Logitech Revue To Hit Markets In October

Logitech Revue, carrying Google TV, is set to hit markets by the end of this October, the company announced on Wednesday.

“We are delighted to be working with DISH Network to offer consumers what we believe is a transformational TV experience -- through a combination of DISH's programming and DISH's integration with the Logitech Revue with Google TV,” vice president and general manager of Logitech Greg Rhine was quoted as saying.

Revue, Logitech’s set-top box for Google TV was unveiled on October 6. The price of the product has been fixed at $299, closer to the earlier estimates.

“Revue comes with an easy to set up companion box and an intuitive companion keyboard controller. Simply connect your TV, cable or satellite set-top box, and your Internet connection to the Logitech Revue, and you’ve got Google TV. As long as your TV has an HDMI port, you are ready for Google TV,” the Logitech’s website said.

The Revue is now available for pre-orders with Logitech, Amazon and Best Buy. Besides, the subscribers who already have Dish Network can buy Revue for $179.

Google TV is a set top box platform and is based on Android mobile OS. Google TV provides access to videos, apps, shows, DVRs, websites and TV channels.

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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer

ASUS had to do something special at CES 2012 to trump its Transformer Prime, which was the first quad-core Android tablet, as it hit the market just weeks before the big show. It also had to meet the lofty expectations it set at CES 2011, where it introduced the Eee Pad Transformer and other tablets, firmly establishing itself in the Android tablet market.

So what did the Taiwanese device maker do? It introduced an even more powerful version of what was already the most powerful Android tablet, called it the Transformer Prime 700 series, and announced along with NVIDIA a $250, quad-core, Tegra 3-powered, seven-inch MeMO Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet. To put that in perspective, if the Tegra 3 MeMO launched today, it would be the most powerful 7-inch tablet available, and trail only the new-and-improved Prime in the spec sheet, for the same cost of a budget Android tablet, and the popular Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet.

Insanity

That’s insane – Tegra 3 performance at such a low cost, and maybe too good to be true, at least for the time being. Neither ASUS nor NVIDIA announced a release date, and ASUS did not have a working model to share with CES attendees. In addition, we are still waiting on the glasses-free 3D MeMO ASUS unveiled at Computex. After this CES, we doubt we will ever see that on the market. In fact, ASUS reps suggested the company decided to instead ply its efforts on the $250 Tegra 3 MeMO, though nothing official has been announced regarding the 3D model.