No Set-Top TV Device Market Domination For Google

itwbennett writes "According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, returns of the Logitech Revue (Google's set-top box) exceeded sales in the first quarter. Explaining why sales were so poor, Logitech Chairman Guerrino De Luca went way out on a limb, saying: 'There was a significant gap between our price and the value perceived by the consumer.' So significant that 'Logitech must take a $34 million charge in the first quarter, which more than comprises the company's Q1 net loss of $30 million,' writes blogger Chris Nerney. 'In other words, Google TV is pushing Logitech into the red!'"

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Google's war against Apple

[Compaqt]

It seems like Google's taken it upon itself to wage war against Apple, M$, Facebook et alia on a lot of fronts.

As a little guy, I appreciate what Google's doing because it reduces the would-be monopoly power of the others. Google's thinking, insofar as I can ascertain, is: A closed monopolized tech environment will make it difficult for Google's open Internet approach of serving up free stuff and putting ads on it. Which is great.

But the question is: Can they succeed in holding the line on all these fronts?

Consider:
* A huge% of people want to buy the iPhone5 sight unseen
* No Android tablets are a match for
* No one seems to be able to come up with hardware better than last year's iPhone
* The Nortel patents were lost to an Apple-funded cartel, and they may be used to beat up on Android makers
* Facebook competes for being the #1 website, and wins in the amount of time people spend on it
* Nokia was lost to the dark $ide.
* The anti-WebM patents cartel, announced yesterday.
* Apple has scary amounts of money, only a little bit less than Ben Bernanke