2013-07-26, 23:38
(2013-07-26, 23:22)Ned Scott Wrote: The more I think about it, the more Chromecast seems dumb. Google can't get their act together, and now they're making products that complete with other Google products.
The way I look at it, Google obviously want to promote Chromecast (the casting feature) as its now available in their latest phones and tablets, but can't do that until there are Chromecast receiver products in the market. Hence the $35 Chromecast dongle, which is simply an enabler, a quick (and cheap) way for Google to bring the receiver functionality to market, otherwise they're faced with a chicken & egg scenario - the functionality available in their phones and tablets, but with nothing to cast to. Pretty much Miracast all over again.
For the time being that probem is now solved, but longer term I can't imagine Google intend or want to sell tens of millions of these dongles, it's surely in Google's interests for third party manufacturers to quickly build-in Chromecast receiver support so that Google don't have to continue shipping hardware, and their phones and tablets will work with pretty much anything connected to a TV...
