Chinese device maker Xiaomi plans to launch an Android-powered set-top-box in December. It’s basically a device with the guts of an Android phone, which you can plug into your TV to watch videos, play games, or run other Android apps. Xiaomi will charge about $64 for the device, and there’s a limited-time offer where existing […]
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Diamond Multimedia launches AMP1000 Android 2.3 media center for your TV
Diamond Multimedia is best known for producing PC graphics cards. But today the company is launching a set-top-box that brings Google Android software to your TV. It’s a little box called the AMP1000 that you can hook up to a TV. It has a suggested retail price of $120, but there’s a limited-time $20 mail-in […]
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Ouya $99 Android video game console raises $5-million, adds Ethernet port
It’s only been a little over a week since the folks behind the Ouya video game console took to Kickstarter to raise funds for the project. At first the goal was to come up with $950,000, but it took just about 7 hours to surpass that goal. Now the company has raised more than $5 […]
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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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Are PC-like set top boxes the future (and past) of nettops?
I’ve been both baffled and intrigued by nettops for a while. Sure, it’s cool to stuff a fully functional computer into a box about the size of DVD drive. But the only reason I can see for needing your computer to be that small (often while packing high performance graphics and a low power processor) […]
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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 […]