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Google Delays Nexus Q Launch, Pre-Orders Get It Free
MBCook writes "After a mixed reaction from the press, Google will be delaying the launch of the Nexus Q. People who pre-ordered will receive the current version of the device for free. 'When we announced Nexus Q at Google I/O, we gave away devices to attendees for an early preview. The industrial design and hardware were met with great enthusiasm. We also heard initial feedback from users that they want Nexus Q to do even more than it does today. In response, we have decided to postpone the consumer launch of Nexus Q while we work on making it even better.'"
is it too late to preorder?
In response, we have decided to postpone the consumer launch of Nexus Q while we work on making it even better.
"In response to learning of possible patent litigation from Apple, et. al., we have decided to delay the launch of the Nexus Q while we cover our asses and try to remove the infringing bits."
There, I fixed that for you.
Silence is a state of mime.
Yeah, most reports are that they're scrubbing the launch because the reviews have been pretty bad.
It only does Google content out of the Play store and YouTube videos. You have to use a second screen device as a remote. It was going to be $300.
They botched it and they know it. I won't be surprised if they tack on some software to play other content and release it just to get them off the shelves... but they really need to be working on the next attempt.
Yeah, most reports are that they're scrubbing the launch because the reviews have been pretty bad.
It only does Google content out of the Play store and YouTube videos. You have to use a second screen device as a remote. It was going to be $300.
I agree, it just doesn't do enough out of the box. Though hopefully getting the current iteration into the hands of devs will yield some actual usefulness when the device does ship to consumers even if Google don't change much between now and then. Hopefully they add DLNA natively (it would nice, though highly unlikely, to have AirPlay too).
That because the don't give out release dates until the product is finished and being manufactured in mass quantities.
Even with revisions I kind of want this product to fail. I recently purchased a nexus 7 which is a fantastic tablet but the earlier prototype had an sd slot and hdmi port. I suspect as others do, these features were taken out not as a cost cutting measure, but to steer you towards the Q.
If users have a nexus 7 with hdmi out most would say good enough and be happy with that. The nexus Q has more ports for audiophiles but the vast majority will be happy simply using hdmi to the hd display and then to whatever audio system they have for that.
And with hdmi, I could browse the web on a large screen, run games, apps etc. With this it's just stream content from your play purchases (no local content) and oh you can have a friend come over and queue (queue get it? see how smart they are?) their content that they have from the play store.
So it's pluses are neat queuing functionality and additional audio ports
it's cons are: no local content. can't run games, apps to your tv. and it's 300 bucks.
Scratch that. I don't kind of want it to fail, I hope it bombs. Reason being if it's a success less and less tablets will have hdmi in the future.
Again the nexus 7 is an amazing tablet, I just wish I had the version that wasn't downgraded for the validity of this device.
an idiot with free hardware, apparently.
... for realizing the Q was a big old ball of fail.
Seriously, what were they smoking that led them to think the $300 Q was going to receive any real-world reception other than general laughter?
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the Nexus Qcat?
No wifi, less space than a Nomad....lame.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
They need to buy out the people behind the Ouya system and incorporate that and make it $100. All Ouya has is money anyways. Roku is close to offering this already, now that they offer games. Google needs to control this out of the gate instead of diving in late in the game like they usually do. Android-powered, web-connected TV interface that supports gaming. KIS,S
It only does Google content out of the Play store and YouTube videos.
And only if you are in the US. If you are somewhere else the Nexus Q android application *will not be available* to download to your android device, period. And even if you manage to download it by cheating, the youtube application won't display the icon to 'play on Q'.
We complain about DVD and blu-ray zones all the time, but this is even worse. With a blu-ray at least if you take the player with you you can play your media everyone, but with this you are fucked. You can't use the Nexus Q *at all*, even to stream a fucking youtube video you just uploaded yourself.
Just reading about the [lack of] capabilities of the device, it was clear what Google's concern was, and ultimately what is going to drive the company to evil. In 5 years, when we talk about what went wrong with Google so that they became the next Apple, my next paragraph is what we're going to be talking about.
It's not piracy. It's anything that doesn't involve looking at Google ads. That's the only explanation for the otherwise-capable device's shocking crippledness. They want you to use their streaming services, but that's not anything that anyone wants. Only lock-in will get people to use that stuff, so they're trying lock-in, without even disguising it with some stupid pretense.
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