http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/ Engadget Comments for Google and Dish Network testing TV search on Android-based set-top boxes http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/It's Google. They concentrate on everything. Android is now on all 4 major US carriers. ]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
You're right... competing with AppLOL TV would be too easy.]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
If I must comment, then thanks to Android, iPhone will be better and better product, it's called competition. We did not have it a year ago in US, iPhone was rolling everything over (yes I have iPhone, but I'm sick of the restrictions).]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
from technical point of view I agree with you, but from business view I don't. Google is advertisement provider, they try anything and everything to get you to click. No matter if it is web page, cell phone, DVR or email. If anybody thinks that Google is nice friendly company, then wake up. They are publicly traded company on a mission to get more clicks.]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/What are you talking about? I dont see any set-top boxes running iPhone OS anywhere???

but anyway, is it just me or is Android just spread over every little thing out there??? Seems to me that google is just putting the name on every little thing they can instead of first dominating one area at a time, at this rate...they really are fragmenting up this OS

But either way, being a Dish Network subscriber...I actually wouldnt mind trying this thing out lol]]>Mar 8th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/By virtue of being less open than linux, it will never be as widely adopted.]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/It's already everywhere.]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/It's not less open than linux. It IS linux and it IS open. The only difference is that the dev repository isn't public, they post the code periodically though (i.e. code for 2.1 was released 3 weeks after the nexus launched), and there are some restrictions IF you want to use the google apps like market, gmail etc.

Other than that it's completely open and free.]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/cake is a lie :D]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Gasp!! Another Portal fan??
*Dies*]]>Mar 8th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
Hey, its hard to compete with that price...
I think we will see more and more of this stuff, Android on everything... it's easy, no rules to work with. Your R&D team gets their hands on it , plays around a little and someone soon realizes they can save boat loads on royalties by using this thing.]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
On the brighter side, it's probably going to be better than current topbox sets.]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/i kind of like it.. I am all for universal integration. It would be so cool to have seamless communication between difference devices all for the purpose of making it a fun and joyful life.. down side, they can now target market us better, by being able to draw up pysc profiles based on our search history, mobile use, what we watch.. This can get pretty scary fast.. crack out the tin foil hats! ]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
this freedom comes at a cost, a cost that divides us and will one day start a great war (The First Android Civil War)]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
like i said before anything that has an electrical current can run android!]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
its all personal experience, i personally love dish and has loved them for 5 years! And before that i had directv and liked it too. Let me ask you have you even had dish or did you listen to a friend?]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
i got you, sunday ticket does rock]]>Mar 8th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 9th 2010 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Quick, someone send him a link!]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
Why not just plug in your phone into docking station and enjoy digital media receiver functionality. See more details here:
http://navanee.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/the-smartphone-of-2011-can-it-be-your-netbook-ebook-reader-digital-media-receiver-apple-tv-roku-digicam-as-well/]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
Lifetime subscription for 2 TiVos = $400 for the first one, $300 for each additional unit, all for a service with a marginal cost that approaches $0, that the competition gives away for free, and hobbyists with MythTV and the like are able to find without paying.]]>Mar 8th 2010 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/Mar 8th 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/google-and-dish-network-testing-tv-search-on-android-based-set-t/
A good web browser plus Flash could let you watch Hulu. That would be cool. Course you'd need a mouse-equivalent touch pad and a keyboard (at least an on-screen one). Could you get by with just arrow keys for navigation? Maybe, suspect there would be problems. Have to do hotspots or something. Sounds doubtful. Also of course Hulu would try and disable it, and unless Dish/Google is willing to play tricks and lie about what browser and device they are, Hulu would succeed. And I don't see a touchpad or keyboard anywhere in this picture...

You could play games or something using Android apps on your STB. Will Android apps scale to this STB? Does the whole "scaled down" thing suggest that won't even work? Would Dish really open up their box to ANY application from the Android store? Including some that might enable piracy or torrenting or ...

Seems likely this'll either be crippled or won't happen. Could be cool if I'm wrong though.]]>Mar 8th 2010 11:42PM