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Google's Nexus Q Successor Hits the FCC
With the kind of cagey phrasing found in many such electronics approval applications, Google describes a device that some are taking to be the successor to its discontinued Nexus Q thus: "The device functions as a media player."
From the article: "Some of the specs of the device includes a 2.4GHz WiFi b/g/n connectivity. The FCC report does not contain test photos so we do not know what the device looks like. It is likely that the H840 will support Google Play Music All Access and will have similar functionality as a Sonos media player that can be connected to external speakers."
That thing died faster than the Kin - can we really refer to it as "discontinued" when it was pretty much stillborn?
On the plus side, its successor has a very, very low bar to clear...
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All good devices contain at least one dog, unless they belong to Fred, who is a minion of SATAN.
Based on the way elements are broken down and used in other applications, there is quite likely a small part of a dog in every device.
How's that Zune working out for you?
The product offerings from Microsoft are vastly superior in every way.
There have been rumours of a xbox-without console functionality...we will call it an xbox live device, which would have been an incredible device a few years ago, but today with smart TV, AndroidTV and AppleTV (The non-fictional product), all available for a few dollars.
Ironically in context of your comment right now their is a massive rush in Android gaming from a company willing to Nurture it if Google is going to continue its support. The xbox itselfs future is threatened however good it is.
How's that Zune working out for you?
...it became the interface to Windows phone...and destroyed Nokia.
The summary left out the most important part! The model number is H2G2-42!
This, of course, to everyone (except the submitter) is a not so veiled reference to Hitchhikers Guide.
This article explains it better: http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/18/will-googles-new-nexus-q-the-h2g2-42-be-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/
I don't read your sig. Why are you reading mine?
That thing died faster than the Kin
I's argue it was never released(it was essentially a gift to early adopters)...and for some fairly obvious reasons. The price was high for a an arm box however many leds you have on it, when Rasberry Pi, Ouya, Android TV can be had for peanuts, and it had no real purpose...mystery media box.
It was pulled early, and it was the right choice, in a manner respectful of customers. Google earned good Public relations from this from it.
I thought it was inverse to the number of chairs thrown...
Wonder how long "Google Play Music All Access" will last? Compared to PlaysForSure (Microsoft), Zune Music Pass (Microsoft), and WalMart Music Download Service. Just having a big company behind it is no guarantee of success. Google has never had a successful consumer product that people had to pay for.
List of discontinued Google products.
Google has never had a successful consumer product that people had to pay for.
You mean like the Nexus Range or Android perhaps the most disruptive consumer devices today. Although its list of successful products is legendary.
List of Discontinues Microsoft Products http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Microsoft_software
List of Discontinued Apple Products http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_discontinued_by_Apple_Inc.
The bottom line is though Microsoft destroyed playforsure (and its partners, to Apples Joy) for the sake of Zune (re-badged as Windows Phone :). Music streaming services are popular here is a list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_music_databases
You mean like the Nexus Range or Android
The Android line is not a paid consumer product. It's a piece of middleware offered to phone manufacturers.
Would be a change for them to have another product that isn't as Third-World encumbered as most electronics seem to be.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
You don't pay for any of the Android stuff, you pay for a device which can run it and then you get it. Sure, you can easily pay for software, but you're not paying for the basic functionality. All of that is gratis. At worst you go to goo and get the gapps for your device, and maybe twiddle build.prop such that you can actually use the store, and then google will happily treat you the same as any other user.
Since you're not paying for Android, Android is not a consumer product. It's not like Windows where you can get it free or you can pay for it; you can only get it free. Perhaps there's some for-pay Android-on-PC efforts by now, I'm not sure. But community replacements for official software stacks are generally donationware and nobody has harassed me for money yet.
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You don't pay for any of the Android stuff, you pay for a device which can run it
Ignoring your waffle, and Ignoring the fact everything else is refuted so we are arguing semantics. I find it deeply ironic that anyone on here does not understand that that people are buying Samsung/LG/Sony etc hardware but Google software (the fact that Google does not get their money directly is irrelevant, they roll around on money from the play store, and have not only prevented bring locked out of a market by the old abusive duopoly they lead it, making more money in what they are good at.) especially since everyone here understands how incredibly dated Apple hardware is(and why its increasingly looking in trouble), or why Nokia is circling the drain because of choosing the loser Operating System.
Argue with someone else 900Million activations smells of success, btw did you know that users are buying 2.5% more from the play store.
If it doesn't have 5 GHz wifi connectivity it's worthless. 2.4 GHz connectivity interferes with bluetooth (read: music streaming over bluetooth), regardless of what fancy protocols they say they might be running to reduce interference. I have yet to find a 2.4 GHz wifi device that doesn't cause gaps in music playback over bluetooth.
-Matt
they are just abusive and evil as Apple or Microsoft.
I always like this quote when I think about evil, from Representative Chris Smith, a Republican from New Jersey about Google’s withdrawal from China "A remarkable, historic and welcomed action." Smith also had some harsh words for Microsoft "They [Microsoft] need to get on the right side of human rights rather than enabling tyranny, which they’re doing right now."
maybe not quite as abusive or evil as Apple or Microsoft ;)
Really, now?