No Google PC, but what does that mean? Google Cube?
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Wish we could say "case closed," and move on, but Eileen did not address the possibility that Google is developing its own operating system and may be working with PC manufacturers to deliver something like bala described in comments on our earlier post. Here is the Merc story about the latest Google buzz at CES, including analyst Safa Rashtchy's outrageous $600 target this year for Google's stock price and Skype's new phone.
Finally, what about the Google Cubes? The rumor seems to stem from...
tech writer Robert Cringely's report here.
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But the most important reason for Google to distribute its data centers in this way is to work most efficiently with a hardware device the company is thinking of providing to customers. This embedded device, for which I am afraid I have no name, is a small box covered with many types of ports--USB, RJ-45, RJ-11, analog and digital video, S-video, analog and optical sound, etc. Additional I/O that can't be seen is WiFi and Bluetooth. This little box is Google's interface to every computer, TV, and stereo system in your home, as well as linking to home automation and climate control. The cubes are networked together wirelessly in a mesh network, so only one need be attached to your broadband modem or router. Like VoIP adapters (it does that too, through the RJ-11 connector) the little cubes will come in the mail and when plugged in will just plain work.
Search expert John Battelle concludes: "I find both hard to buy. Really hard to buy. Why? Well, it's not like Apple, Dell, and tons of others don't want to make the same thing (the cube, anyway), and it's not like they haven't thought it through."
Oh, and Google's home page looking particularly funky today (update: explanation in comment below):
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the google logo today is in celebration of Louis Braille's birthday http://www.accessdome.com/nbrs/newsJan04-02.asp
dynamo on January 4, 2006 12:00 PMComment link
Perhaps the reason Google stock climbed so soon after the announcement of this PC venture, is the rumour that it would market it's product through Walmart Stores. Walmart is everywhere. The cost would be affordable, making it more attractive to consumers, especially those with young people needing components for educational purposes. Don't we have enough technology to offer the customer the operating system they want when they purchase a computer?
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Nope. The "Google Cube/Box" is the Viseon Visiphone. www.viseon.com
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They've been working with Google and Google's partner SIPhone since last year. Read about its feaures on their website and compare them with the rumored features of the Google Cube/Box. It's a no brainer.
Expect the announcement at CeBit in Germany (3/9-3/14).
SNGLIFE on March 3, 2006 11:38 AMComment link
