Over the past year we’ve seen a number of companies put out small boxes designed to let you run Android apps on a TV. Now we’re starting to see boxes that are even designed to sit on top of your TV, while pointing a camera your way so you can make video calls, snap self […]
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6 Comments on Android-powered keyboard, remote and set-top-box turn a TV into a complicated Android media center
Android-powered keyboard, remote and set-top-box turn a TV into a complicated Android media center
6 Comments on Android-powered keyboard, remote and set-top-box turn a TV into a complicated Android media centerAndroid: It’s not just for phones and tablets anymore. We’re seeing Android in everything from refrigerators to washing machines these days, and sometimes even in devices where the OS makes sense. A company called Remote Solution is showing off an Android TV box at CES this week, and it’s designed to work with a nifty little touchscreen […]
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Closer look at the Archos TV Connect Android TV box (video)
The Archos TV Connect is a box you can plug into a TV to run Android apps on a big screen. We’ve seen a lot of those in the past year. But the Archos model is designed to sit on top of a TV, points a webcam at you for Skype and other applications, and […]
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Tronsmart Prometheus Android TV box with Amlogic CPU
Tired of Android TV boxes that look like USB flash drives? The Tronsmart Prometheus looks more like a USB hub… or maybe a spaceship… or  visor… Whatever it looks like, the Prometheus is designed to turn your TV into an Android-powered media center. It’s available from several retailers for about $99. Under the hood the […]
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FAVI’s $49 Smart Stick brings Android apps to your TV
FAVI Entertainment is the latest company preparing to launch a USB stick-sized device that you can plug into a TV in order to run Android apps on a big screen. I’m starting to think there are as many different Android TV sticks as there are potential customers for these products at this point… soon everyone […]
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Shenzhen Lanhai FEEL TV Box with Android 4.0 and a whole bunch of ports
Chinese device maker Shenzhen Lanhai’s new FEEL TV Box is a Android-powered set-top-box with an AMlogic 8726 ARM Cortex-A9 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of storage. We’ve seen devices with those specs before. But what makes the FEEL TV Box different is the no-nonsense case which helps the device look like a DVR, and the […]
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$85 hackable Android TV Box supports XBMC
Oval Elephant is selling a new Android TV box for $84.99. It’s a small set-top-box designed to let you run Android apps on a TV. For instance you can stream video from YouTube or Netflix, surf the web, or play games. You can also run a pre-release build of the XBMC media center developed for […]