Google I/O day one
June 28, 2012
Google Nexus 7 (credit: Google)
At the Google I/O conference Wednesday, Google showed a renewed focus on consumers, with a new version of Android (4.1) that’s much slicker and that has a better search experience, a new 7-inch Google-designed tablet with a 1,280-by-800 HD display, and a radically different living-room product, the Nexus Q media streamer, which grabs content from the Internet and lets you play it on your big-screen TV.
And the first Project Glass products — including a $1,500 Explorer Edition — is are set to ship to a select group of U.S. enthusiasts early next year, co-founder Sergey Brin announced.
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Comments (2)
by Peter Simmons
Emperor’s new clothes? It reminds me of all those gizmos that came out in the sixties and are now in junk shops and boot sales. ‘I love it because it’s a sphere!’ Nothing about what it actuallis and does.
by Gorden Russell
Tells us more about the Nexus Q media streamer.