The Android operating system won't be just on smartphones and tablets, any more. IN Media Corp. announced their Set Top Box integration with Google's Android platform. The !ROFL IP Set Top Box is about the size of deck of cards. It lets users surf the net, read webmail and watch IPTV such as Hulu, Netflix (and most likely the new streaming video service coming from none other than Google) on a connected television. The !ROFL is expected to come to market in the coming months for less than a hundred dollars.
IN Media's !ROFL IP Set Top Box runs Google's
Android platform with the ability to download games and
applications from Google's Android Market application store that will at 1080 HD resolutions.
Customers
will experience seamless integration with their Android based mobile
phones, Tablet PC's running Android and all Android enabled devices
within IN Media's Set top Box !ROFL.
Here are the specs f
or features of !ROFL:
- Watch High Definition (1080P) content straight from the Internet at no extra bandwidth cost.
- Supports external Hard Disk drive, SD HC or USB drive to play stored content, just like a Juke Box.
- Supports Live content from IN Media's TV Channel partners and Web sites streaming Live TV from all over the world.
- Connect USB HD Camera for Video Talk.
- Make calls using Voice Over IP Telephony, Skype, and other VoIP solutions available on the Internet.
- Listen to Music on Demand, Live Radio stations streamed from all around the world.
- Do Web surfing via Internet Browser.
- Get Email services from your own servers as well as from Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc.
- Read and write documents using Google Apps such as Word, Spreadsheet, Power Point (when they have a keyboard available.)
- Read eBooks.
- Store and Play Photos, Slide shows
- Watch Video on Demand content from web sites like Netflix, Blockbuster, etc.
Hardware Specs:
1080P resolution Video output.
HDMI Support.
RJ45 port
USB 2.0 Host.
SDHC card slot.
Up to 32GB NAND Flash.
3.5mm headphone jack.
Infra red remote control
USB Keyboard support.
USB camera support
USB wi-fi (802.11b/g) support.
Dual array microphone.
SPDIF.