Comments on: How can Google Improve the Nexus Q to Get You to Buy One?

By: John Abassian

John Abassian — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:27:00 +0000

He’s saying he’d rather a Nexus 7.

By: JRomeo

JRomeo — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:46:00 +0000

Figure out a way for me to insert a DVD cd into this thing, and have it play…. i dont want to only be able to watch movies from the play store. the more options the better. the reasons people buy things is because it gives them more options. pack this with as many options as possible, and it’ll fly off the markets, a full desktop version of the chrome browser, at the very least a specialized Q keyboard app for tablets which only controls the onscreen Q browser, or preferably its own keyboard by itself. the ability to have netflix, hulu+, there is a MASSIVE audience that wants to cut the cable television cord, and this could be it. put amazon prime video, and please please PLEASE increase the television content of the Google Play TV section… amazon kindle fire has more tv episodes than the Google Play tv section…

By: chaz2400

chaz2400 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Make it a Windows Media Extender.

By: ERIFNOMI

ERIFNOMI — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:53:00 +0000

Not sure that really applies. Sorry about the typo.

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:35:00 +0000

Glass houses, stones; all that stuff.

By: forpar

forpar — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:31:00 +0000

If it had the ability to mirror I am in even at $300.

By: ERIFNOMI

ERIFNOMI — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:14:00 +0000

I meant oops. Like I said in my comment below (that is now hidden on the second wave of comments), I was pretty out of it.

By: Pick a name

Pick a name — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:08:00 +0000

I’d like to see some sort of Airplay-esque feature. The ability to wirelessly sync music and other files to the Q on top of integration into Google TV would make it worth it for me.

By: Sileem

Sileem — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:58:00 +0000

Lower price, a remote control interface, and some form of expandable storage, even just a USB port.

By: EricTheRed

EricTheRed — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:58:00 +0000

Maybe not make it look like a stupid orb? Where am I supposed to put that thing in my house anyway? If it’s meant to be a part of your entertainment system then it should look like your other components (ie: rectangular or cube like). I don’t know the exact dimensions but I am guess it would need it’s own shelf and couldn’t fit on top of other components in my cabinet. It would have to sit on top of something and out in the open which is unappealing to me personally and would add to the geek factor. It looks like something a teenager would buy for his/her gaming system. I’m in my early 30′s and it doesn’t look appealing to me at all no mater what it does. Also, I think the odd shape adds to the mystery of what it does exactly. It doesn’t look like anything else which could cause it to be looked over in the store. That’s my 2 cents

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:08:00 +0000

An amp and optional, matched speakers. This is probably not only part of why it’s so expensive, but also part of why it’ll fail until a hardware refresh. The Nexus Q is too many things in the wrong places and too few things in the right places for mass appeal.

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:07:00 +0000

Just so you know, “opps” isn’t a word.

By: Droidzilla

Droidzilla — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:04:00 +0000

Give me your Q, Tim, and I promise it’ll get used more than 5 times. Heck, I’d use the thing daily!

I think it’s actually a great device for what it is, but not many need the functionality of it. There’s not a huge market for a nice decor media streamer that does YouTube and Google Music from any Android device and has a matched amp and speaker combo. If this thing had GTV baked in, local storage, could stream from a network PC/Mac/Linux box, and/or some nice apps (even just ones that improve the user experience without adding a huge amount of functionality), then it would probably be wanted by at least a greater number of people if not the general public at large. Any of those could be had with simple software fixes.

Now, if I were advising Google, I would say it needs a hardware change. Add all of the software stuff I said up top, then ditch the amp, add an HDD, and make it able to have a pass-through HDMI at least and you’d have a solid seller.

Imagine: the Nexus Q’s awesome form factor and it runs as a local and cloud media streamer and GTV unit (including DVR capabilities) as well as costing less (since the amp portion would be axed, and I’m reasonably certain that an HDD would be cheaper than the amp). They could even offer SSD variants for more money for the set that needs the quickest of the quick; though I should think that HDD would be best under current prices and memory restrictions.

Do it, Google!

By: picaso86

picaso86 — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:15:00 +0000

your body oil?????

By: Firant

Firant — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:58:00 +0000

Release it to consumers so I can see it and figure out if I want to blow money on it?