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1. Comment - Who killed Google TV?

   (Jul 29, 2011 - 1:04 AM)

   Sorry, Joe, but there is just no viable business model here.
   
   every content owner, like Hulu (several studios), wants to deliver it to you via apps so they can "monetize" it somehow. every rights holder, like Xfinity (Comcast) and U-Verse (AT&T), wants to deliver it to you via apps so they can package it with their other existing premium monetized subscription services. every "free" streaming content aggregator, like YouTube and U-Stream, wants to monetize stuff with ads at some level. all these guys want to get their apps/portals onto every platform - iOS, Android, computers, portables, anything.
   
   whereas various OEM's, like Samsung and TiVo, are trying to create their own built-into-hardware monetized packages. they all wish they were Apple, of course, with its still #1 by far iTunes ecosystem. and Apple, Roku, and a few others simply offer modest low price accessories like AppleTV to interconnect your home setup conveniently and package a few of the most popular apps per above. or adapt their powerful game consoles - PS3 and XBox - for this to help sell more of those.
   
   with all these established options already available, who needs one more new thing like Google TV, and for what else exactly? there is no air left in the room.
   
   oh yeah, "search." but let me tell ya ... almost no one wants to do "search" on a big screen TV. wrong tool for that job.

2. Comment - Forget iPhone 5, Samsung sells 3 million Galaxy S IIs in just 55 days

   (Jul 4, 2011 - 3:09 PM)

   the real news of course is that Samsung et al are taking away Nokia's smartphone market share, hence the good sales outside the US where that is/was. Apple is getting a piece of it too.
   
   but that is not he article JW wanted to write. facts get in the way of his agenda.

3. Comment - You probably won't buy Google Chromebook, but should reconsider

   (Jun 17, 2011 - 2:11 AM)

   boy, Joe, you sure are playing the cheerleader for Google/Chrome. well, that's cool, but don't pretend to be objective.
   
   like you didn't mention, but Chromebook is a Google "walled garden." given all the criticism Apple gets for the same thing, that is worth noting. yes that will work great for people already using multiple Google services. but otherwise? buyers will have to resort to web based workarounds.
   
   which is probably the reason it won't sell much - until the price drops to about $100. looks like another Google TV - maybe someday.

4. Comment - Samsung Series 5 Chromebook first impression review

   (Jun 15, 2011 - 1:27 AM)

   ok, the CNET review answers all of my first question:
   
   http://reviews.cnet.com/...677639.html#reviewPage1

5. Comment - Samsung Series 5 Chromebook first impression review

   (Jun 15, 2011 - 1:22 AM)

   ah is see there is a verizon 3G model. how much for hardware and data service?