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Samsung HomeSync Box streamlines Android on your TV [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Feb, 2013

This weekend Samsung announced another device that will be headed to the market with Android to connect with all their smartphones and tablets. It's called the Samsung HomeSync media set-top box and today we've got a quick hands-on with it. This isn't Google TV, instead Samsung's using this to integrate their Android-toting devices deeper into our lives, and living rooms.

Pocket TV Android 4.0 Micro-Computer makes any TV smarter

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Jun, 2012

USB sticks complete with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and full 1080p streaming are becoming popular hot-ticket items as of late. From the FXI Cotton Candy and the other various options available, today we have one more to show you. This is the Pocket TV by Infinitec and this Micro computer is like many others, but has some awesome features you'll want to see like the air-play style remote and more.

What Microsoft’s Xbox 360 TV announcement means to Google TV

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Oct, 2011

Today Microsoft announced they've partnered with tons of media and entertainment leaders all across the world to bring a better experience to TV's and Xbox Live. After reading through all of the announcements and providers they have come to terms with I quickly found myself wondering how this will effect Google TV -- with and without Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich. If set-tops like the Revue weren't already facing an uphill fight, it just got even steeper.

DROID TV turns your Android into a mobile television experience

By James DeRuvo
on 17 Apr, 2011

Everyone is still looking for that killer app that will rival iTunes for media consumption. Sure there's audio options out there including Double Twist and Pandora, but what about for watching your favorite TV shows? Hulu for Android is still not out. YouTube has the market cornered on viral videos. What about watching real shows? Droid TV may be that killer app. But not for everyone.

Android Toy Pops up on The Big Bang Theory

By James DeRuvo
on 14 Feb, 2011

The AndroidSphere is all a twitter about the Android Toy that popped up as a prop on a scene of the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory." But come on, iPhone pop culture references aside, could Sheldon Cooper be anything BUT an Android Fan? It's robots after all!

Android TV DIY Kit Details: Cost, Difficulty Level, Release Date, Bricking, Google TV?

By Chris Burns
on 31 Dec, 2010

As you very well may have read a few days ago, a group called vidtonic will be showing off a built-it-yourself Android powered television at CES 2011. At the first announcement, not many details were given - that's all changing now. Jeff Cody of vidtonic posted a big Q and A list today listing several questions that were of course on everyone's minds when they first heard the term "Android TV" as well as a couple regarding the actual kit they'll be showing off. Would you like to know more?

Android TV Coming from Vidtonic at CES as Build-Your-Own Kit

By Chris Burns
on 27 Dec, 2010

Check it out! Two mentions of Android TV in one day - coincidence? They look RATHER different, but the concept appears to be there - the one we're talking about here is made by Vidtonic and its an IPTV kit powered by Android and they say it'll be released at CES 2011 (just a handful of days from now!) This release is a hardware/software platform kit made for Android developers who'd like to bring their apps to the TV screen - sound like some future molding to you?

Android TV? Spotted in Australia

By Chris Burns
on 27 Dec, 2010

Behold! This is what appears very much to be Android TV. Ever heard of it before? Neither has the rest of the world. The folks over at Millenius Pty Ltd in Melbourne have just snapped up a couple of pics of Android TV, a device that supposedly runs Android 2.2, full HD 1080P Video Decoder, HDMI, Support for Flash 10.1, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, Android Market, and has a total of 3 (or is it 2?) USB 2.0 ports.