Logitech suspends production of Google TV ‘Revue’ boxen

Apple Online Store“Logitech has reportedly informed Gigabyte Technology to temporarily suspend shipments of Revue set-top boxes (STBs) for the period from December 2010 to January 2011 waiting for Google to complete updates or to launch a new version of its software for Google TV, according to industry sources,” Monica Chen and Steve Shen report for DigiTimes.

Chen and Shen report, “Component suppliers in Taiwan expect Google to unveil Android 3.0 in the second half of February or March 2011 at the earliest, and related supporting suppliers will then resume shipments.”

Full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Aw, Logitech’s Revue is pending review. Whoever could’ve seen this coming (besides everyone on the planet with an IQ above 70)?

On October 6, 2010, on the occasion of Logitch’s Revue launch, we wrote: “Steve Jobs is laughing his ass off right about now. This thing is far, far too complicated for 99% of the market and the prices are insane – in a bad way. It has a keyboard, an effing keyboard! At first, we thought it was all a joke. Then we began to feel sorry for the people at Logitech who wasted their time on this thing. Of course, some percentage of well-heeled geeks will get all excited. Too bad for Google and Logitech there are nowhere near enough of them to matter. Not even remotely close. Seriously, the vast majority of the world can barely switch inputs on their TVs to see the cable box, DVD player, etc. Frankly, we’re a bit stunned at the cluelessness of it all. This thing is DOA.”

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Brawndo Drinker” and “Andrew W.” for the heads up.]

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