Hello gang and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. I know it’s been a couple of weeks and I apologize but there seemed to be a lack of Google news to report on so lets see what is happening this week.
Free WiFi on domestic Delta, AirTran, and Virgin America for the holidays!
We are approaching the major travel holidays with Thanksgiving and Christmas. For many traveling can be stressful with TSA screenings and connecting flights and crowded gates and planes. How about some free WiFi on the plane? Well if you are flying Delta, AirTran, or Virgin America domestic between November 20th-January 2nd, your in luck as Google is teaming with those airlines to offer Gogo Inflight WiFi for free! Now you can update your Twitter status when the flight attendant gets 2 beers and jumps...oh wait, that only happens on JetBlue!
Engadget review of Logitech Revue for GoogleTV
Engadget has posted their review of the Logitech Revue for GoogleTV. This is currently the cheapest way to add GoogleTV to your current TV setup at this point. Also if you are a Dish Network subscriber, you can get it for $179 plus $4 a month. As for me, I am holding off as the price is just too high for browsing web based content on my TV, but I love the search though.
Google Instant Search review
This week I wanted to review what Google is best known for, search! One of their new features is Google Instant Search. What that means is as you start to type words it is displaying search results live as you type and modifies on the fly as you are filling out your search. Well they have now brought this incredible feature to Android and iPhone/iPod touch devices. It’s a great feature and saves me a lot of time on searches. What will they think of next? Oh, how about instant previews which shows a snap shot of a page in your search results once you click on the magnifying glass icon next to the link. Good stuff! Well that is going to do it for this edition of Googling Friday. See you all next week!
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Showing posts with label Logitech Revue. Show all posts
Friday, November 12, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Googling Friday #9
Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Googling Friday. Sorry for no GF last week, but I was en-route to Nashville for BarCamp and had no time to devote the attention I like to give my blog writing. So this week I am going to talk about something I have been meaning to for a while, address the new GoogleTV and the Logitech Revue. So lets dive right in!
GoogleTV
I’ve been reading up on GoogleTV and here is what I have come away with. It looks cool, but I’m not sure my mom and dad or most people want to check the internet while they are watching TV on the TV. It will appeal to a lot of folks like fellow tech enthusiasts, but for the most part, when I turn on my TV it is because I want to do one thing, watch video content.
This is where Roku and TV “get it”, their purpose is to use the web to deliver video and photo content to your TV. If I needed TV to update my Twitter status, I would have WebTV. That being said, the interface of GoogleTV is very cool and I think the video content side of GoogleTV is nothing to sneeze at, but I would like to see them focus more of their offering in that area. Like the TV, GoogleTV lacks Hulu which I prefer because it is a one stop shop for the different content providers in TV.
Logitech Revue
The first set top box for GoogleTV is the Logitech Revue, but at $299 that is going to be a hobbyist device like the first TV was and you need a keyboard. The last thing I want is yet another device I have to use to watch TV content, I just want to use my remote, if I need to do a search then I’ll use the onscreen keyboard for that like I do when I search for shows, keywords and actors on my DirecTV box.
In Review
So to summarize,, there is still not a device out there that makes me want to say, “Hey, I’m going to call DirecTV and cancel my service today.” But, I think we are getting closer to that point in the next generation or 2 of these devices. GoogleTV brings something to the table that will push innovation by TV and Rook forward.
GoogleTV
I’ve been reading up on GoogleTV and here is what I have come away with. It looks cool, but I’m not sure my mom and dad or most people want to check the internet while they are watching TV on the TV. It will appeal to a lot of folks like fellow tech enthusiasts, but for the most part, when I turn on my TV it is because I want to do one thing, watch video content.
This is where Roku and TV “get it”, their purpose is to use the web to deliver video and photo content to your TV. If I needed TV to update my Twitter status, I would have WebTV. That being said, the interface of GoogleTV is very cool and I think the video content side of GoogleTV is nothing to sneeze at, but I would like to see them focus more of their offering in that area. Like the TV, GoogleTV lacks Hulu which I prefer because it is a one stop shop for the different content providers in TV.
Logitech Revue
The first set top box for GoogleTV is the Logitech Revue, but at $299 that is going to be a hobbyist device like the first TV was and you need a keyboard. The last thing I want is yet another device I have to use to watch TV content, I just want to use my remote, if I need to do a search then I’ll use the onscreen keyboard for that like I do when I search for shows, keywords and actors on my DirecTV box.
In Review
So to summarize,, there is still not a device out there that makes me want to say, “Hey, I’m going to call DirecTV and cancel my service today.” But, I think we are getting closer to that point in the next generation or 2 of these devices. GoogleTV brings something to the table that will push innovation by TV and Rook forward.
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