Google TV launches in 2010 to rival Apple TV

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 CES this year it became clear that the industry is looking to bring internet connectivity to our TVs and now Google TV offers exactly this. 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 will launch in fall this year and be available in BestBuy 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 subsidised by Google’s famous ads. Which could be good news if you are on a budget.

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?

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