Google TV Gets "Surprising" Traction

An article by IPCarrier

Google TV has many of the same goals as Apple TV, namely to provide a simpler interface, a new way to discover great web and TV content. Google TV wants to provide a more TV-like YouTube experience, while Apple TV aims to do the same for iTunes and other content.

Google says it now has more than 150 apps which developers have specifically built for TV. Up to this point, Apple TV and Google TV have used an “add a box” approach. Google TV appliancesBut Google has been aiming to make Google TV capabilities a native feature of the TV set, and seems to be getting some traction in that regard. Google TV getting traction

Google TV partners appear to include LG, Samsung, Sony and Vizio, all of whom will be featuring built in Google TV features on at least some TVs. LG Google TV

Just how soon “many” makes and models will have embedded Google TV is not so clear. It might take several years. How long before Google TV is widely available?Apple, on the other hand, might be planning to build and sell it own TVs. Apple might build its own TVs.