THE MAKER OF SET TOP BOXES for Google's TV service, Logitech has confirmed it will be making an announcement later today.
The INQUIRER spoke to Logitech earlier today and the company confirmed speculation that it will be releasing a statement about Google TV.
While Google has been shouting to anyone willing to listen all about Google TV, its hardware partners have been relatively silent. Sony's Google TV remote got an unexpected outing in the US on ABC's Nightline programme, but the company hasn't made any announcements yet.
Logitech did tell The INQUIRER in May that Google's TV service was due to start slowly rolling out from January 2011 in the UK. It was widely rumoured that you'd be able to get your hands on a Logitech set top box this Autumn. Since then, Logitech has kept mum about when its set top box is coming out. At the time, Google also said you'd see Google TV gear at Best Buy stores in the US from September.
What is for sure is that all parties involved in Google TV are mentioning conflicting dates, especially Google, which can't seem to agree with itself.
The INQURIER reported in September that Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during his keynote speech to the IFA consumer electronics show that the US will get Google TV in October.
However, on the same day, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini pinned the Google TV release timeframe as September for the US.
So we hope Logitech can help clear up all this confusion and give us a definite date.
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