Hot looks the 4.6inch black sphere with a ring of dancing rainbow LEDs is beautiful to behold. Builtin amp delivers 12.5 watts at 8 ohms per channel, and sounds excellent through a variety of speakers. App support goes back to Android 2.3. It's hackable. Autocalibration feature uses your handset's microphone to sync video and audio. Those who embrace paradox are ultimately more interesting,
Lack of support for popular software platforms, hardware devices and streaming apps limits the experience. The price is a big turnoff. Google Play TV and Movies app needs work. Setup is not smooth and easy, requires Ring of TFM. The "check back in a year and see if anyone's done anything interesting with it" line isn't an attractive proposition.
It's not for everyone, but you could dig the design of this thing. Look at the picture above—doesn't it look like a sentinel from The Matrix? Bad ass. Build quality on the orb is very solid. Setup was very easy (when it worked). Audio quality and picture
There are so many bugs in the system, it's hard to know where to begin. First off, the Q sometimes has trouble staying linked with the phone. Tested on two separate Qs, a phone, and a tablet, it had issues with every setup. The testing required factory re
No. Well, if 320kbps is just what you like, you have all of your music on Google Play, a fast internet connection, and $300 doesnt sound like much money for you, then sure. For everybody else, this would be a cool novelty item (or it will be if once the...
office, but took around 20 minutes when I hooked it up at home and required a factory reset. The three HD movies I rented played fine and looked great, with totally accurate colors and no perceptible artifacts. Shopping in Google's online store within the
Lack of support for popular software platforms, hardware devices and streaming apps limits the experience. Three hundred dollars is a big turnoff. Google Play TV and Movies app needs work. Setup is not smooth and easy, requires Ring of TFM. The “check bac
Extremely expensive, Doesn't stream nonGoogle apps like Netflix, Pandora, MLB.TV, or Hulu Plus, Only works with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean devices
Google wowed attendees at the Google IO 2012 conference when they announced the Google Nexus Q media streaming device. Seeing that multi-screen options for experiencing media are all the rage this year, it should really come as no surprise that Google too...
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Published: 2012-07-02, Author: William , review by: techradar.com
Cool design, Built, in 25, watt amp, Easy to setup, Boasts extreme "hack, ability"
Extremely expensive, Doesn't stream non, Google apps like Netflix, Pandora, MLB.TV, or Hulu Plus, Only works with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean devices
Google is obviously taking shots at Apple and their iOS and Apple TV solution. That said, the Nexus Q is a whopping $299 (through the Google Play store). That's a lot to pay for a device that essentially does less than competing solutions...
"Một đầu phát streaming mà chỉ dành cho... Google"Với kết luận bóng gió như vậy, The Verge đặt ra câu hỏi rằng, Nexus Q sẽ nhắm vào đối tượng người dùng nào đây khi mà vẫn còn quá nhiều lỗi (bug) và lỗ hổng về tính năng và chức năng. Các đầu phát khác hiệ...
Published: 2012-06-29, Author: Matthew , review by: cnet.com.au
The Google Nexus Q features a truly unique, spherical design with glowing LEDs that respond to music that's playing. It streams content directly from Google Play Music, Google Play TV & Movies, and YouTube, using an Android phone or tablet as the controll
The Nexus Q is very expensive and doesn't stream from any non-Google services like Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, MLB.TV, or Amazon Instant, nor can it stream content from your own PC or DLNA server. It also requires an Android smartphone or tablet to control
The Nexus Q's striking, orblike hardware can't outweigh the extreme limitations of this Android-only, Google-only media streamer....
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Published: 2012-06-28, Author: Matthew , review by: cnet.com
The Google Nexus Q features a truly unique, spherical design with glowing LEDs that respond to music that's playing. It streams content directly from Google Play Music, Google Play TV & Movies, and YouTube, using an Android phone or tablet as the controll
The Nexus Q is very expensive and doesn't stream from any non-Google services like Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, MLB.TV, or Amazon Instant, nor can it stream content from your own PC or DLNA server. It also requires an Android smartphone or tablet to control
The Nexus Q's striking, orblike hardware can't outweigh the extreme limitations of this Android-only, Google-only media streamer.
