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Google TV? not really, far fetched far from it!

When Google hold their annual I/O developer conference the question was what else could the search mongol come up with to dominate the tech space? Google TV was the answer that came out of Google I/O this morning. Using search to determined what TV show, movie or channel you want to watch Google has integrated the worlds largest search engine into our living room. TV meet web. Web meets TV as it states on Google’s Blog today.

At the consumer electronics show CES in Las Vegas this year the big hits were 3D and interconnected TVs and it was clear that the industry is looking to bring internet connectivity to our TVs. Google TV offers exactly this connectivity and combines the best of the web on while you are watching your favorite show. Browse Facebook, watch your favorite photo slideshow, the funniest YouTube videos or the latest episode of Glee on your 40″ TV. Or better even have it all open at once if you prefer.

Google TV launches in fall 2010 and will be available in selected stores across the US. It will take shape in from of Google enabled DVR and blue-ray players, setop boxes and full size TVs and although we haven’t heard anything about the price point as yet, its fair to assume that it will be heavily subsidized by Google’s famous ads. Which could be good news if you are on a budget. The service will run on Google’s new Chrome OS, which we expect to see sometime next year rolling out on PCs.

It makes you wonder whether there is a consumer electronics market that could be safe from the search giant? Google’s launch of the Android mobile phone OS and this year’s move into the handset market with its very own Nexus One phone are evidence of aggressive this territory. It also explains why Apple and Google made the right choice in separating their executive boards last year.

Rumors about a Google music store are also floating around Twitter today, which makes sense considering their competing with the iPhone on all other markets such as browser, calendar, cloud, apps and mobile handsets. Why not rival iTunes with a Google TV a music store as well?

Google is on the market share hunt and so far no market is safe. The hand-held tech gadget market is already being challenged from the search giant and now that they are entering our living rooms, the sky seems to be the limit. In light of this you can probably understand or forgive the pullout of China earlier this year as a strategic move to really focus on the more profitable growth markets of the western world first. Does leave a bad taste for investors nevertheless and brings risk. Ablibaba China’s Ecommerce giant and second largest IPO after Google is already showing Google like growth trends and that’s just in their native language.

We all better learn Chinese…

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Author: Bjorn Zelle
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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