Chromecast: 200,000 dongles sold, the reasons for this success

By Jean-Louis Petrod on July 26, 2013

Announced just two days ago, Chromecast, latest Google product has introduced more than 200,000 orders at the Conference Wednesday evening in less than 48 hours registered. A success that can be explained much more attractive than that of the corresponding devices like Apple TV not only from the comfort of this new product of the company but also its price.

Already Chromecast dongle has to already surpassed a temporary promotion to the $11 for customers of Netflix, 200,000 last units for sale in the United States at a price of $35. A phenomenal success for this small HDMI key that offers enormous possibilities despite its size.

Sold 200,000 Chromecast in two days!

Even though multiple mobile streaming solutions are already available, it draws its simplicity and its innovative side. As soon as the connected device and the application downloaded and installed on your Smartphone or tablet, no need to do more, because everything does Chromecast. Not even need your media consumption habits to change.

A further advantage of this new product: its price. Although Apple provides an almost similar service from AirPlay wireless technology, requires the acquisition of a material suitable, much more expensive. If you know that Apple TV costs €99 or Terminal AirPort Express, to transform your TV speakers or your computer during recording from AirPlay is about 90 euros, and that everyone does not necessarily a TV or a compatible box, there is no picture

Finally a third major advantage: the multimedia streaming service is not limited to Android. So perfect you can your multimedia content to the dongle from an iPhone stream. Never see it at Apple!

One is sure, is that mobile devices take over more and more control over your living room, and this is just the beginning.

A problem for Android is the great success of Samsung?

By Gabriel Manceau 31 May 2013

Samsung and Android would be the best friends in the world ? The question seems more complex than it seems, and it is an interview that Sundar Pichai, patron of the mobile OS from Google replied that the success of Samsung is no problem, despite the questions and fears that could have that dominance.

Samsung contributes enormously to the success of Android is a good thing, but the saturation of the market by the manufacturer brings us a little more variety would like. If other manufacturers such as Sony, HTC, and LG offer good products, they are as insignificant compared to the importance taken by the Korean manufacturer. But Sundar Pichai, seems not worried in this respect:

"they are very close partners and we have a very close cooperation with them. We owe them, because they have greatly contributed for the success of Android [...] We work closely with them, and we want to continue this way.

The market is dominated by Samsung and Android.

Sundar Pichai is trying to work when it comes to software and hardware work perfectly together even when compared to Microsoft and Intel, which in the same way. It also shows that the two companies next month working on products for the 12 to 18 and it come on the market. Of course, we think a nexus 5, could not completely excluded manufactured by the Korean brand, although a new Nexus tablet...

The collaboration between Samsung and Android is very good and the associated products only as well. But other manufacturers have much to offer and was diversity always good for innovation. If we know that the Korean brand would more money with mobile OS that Google WINS, more competition not to harm. What do you think of this situation?

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