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Google I/O 2012
- rdl 14y agoSeems weird to promote a (ok, not great) tablet by promoting how it works with Google Play. I've heard of Google Play, but rarely used it (except to download android apps). I certainly wouldn't consider "access to the huge Google Play library" to be a compelling advantage for a new piece of hardware. Sell one thing at a time, don't try to sell a new tablet AND an as-yet-unsuccessful content platform at the same time, I think.
- mdellavo 14y agoGoogle Play is the rebranded Google Market app. This has been out for awhile now. This is not new to an Android user. "as-yet-unsuccessful" is a bit of a stretch.
- hkmurakami 14y agoIsn't that the position Kindle Fire took last year though?
- rdl 14y agoKindle already had a huge ebook ecosystem, and people bought dvd/music from Amazon (in physical media), so it was natural to think of them as a content store.
- sjs382 14y agoGoogle Play is the app store. The fact that it has access to the app store is a selling point when you're competing with the Kindle Fire.
- earl 14y agoI'm tempted to say it's a selling point for the kindle fire. At least outside of apps.
- tdoggette 14y agoWhy are you tempted to say that?
- sjs382 14y agoThe fact that the Nexus 7 has access to the Google Play store is a selling point for the Kindle Fire? Huh?
- nl 14y agoThat's a strange thing to say. Obviously this device will run the Kindle software too, so the whole Amazon library is available to you - in addition to the Google Play library & app store.
- bishnu 14y agoYou can't sell a tablet without selling the ecosystem. Period. The availability of apps, content, etc - this is what matters to consumers.
- ricree 14y agoThey seem to be positioning it as a kindle competitor. If that's their intention, they want to show that they can match the amazon media ecosystem.
- ricree 14y agoAnd they're matching the kindle fire's price, too, in case the media presentation and size wasn't clue enough.
- yuvadam 14y agoError: Server Error Seriously, Google?
- Achshar 14y agoYes, the page randomly gives 503. Maybe some last minute updates.
- digitalnalogika 14y agoDirect YouTube link, loads faster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PmU9mpdnqM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PmU9mpdnqM
- samarudge 14y agoWhile it looks like a very fancy site, I wish they'd made it a fluid layout. It looks weird on my big monitor http://gopotato.co.uk/grabs/Screen%20Shot%202012-06-27%20at%2017.33.16.png http://gopotato.co.uk/grabs/Screen%20Shot%202012-06-27%20at%...
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- feefie 14y agoIt's working perfectly for me. Thanks OP.
- fab1an 14y agoThe style of presentation strikes me as awkward - why wouldn't they let the main presenter just use the phone and control the slides himself? It adds a lot of unnecessary "next slide please" interruptions.
- saurik 14y agoOr, as the presentation is put together ahead of time, you train the people in control of the slides to know when the slides should be advanced. (That said, there is a playful back/forth between the guy running the demos and the speaker that is, at least to me, something that makes it more fun.)
- tejaswiy 14y agoSo, "Google Now". Freaky ? What's HN's first impression?
- skystorm 14y agoKinda creepy indeed. But at least they're being (more) honest about all the things they know about you, like which sports team you favor. ;)
- draggnar 14y agoThere seemed to be a collective gasp in the room. I did too. It seems like there is a red line somewhere for digital integration, I'm not sure exactly where it is or if it is moving as people get more comfortable with technology.
- mikemarotti 14y agoMight as well use all that info they're collecting on you in some useful way.
- gfosco 14y agoVery freaky, and scary... I don't like it. Just because I search for something, doesn't mean I want it forever assigned to me.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoI've been waiting for this. My phone has effectively had 24/7 access to my life for the past two years, about time it starts making use of it.
- zyb09 14y agoMy first impression is nothing of this will probably work if you don't live in San Francisco or New York.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoWhy? Google has a huge source of information for traffic analysis, time estimates via Google Maps. The "ETA" on Nav is precise no matter whether I'm in podunk Midwest city or Seattle and I get traffic overlays in both as well.
- zbowling 14y agoThe title of this post is time dependent. Can a mod swap it out with the page title? Edit: THANKS SECRET MODS. The original title was "Google I/O 2012 Keynote begins in 10 minutes".
- SquareWheel 14y agoI'm pretty new here. Are the mods actually secret? I guess I'm used to the open atmosphere of Reddit administration (but couldn't stand the memes/image macros).
- AndrewDucker 14y agoYou get access to edit certain things as your Karma gets higher, but there's no central list of which people have breached which limits.
- SquareWheel 14y agoI see, so it's closer to Stack Overflow. I've only recently earned downvotes, so I guess I have a ways to go.
- steelaz 14y agoMagazine reading mode is great.
- TillE 14y ago"The latest release of Android, with buttery graphics and silky transactions." Can I nominate "buttery" (and related phrases) as the most annoying tech buzzword that's caught on recently? Particularly as it never really means perfectly smooth - even iOS on the latest hardware has the occasional stutter.
- lnanek 14y agoAt the fireside chat afterwards the Android team said the real term they use internally is jackbusting. Butter is just a marketing term.
- flatline 14y agoSo the Nexus Cube is an ablated sphere? That is an unfortunate name...
- tree_of_item 14y agoNexus Q, I believe.
- flatline 14y agoThanks, that's it, it was very hard to tell.
- rdl 14y agoThey really could use some mic training. The guy talking about the "porn video game" for a few minutes was also really surreal (I think it's "Corn" or "Torn" or something.)
- yew 14y agoIt's Horn. Google seems averse to accent retraining - which is maybe not entirely a bad thing.
- laconian 14y agoThe logo is a "Q"...
- mc32 14y agoIs the PCB built stateside? Or was the "(c) Google Inc., Made in USA" about something else in the Q's exploded diagram? I'd be a bit surprised by that.
- jonhendry 14y agoThe NY Times has a story about how the device is made in the US.
- SandB0x 14y agoThe Nexus Q will bomb. $299 for a very confused offering. From the Guardian: > So yes, Nexus Q is a "small Android-powered computer that's designed to live in your home", connecting to speakers and the cloud, as well as the Google Play store. It's controlled from a smartphone or tablet, but not to stream content from the device to the Nexus Q. Nobody cares about how the streaming is achieved technically, and I think the "social" aspect is massively over-sold. If I want to show someone content on my tablet wouldn't we just sit next to each other and look at the tablet? The Nexus 7 apparently already has HDMI out (I think) so I just can't see anyone forking out $299 for some bizarre social content streaming concept party.
- jonursenbach 14y agoI thought that they were just playing it to the crowd of people who buy Sonos devices.
- jimmar 14y agoI loved how he said something to the effect of, "Now, your friends can play music in your living room." Then, the dramatic pause as he waited for the audience reaction. Honestly, it seemed like the audience felt bad for him and bailed him out by clapping unenthusiastically.
- SandB0x 14y agoExactly. In my flat we have a £2 cable to connect phones and laptops to the stereo. No cloud content delivery explanation needed there.
- eagsalazar 14y agoOMG so boring. Google needs to learn how to put on a show. Also, Hangouts is G+ best feature but sadly it is really hard to get people together on it. Why when I invite someone do they not get an email or IM?? They only get notified within g+ itself and it isn't easy to find the invite. On recent jobs several times I've tried to get meetings together on g+ only to resort back to conference calls (!!? WTF??) every time because people couldn't get on the Hangout. That is a real shame.
- lawdawg 14y agoI get both an IM on Google Talk and notification on my phone ...
- eagsalazar 14y agoI don't actually get the IM or the notification on my phone. Strange. In any case, 99% of the designers I work with and 75% of the developers have iPhone/Mac and don't use either Android or gchat although they all have gmail/google accounts. So if they got an email they would be notified, otherwise, they never know. Without the link it is also really hard to just tell people to go to G+. The way to join the hangout if you don't have a link is hard to find This is not just an opinion, like I said, I actually tried to set up hangouts several times and these are the reasons it failed. Just my experience.
- rdl 14y agoGoogle Glass just stole the show. Maybe the earlier parts were just parody/setup for this. Skydiving live over SF during the show using Glass?
- alttab 14y agoI was fairly impressed with this. I can't wait for glass.
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- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoDull, and then suddenly... Sergei Brin walks on, and they hold a LIVE Google Glass demo with skydivers in a hangout, and bikers, and you see them falling and cycling to the studio. Wow.
- donum 14y agoHere's the video: http://youtu.be/D7TB8b2t3QE http://youtu.be/D7TB8b2t3QE It was really awesome!
- zbowling 14y agoThe skydivers with google googles in a G+ hangout was neat.
- white_devil 14y agoSummary: Accompanied by much fanfare and circus acts, Google offers you ways to let Google data-mine your life on a whole new scale.
- _feda_ 14y ago"If I want to show someone content on my tablet wouldn't we just sit next to each other and look at the tablet?" To me this seems like one of those features that you wouldn't want until it becomes available, almost like Bill Gates saying how we'd never need any more than whatever ridiculously small amount of ram he mentioned. Whatsmore, It sounds like a very interesting feature to be designed around to me, and keep in mind that the same idea of instant one-to-one sharing is one of the selling points of the galaxy s3.
- SquareWheel 14y agoalmost like Bill Gates saying how we'd never need any more than whatever ridiculously small amount of ram he mentioned. I'm pretty sure that's a misquote.
- RyanMcGreal 14y agoThe "640K ought to be enough for anyone" quote is apocryphal at best: https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9101699/The_640K_quote_won_t_go_away_but_did_Gates_really_say_it_ https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9101699/The_640K_quo...
- bradleyjg 14y agoAnyone know why only the android session seems to be working? (Circa 4PM EST)
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- Trufa 14y agoDart is looking very interesting if you want to check it out!
- politician 14y agoI was disappointed that during the Google Glass free-fall, the Moscone Center didn't have one of those Google Maps pins on top of it to demonstrate the obvious augmented reality capabilities.