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Report: Logitech suspends the manufacture of Revue GoogleTV
December 24, 2010: 10:49 AM ETLogitech is having some issues with its GoogleTV.
Update: In some press releases, Logitech denies that manufacturing has or would need to stop production due to software concerns.
Digitimes reports that Logitech(LOGI) has stopped production of its Revue at Gigabyte, the company who builds Revue units. The report says that December and January are off the table and building Revue units in February is conditional on Google (GOOG) delivering an updated version of GoogleTV.
Other manufacturers have been told to take a wait and see approach and have cancelled plans to announce new products at next month's CES.
It doesn't appear that Google's TV product is catching on as planned. However, some software enhancements and agreements with the studios might make a difference. Remember, when Android was first launched it was met with a cold reception from consumers. It wasn't until 2.0 came out on the Droid that consumers took a liking to the Google Phone product. Android is actually the underlying OS for the GoogleTV and one of the more anticipated new features of the GoogleTV 2.0 is the ability to play apps from the smartphone OS.
Logitech's Revue is currently available at Amazon for $50 off the original price of $300 where it receives 3.5 out of 5 stars from reviewers there.
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GoogleTV update brings better Netflix, 'Movies' and Voice search
The updates are interesting but aren't likely enough to mainstream the product...yet.
Google (GOOG) this morning announced an update to their GoogleTV software running on Logitech (LOGI) Revue and Sony (SNE) Internet TVs and BluRays. The updates are significant, but don't address all of the major issues that consumers are having with the product.
Netflix(NFLX) is now a full client, allowing users to decide what programs to watch rather than only watching what MORE
Seth Weintraub - Dec 15, 2010 12:02 PM ET -
A mouse maker roars with Google TV
Gizmo maker Logitech hopes to make it big in the consumer electronics business.
Logitech, best known for making computer accessories like mice, webcams, and keyboards, wants to be a player in a burgeoning and potentially hot business: smart TV. And it has teamed up with Google and Intel to do it.
Based in Fremont, Calif., Logitech (LOGI) is the first company out of the gate with a contraption that brings Google's new MORE
Michael V. Copeland, Senior Writer - Nov 3, 2010 3:00 AM ET -
Today in Tech: News around the Web
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
Outgoing Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie, who joined the company in 2005 when his company Groove was acquired, sent out his farewell memo yesterday. "It's important that all of us do precisely what our competitors and MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Oct 26, 2010 5:48 AM ETPosted in: AT&T, Comcast. Xfinity TV, Digg, Electronic Arts, First Round Capital, Groupon, IGN, iPad, iPhone 4, Logitech, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Nielsen, PlayBook, Ray Ozzie, RIM, Steve Jobs, Zynga -
Sony GoogleTV lineup revealed
With TVs starting at $599 and a $399 BluRay player available in the next week, Sony is bringing a compelling set of GoogleTVs to the market.
At an event in New York today, Sony (SNE) announced its "Sony Internet TVs with GoogleTV". While the products look like a winner, whoever OK'd that brand-by-committee name should be sent back to Branding 101.
The TVs come in 24, 32, 40 and 46-inch varieties and MORE
Seth Weintraub - Oct 12, 2010 8:23 PM ET -
Logitech Revue at Amazon and Best Buy, Sony GoogleTV leak
GoogleTV is steadily becoming more real.
Amazon (AMZN) and Best Buy (BBY) now have the Logitech Revue posted for pre-order for $299 with shipping dates in the 2-3 week range. They also carry the peripherals like the $149 video camera and the $129 Mini Keyboard. (This should have been the standard keyboard in my opinion.) Logitech also offers pre-orders on its own site.
Meanwhile, next week Sony (SNE) launches GoogleTVs or MORE
Seth Weintraub - Oct 7, 2010 10:40 AM ET -
Logitech Revue GoogleTV priced at $299
Logitech's Revue site has gone live with a pre-order price and feature list.
While Logitech formally introduces its Revue GoogleTV product today, they are also opening up information on their website. The URL for the microsite is logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/revue
The event is going on now so I'll update with more details as they become available.
The Revue will be priced at $299 and will come with full sized keyboard
Seth Weintraub - Oct 6, 2010 3:17 PM ET
The Logitech Mini keyboard will have a MORE -
I don't care, I like Sony's GoogleTV remote
Sony's new GoogleTV remote made a brief cameo on an ABC's 'Nightline' news program last night. It took about 10 seconds for people to start making fun of it.
I get it. The "fewer the buttons, the better." The iPhone has one button. The Apple (AAPL) remote has six or seven. Apple is a great design company so they must be right on remotes. Anything more than what Apple does must MORE
Seth Weintraub - Oct 6, 2010 8:57 AM ET -
GoogleTV portal opens ahead of hardware launch
With the Logitech Revue launching this week and Sony's GoogleTV next week, Google opens up its GoogleTV place on the web.
One interesting feature which will be familiar to prospective AppleTV customers is 'flinging content to your TV'. Google's (GOOG) offering will differentiate itself by flinging whole websites and not just the certain type of video content playable by AppleTV. Apple (AAPL) will launch Airplay service on their MORE
Seth Weintraub - Oct 4, 2010 10:32 AM ET -
Logitech Revue GoogleTV keyboard: Too big
A huge keyboard from a company that already makes great portable media center keyboards.
Digital Trends got their hands on an early Logitech Revue GoogleTV last week. Overall, they loved it, saying:
Let's face it: You don't buy a Swiss Army knife because it has a corkscrew. You buy it because it has everything, and a few of those things just can't be found in most other places. The cloud revolution is well MORE
Seth Weintraub - Sep 23, 2010 4:26 PM ET
