The One Android Gingerbread Tablet

Woow Digital revealed a slate of its own The One tablet with Tegra 2 and latest Google’s Android OS Andorid 2.3 Gingerbread coming in December for Christmas…..

WooW has joined the fleet of companies to produce an Android powered tablet device with the announcement of the 10-inch WooW Digital The One Tablet ahead of a pre-Christmas launch.WooW Digital The One Tablet will be rolled out across Taiwan, Hong Kong and European markets in the near future packed with the upcoming Google’s mobile operating system Android Gingerbread version 2.3 .Packing an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor with 1GB of RAM, 16GB of flash storage and 1024 x 600p resolution 10-inch display, WooW’s attempt at a tablet device is no slouch on the specs front with integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G credentials completing the connectivity front.Set to go on sale in Japan within the coming weeks priced 42,000 YEN (£319), the WooW Digital The One Tablet will be one of the first tablet devices to come preloaded with Google Android Gingerbread.

25% Off On Blu-ray Sony Google TV Units; Google TV Hangs In The Balance

Google had finally made the jump on the television bandwagon, the platform was initially launched quite a while ago with the Logitech Revue and the Sony Internet TV. Google had hoped to fill out the gap between subscription based TV and content that is available on the Internet, through this very platform. It seems so that Google TV has faced some serious tough luck, as desperate times loom ahead if Sony or Best Buy start a sale.

So how exactly did Google TV end up in a tough pickle? well partly because of the fact that majority of the subscription based TV content providers have banned their content on Google’s new TV service, and the worst part is, these account for some of the most-watched TV channels, so Google TV loses some serious points for this. However, being oblivious to this fact, Google TV units are lucratively priced, so if one were to do a cost benefit analysis, the answer is pretty obvious.

Sony looks hot on the heels of this very problem, considering the fact that it has decided to offer Blu-ray Google TV units for 25% off.The Logitech Revue, was initially launched for $300, and however it has been holding up pretty well at retailers, the likes of Amazon. Sony has nevertheless decided to offer its set-top box model that is available on sale now, considering the fact that it is only less than a month old.

So looking at this price cut, even if it is permanent, it can be safely deduced that the average customer will actually think of turning towards Google’s TV service, only because of the fact that they will be getting a fairly attractive price even if majority of the most loved content is currently not available on this platform. Let us see how much benefit and rise this brings to Google TV sales in general.

Via TechCrunch

Comedy Central, MTV and others blocked on Google TV

Your dreams of watching Comedy Central and laugh till you go out of breath on your Google TV have been destroyed. Why we say that? Well Viacom the owner of the said properties, which are without any doubt hugely popular channels, has decided that it won’t be playing nicely with Google TV or should I say it wants to stay away from Google’s newly launced web TV service. In simplistic terms, Google TV devices won;t be able to stream content from Viacom’s owned properties.

Comedy Central, MTC, Nickelodeon, VH1 are few of the many Viacom owned properties that won’t be available for your viewing pleasure. If you attempt to try your luck and stream a full length episode onto your powerful Google TV, you will come across a message which goes like this

sorry this content is unavailable for your device.

Yes, there are hacks more commonly referred to as user agent fix which in decent terms are workarounds for you to watch anti Google TV content on your web enabled TV.

Another interesting fact to note here is that Viacom is not the first to shut off its content streaming doors for Google TV. Fox has been found guilty of performing a similar feat which I am sure didn’t go down well with the search engine giants.

[via GTVHub]