Google has given an ambiguous reason – making the product “work
even better” – for its decision to put the Nexus Q streaming media device on
hold. Google planned to have Nexus Q be the answer to Apple TV, allowing
customers to stream music and movies over internet connections.
According to the article, “Nexus Q sends content from your
own collection or from YouTube to your existing TV and speaker systems. You
control it through a separate Android phone or tablet. Google has called it the
first social streaming device.”
If the Nexus Q is released, I question its probability for
success… at the $299 price point, it certainly makes it less appealing than
the Apple TV, which is priced at only $99. It is also not too promising if
early customers are already saying they really want the product to do more. As
one reviewer summarized unfortunately for Google: the product is “wildly overbuilt
for its incredibly limited functions, and far too expensive."
Google did compensate the early purchasers for the delayed shipment by promising them a free orb when it is finally released. Maybe if this device is given out for free, it will have better odds of success…
http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/01/technology/google-delays-nexus-q/index.htm
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