Google, Sony, Intel & Logitech's TV project to be unveiled next month as Dragonpoint?

The conclusion to the sudden flurry of rumors around Sony HDTVs featuring Android, Intel Atom processors and Logitech-designed QWERTY remotes may be near, as Bloomberg Businessweek reports the project will be revealed during Google I/O next month. The latest wrinkle for the supposed product is a name, "Dragonpoint," for the new flavor of Android destined to operate on displays, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes. It's obvious that Google wants search in the living room, Sony needs something to overcome the app (Samsung is back on the list of possible partners) and widget powered competition, and Intel needs a home for its CE4100 chips to show off their power outside of a demonstration for once, but we'll have to wait and see what they've cooked up to know if we need any of that in our next HDTV.

[1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:37PM]

They should have called it Sogoogintech.

[Ryan1000000 Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:51PM]

@1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA

win.

[FORDY Posted Apr 29th 2010 6:02PM]

@1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA
Or Ingoonytech. :)

[lv2bll54 Posted Apr 29th 2010 9:10PM]

They don't need to unveil anything, it's an android based ui on the set, sony provides the screen, intel powers the whole thing(think tablet), and logitec provides a $300+ remote(with all the goodies) to control it all.

If this is implimented well this can be the Biggest thing for TV's in the last 15+ years

[leikatapika Posted Apr 29th 2010 11:21PM]

@1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA For what it's worth, Google owns youtube, if they can manage to stream it directly with their new TV, I must say it'll be the sweetest thing. Experience. http://j.mp/google-tv-ftw

[TC Posted Apr 30th 2010 6:40AM]

@1 Infinite Loop Cupertino CA
or GOogle LOgitech sONY = GO LOONY

[blueskyv201 Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:37PM]

All four companies that I deeply respect. Sadly, I don't need another $2000+ TV.

[Bud92 Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:38PM]

Im predicting that this will be big.

[capnfatpants Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:49PM]

@Bud92
Totally. It'll probably be at least 70 pounds.

[dnkoutso Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:38PM]

Oh yeah, GoogleTV.

[kb24istrash Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:39PM]

DID EVERYONE HEAR THE NEWS?!?!?

The Courier is DEAD.

iPad is better anyway.

BACK ON POINT:

THIS WILL NOT BE BETTER THAN APPLE TV

[Jacob1 Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:44PM]

@kb24istrash Apple TV sucks.
Long live WebOS tablets! Screw the iPad.

[blueskyv201 Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:03PM]

Nothing to see here.
Just an obvious troll, move along.

[techee44 Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:04PM]

@kb24istrash

TROLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

Seriously dude, gtfo.

[(Unverified) Posted May 3rd 2010 1:18PM]

@kb24istrash

Have YOU not heard?

...that the BIRD is the word????

[dalex7777 Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:41PM]

Google will continue to innovate with Android, until they have a "run on everything" OS. This will be bigger than Flash (a display technology) or Java (originally an OS that got pigeonholed into a applet/application environment ever was.

Sony is desperate to partner to gain back the marketshare they've lost to the Koreans, namely Samsung and LG, even that forces them into the strong, smothering embrace of Google.

[saposmak Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:47PM]

Your last name makes me lol (lawl?).

[Wiizer Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:47PM]

Hmmm... There's this rumor circling around that Sony will be releasing a PSP Phone and announcing it at E3...

I wonder if this is the beginning of a relationship between Sony and Google's Android platform...

[hunterholder Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:47PM]

If I have enough money to spend on getting this, I will buy it because of these 4 reasons:
1. I love Sony.
2. I love Intel.
3. I love Logitech.
4. I love Google.

[Kromatik Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:01PM]

@hunterholder If only HTC were involved in TV's, we'd have a perfect set of 5.

[foxh8er Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:55PM]

UGH.

Now I have to wait to see if this is any good.

That puts a damper on my plan to get a Vizio 472XVT.

[Oflife Posted Apr 29th 2010 4:58PM]

'PRECISELY' ;)

[Inect Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:06PM]

I love you google and all, but please stay off my TV its the only alone time i have from you.

[csuftech Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:08PM]

hmm... Drag n' Point?

[xc7x Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:41PM]

@csuftech
Oooo,like with a motion control device?

[reallynotnick Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:11PM]

I'm not sure how I feel about an Atom being put into a TV without Nvidia's GPU to back it up.
I think I personally would have rather seen an ARM A9 with a highend PowerVR GPU, but idk.

[threxxgmailcom Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:33PM]

The whole concept of putting this technology into the TV seems like a mistake to me. This tech and software has the potential to become outdated and possibly even unsupported many years before the TV has to be thrown to the curb.
I think keeping things broken out into components makes a lot more sense. Let your display be a display and let your computer or PS3 or media center extender (or whatever else new is coming down the road) be the brains of the operation.

[ECH Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:54PM]

@threxxgmailcom

I would tend to agree with you. The proprietary software on all these internet TV's is slow with very limited functionality. For this to work it has to be faster, easier to use, and upgradeable. Otherwise why bother, keep the TV a stupid monitor and use a separate box for the brains.

Unless you're looking for the ultra clean install, just the TV hanging on the wall.

[Kromatik Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:58PM]

@threxxgmailcom

I agree completely with you last sentence, I think some basic functions should be in there, but bringing a whole OS such as Android to it seems silly. Entertainment and media is becoming fragmented, while I agree with having choices it just doesn't always fit and some things are becoming overdone.

I think companies such as Sony need to have an aim for a certain set-up for the average consumer living room and then branch out from there with a few interchangeable options and ideas based around other rooms, a Display, a Hub, and an internet connection with a wireless router. Plus the option of a surround sound system or av receiver + speakers.

Choice is great, but the sheer amount of choice and fragmentation seems to offset its benefits, for Sony as a company, for an average consumer or for a casual consumer, the only people who benefit is the hardcore; which is good for me, but I care about everyone else too.

Let a display be a display, let an audio system be an audio system, then give some interchangeable options to what will act as a hub.

[NoFX Posted Apr 29th 2010 10:21PM]

@threxxgmailcom

You know I originally thought the exact same thing....but I think to really get adoption from the masses is to integrating it into TVs. The key here is that:

1) You can turn-off the integrated solution
2) External solutions are available for bleeding edge adopters

It's a win win if they can do this, more adoption = better apps/support and the ability to design your system how you want it remains "open."

[juanvaldez Posted Apr 30th 2010 12:47AM]

@NoFX Yeah, I agree more with you than OP. To me, I do love external components. I think every knowledgable person doesn't buy a HDTV/(DVD/BR combo depending on the date). However, some people just want an integrated solution either because of a nice, tidy form without wires (ignore wireless solution for a good analogy).

Some people will always just want to pay extra to get everything in a box even if it has more inherent weaknesses (though some times the consumer is ignorant to them) than strengths. I 95% chance I wont buy this today or in the next 5 years, but I am interested in hearing more because this could at least open up more tech to those who buy the integrated solution and to those who go a more powerful route.

[F117nghthawk Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:35PM]

I have been waiting for a compu-tv for the longest time (and I don't mean connecting a laptop or tower to the pc input). Making it android powered just raises one issue with me, will the Android Market be available on it considering Google's segregation of non-smart phones and their access to the market. I was going to get the Archos with android until I found out it doesn't have the market on it. As long as the tv is 47in and will not rape my bank account, it'll be my next tv. I currently have a 2 yr old Vizio 47in lcd.

(Comment made from my moto Droid)

[F117nghthawk Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:41PM]

@F117nghthawk
Oops, go ahead and downrank my repeat comment.

[F117nghthawk Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:40PM]

I have been waiting for a compu-tv for the longest time (and I don't mean connecting a laptop or tower to the pc input). Making it android powered just raises one issue with me, will the Android Market be available on it considering Google's segregation of non-smart phones and their access to the market. I was going to get the Archos with android until I found out it doesn't have the market on it. As long as the tv is 47in and will not rape my bank account, it'll be my next tv. I currently have a 2 yr old Vizio 47in lcd.

(Comment made from my moto Droid)

[Atlantian Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:55PM]

@F117nghthawk across did not have the hardware it need to access an app market for example an application that needs accelerometer and camera will not work on device that does not have that hardware so it was not allowed access i heard the new version with android did have the right parts though and for like for TV they will likely have a separate markets for different devices

[ECH Posted Apr 29th 2010 5:50PM]

Am I just paranoid, or is that little green bastard staring out at me from every screen I see?

[Kromatik Posted Apr 29th 2010 6:02PM]

@ECH

I like the little green bastard. lol

[wakeup Posted Apr 29th 2010 11:04PM]

@Kromatik

me too...

[iName Posted Apr 29th 2010 7:05PM]

sony, intel and logitech? so i'm guessing unless you're a saudi arabian sheik you wont be able to afford it...

[WiburTN Posted Apr 29th 2010 8:06PM]

Hope it isn't Freudian, but, I misread the title as "Dissappointment"

[Plazmic Flame Posted Apr 29th 2010 8:42PM]

a 4 way never ends pretty... =/

[Zpeed7 Posted Apr 29th 2010 9:42PM]

Finally! Something that actually sounds interesting, def getting one if price is right.

[miki4242 Posted Apr 29th 2010 9:58PM]

1. Google acquires YouTube
2. Google releases Android
3. Google kicks all other open-source initiatives that dare play YouTube videos (on TVs, heaven forbid!) in the g*n*t*ls, HARD.
4. Google and co. announce "GoogleTV"

Trick question: Where's the 'Profit!!!'?

[wakeup Posted Apr 29th 2010 10:34PM]

I cannot wait for this if this is true.

All mentioned companies are f'ing amazing.

Android FTW!

[ehwwong Posted Apr 30th 2010 5:07AM]

for those who wants to experience android on your TV, you may not have to pay the premium price!

HDX has release a new media player that actually runs google android on your TV all for $119!

http://www.hdx1080.com/component/content/article/184-two-products-one-box

[RampantNinja Posted Apr 30th 2010 5:38AM]

Android DLNA Squeeze TV *Drools*

[ScaryFast Posted Apr 30th 2010 7:09AM]

At this rate I'll get Android on my TV before I can get Android on a cellphone on my CDMA carrier here in Canada :P I hope this thing comes out before I decide I need a new TV

[jhamill1 Posted Apr 30th 2010 9:03AM]

Hmmm, let's take two of the suckiest things in home theater, Harmony remotes and TVs on which Sony places their name, and roll them into one package! What will they do next, add on a Sony "cheapest-power-supplies-known-to-man" surround receiver with Bose "icepicks-for-your-ears" speakers?

[reader Posted Apr 30th 2010 3:16PM]

Great more ads on TV