"The coolest thing about Google TV is that we don't even know what the coolest thing about it will be."
That is just another way of saying, "If you build it, they will come." Not exactly an axiom these days.
That is just another way of saying, "If you build it, they will come." Not exactly an axiom these days.
For example, think about what you can build when you know what a lot of people are watching in real time, or if you know what your friends are watching. Or to get feedback from your viewers (You think CNN and every other live broadcaster's fascination with Twitter is bad? It's the tip of the iceberg!). Or you want viewers to respond to your adverts.
Which set top box you have plugged in to your TV will be at least as important as the battle for dominance in the mobile phone space.
And, more importantly: There's certainly the room for some scrappy young start ups to make huge amounts of money from Google and Apple TVs app stores.
Google is a late comer to this field. They have to play catch up before they really gain traction in the consumer market. And no, being able to tweet from my couch, using my TV (when I could just as easily tweet ANYWHERE using my mobile phone) is not a killer app.
What? The blog post explains that devices running Google TV will go on sale this month. That is, within the next 27 days you will be able to buy a Google TV.
How is that "not even nearly done yet"? Dude, the product goes on sale in less than 27 days. It's probably done.
They have solutions for "optimizing your website for TV" but nothing on the dev page for developers but a coming soon. That and the fact that Android apps won't be available until 2011
Where is Hulu? Where is ESPN? These are the networks they need to beat Apple in this market, and they're conspicuously absent. Even Youtube is supposed to have TV rentals "really soon now," but I haven't heard much about that recently.
Why does it seem that the only thing Google can do now is say "me too" whenever Apple releases a new product?