I finally found a nice clean bulleted list of what Google Q is/does.

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•It comes with analog audio out, digital audio out, micro HDMI and a micro USB port – which was introduced as a way to enable future upgrades as well as “general hackability.”
•The device plays all of its content straight from Google Play, including the songs users upload to Google Music.
•The device can be remotely controlled from any Android device, and offers multi-room playback.
•Nexus Q allows social music-listening experiences, with multiple users adding songs to the device’s queue – think of it as a kind of Turntable.fm in your living room.
•Nexus Q can also play movies and TV shows straight from Google Play – which makes a little more sense now that Google has added movie purchases and a big library of TV shows from networks such as NBC and ABC to its digital storefront.
•Users can also watch videos from YouTube.
•The device will cost $299, and is available for pre-order through the Google Play store starting today. Shipping will begin in July.


So yes, it's like an AppleTV without all the functionality and three times the price. It's also like a Squeezebox without all the functionality and the same price. ANd it's like a Roku streaming box at six times the price. But it has a 25 watt amplifier and doesn't work with standard HDMI cables and may have difficulties with standard banana plugs and speaker cable.

Google need to add a chicken with its head cut off to their logo. I think that best embodies their broad strategy. smile

The market is in dire need of a better media playback device after being continually let down by existing products, but this is far from it.
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