presentata un’altra interessante novità, a partire da questa estate Google TV, la piattaforma di Big G per le TV connesse, riceverà importanti aggiornamenti. Potrà eseguire le applicazioni Android grazie al nuovo aggiornamento Honeycomb 3.1, la nuova versione di Android per i Tablet. Quindi si potranno scaricare applicazioni direttamente dall’Android Market. Inoltre è stata confermata la presenza di Samsung tra i produttori di TV Google, ma senza aggiungere ulteriori dettagli.
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Vendute un milione di Apple TV nell’ultima settimana
21 Dic
Apple ha annunciato con un comunicato ufficiale che questa settimana verrà venduta la milionesima Apple Tv di nuova generazione. Quello pubblicato oggi è un comunicato un po’ anomalo perché l’azienda non informa di aver già venduto un milione di unità del nuovo prodotto, ma semplicemente che entro Natale si aspetta che tale soglia venga superata. Unici dati forniti come già assodati: i 400.000 episodi televisivi e gli oltre 150.000 film che gli utenti iTunes scaricano ogni giorno.
Anomala anche la totale assenza, nel comunicato, di uno statement di qualche alto dirigente Apple come quelli che solitamente accompagnano questo tipo di messaggi. Come leggere dunque quest’informazione? Come l’ufficializzazione del fatto che Apple Tv ha abbandonato definitivamente lo status di hobby di Steve Jobs?
Più probabilmente si tratta di una frecciata diretta a Google che, secondo quanto scritto dal New York Times giusto domenica scorsa, avrebbe chiesto a diversi produttori di rimandare il lancio dei loro set-top box e televisori dotati del software di Google TV. Molte presentazioni erano già previste per il prossimo CES, che si terrà a Las Vegas dal 6 al 9 di gennaio 2011, ma da Mountain View sarebbe partita la richiesta di ritardare i lanci per permettere a Google di migliorare il software, considerato ancora acerbo per il prime-time.
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The difference between AppleTV and GoogleTV
15 Ott
I had a chance to speak with someone at Google at length about their vision of the TV and I think I’ve finally figured out the fundamental difference in philosophy between AppleTV and GoogleTV, at least at the moment.
Google wants to put the computer experience on the television. That includes multiple streams of audio and video, windows, web browsing, etc. The classic demonstration I’ve seen is watching a video on GoogleTV, seeing something you wanted to share and then doing a picture-in-picture with a Web browser and logging into Facebook or Twitter while the video fits in the bottom corner. Then the user starts using the GoogleTV like a computer while the video keeps playing in a PIP window.
Apple’s ideal experience is isolating video on the big screen. The menu use on AppleTV is minimal and everything else just gets videos playing as fast as possible. That may transform into game play as well in the future, but it is still one ‘channel’ on the big screen at a time. All of the Facebook, Twittering, Web browsing and eventually, I believe, finding content is meant to be done on an iOS device in your hand or lap.
While a video is playing on the device, would you rather be doing other stuff on the TV as well (Google), or would you rather do the other stuff on a dedicated screen on your lap or in your hand (Apple)? If you think about the other people in the room who have to watch you update your Twitter feed rather than doing it on your lap, the point becomes even more significant.
That’s the difference.
I think the success of the iPad relative to PCs shows that Apple’s model is a good one here. I also think we aren’t trained to use a screen 8-15 feet away as a computer (I’ve tried this many times) no matter how big it is.
You see where I am going here?
But Google is pretty good at adopting what sticks and already has an AirPlay-like technology called DLNA that will do the same thing as Airplay with some UI improvements. GoogleTV will also get much cheaper once ARM versions are released from device makers like Samsung.
They also have a device that does just about everything Apple’s device can do, plus play at 1080P, so it is hard not to want what Google has on offer.
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Google TV set to launch this year, Samsung considering Android for its TVs
7 Set
As you’re probably well aware, the Wintermute-like intelligence known as Google has designs on your television. Not only is Samsung contemplating Android for its sets, but Eric Schmidt has stated that its Google TV service is on track for launch this autumn (as a beta, undoubtedly). Finally, Maps on your plasma! Unfortunately Samsung’s plans are far less certain, with company President Yoon Boo Keun offering little more than a "[w]e will have to see, but we are reviewing," when asked whether the OS will make a suitable platform for coach potatoes the world o’er. According to Yoon, about half of the company’s 3-D TVs rock web browsers, a figure that will only increase over the next couple years. We only hope that if they do go with Android, the implementation is better than that of some of their handsets.
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