Logitech's Stand-alone Google TV Box Gets Spec'd
Logitech shows off the stand-alone Google TV box and provides some details on specifications.
Yesterday Google announced it was teaming up with Intel, Sony and Logitech for a little venture called Google TV. Though Sony is to supply the televisions (and Intel the chips for those tellies), Logitech is supplying not only the remotes and keyboards but standalone companion boxes for those of us who don't feel like investing in a new TV just for Google.
Though there's little in the way of official information floating around the Web, Engadget mosied on down to Logitech's booth at Google I/O and got an eye-full of the technology and scored some juicy details about the box. An example? Well how about controlling your TV with your smartphone via either an iPhone or Android application?
"To our surprise, the Logitech product manager pulled out a Nexus One and iPhone," writes Sean Hollister. "He explained that the companion box has all the technology of Logitech's $400 Harmony 900 remote and extends it to your handset over WiFi."
Using the smartphone app, you can not only control the Google browser but also a Samsung TV, Onkyo receiver and TiVo set top box.
Specswise, you're looking at Intel's CE4100 1.2GHz "Sodaville" Atom CPU, 4GB of RAM, 802.11n WiFi, 2xUSB, a rear I/O panel with a wired LAN jack, two IR headers and a pair of HDMI 1.3 ports.


it works on iphones you say ?!
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but seriously can't wait to test this out in my living room.
but then again, they'll make are money by selling separate preparatory hardware so it seems very likely....
The gpu is based on Powervr SGX535 and Intel calls it Graphics Media Accelerator 500. The CE4100 is not only CPU, but SoC and have build-in Atom core, GPU and two DSP. It was design by Intel for this application. you can read more about it here:
http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Intel-CE4100/
You are welcome.
It's $55/month for 15/1 and 100GB/month cap here. In no time I'd be paying 0ver-bandwidth fees...
I thought they would have stopped at the Google toilet.
Google is "skynet" and soon it will become self-aware. o_O