The Vizio Co-Star is a small box that turns any television into a Google TV device. You can use it to stream music and movies from the internet, view weather details, play games, or run other Google TV apps. It’s also the cheapest Google TV box to launch so far. Vizio is charging just $99.99 […]
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Vizio Co-Star brings Google TV, OnLive gaming to any HDTV for $100
Vizio has introduced a new set-top-box that brings internet video, apps, and games to a TV. The Vizio Co-Star is a $99.99 device that you can connect to your TV or hook up to an existing cable or satellite box, letting you access live TV as well as apps or web content. The device is […]
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Google TV to seek its fortunes in Europe
The Google TV isn’t exactly a runaway success story in the US. While Google had high hopes for the platform which could bring internet video, search, and apps to television sets, only a handful of TVs and set-top-boxes with the software have hit the market. In fact, due to sluggish sales, Logitech killed off its […]
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Logitech Revue is dead… is Google TV next?
Logitech has announced that it will sell off remaining inventory of the Logitech Revue. But according to The Verge, Logitech has no plans to make another Google TV set top box. The Revue launched last year for about $300. Today you can pick one up for just $99.99. The box was one of the first […]
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Motorola Corvair is an Android tablet for controlling your TV
It might look like handheld tablets with touchscreen displays have exploded all over the marketplace in the year and a half since Apple released the iPad. On the other hand, it’s possible that we haven’t seen anything yet. While a number of computer and phone makers have been cranking out Android tablets to compete with […]
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Google TV 2.0 coming next week, brings apps to the TV
Google will start rolling out a huge software update to devices running Google TV starting next week. While Google describes the software as a way of bringing web content to your TV, the software update can perhaps best be described as Android redesigned for a big screen and a remote control. One of the key […]
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Google Android for Intel Atom coming in 2012
Google’s Android operating system is based on open source software, so while it’s optimized to run on ARM-based chips, it’s no surprise that people have been adapting the software to run on x86 processors for years. There’s an independent development project called Androidx86 that’s been allowing people to install Android on notebooks and other personal […]
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Here’s what Google announced this week
Google unveiled the first laptops to run Chrome OS, a new subscription-based model for selling the Chromebooks this week. The company also launched Android 3.1 for tablets and made a number of updates to the Android Market. If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the news to come out of the Google I/O conference […]
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Google shows off Android 3.1 Honeycomb on Google TV
Google will launch Android 3.1 for the Google TV later this year, bringing the same operating system to the set-top box and tablet computers. The Android Market will also be available for Google TV, and the idea is that any app in the Android Market for Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablets will be able to run […]
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Logitech Google TV set top box looks an awful lot like a nettop
Logitech is one of the first companies planning to release a set top box that will support the upcoming Google TV platform. And it looks like LG is farming out some of the development to Gigabyte, because a Gigabyte filing with the FCC today seems to show the upcoming Logitech’s Google TV box. And to […]