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Want a free Google TV? Tell Google you're a Web developer

By Emil Protalinski

On October 27, 2010, 4:56 PM

Google knows it's going to have a tough time convincing users to switch to its TV platform. As a result, over the next few weeks, the search giant is handing out 10,000 free Google TV units to developers in hopes of "empowering the developers of the world to make Google TV an even better experience, through websites that have been built with the TV screen in mind." 3,000 Google TV devices (specifically, Logitech Revues) were already given away to attendees of the Adobe MAX conference.

The remaining devices will go to existing Web developers in the Google Code community, but the company is also accepting entries from professional Web developers into the Google TV Web Developer Promotion. You'll need to include a short summary about the type of interesting website your company would like to create or optimize for Google TV. Google is planning to select 2,500 winners from those entries.

For those outside of US borders: "this giveaway is only for U.S based developers," Google said. "We hope to make Google TV available in other markets soon.


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  1. i am dying to see what else google tv has up in its sleeves b/c so far there's nothing it can do my mini pc wont.

  2. US only , otherwise I would apply, doubt I would get one anyways.

    I hope they do the same thing when they bring Google TV to europe/UK

  3. I am web developer but not sure why you need to compete on behalf of company.. Can't we develop our own and participate..

  4. Google is set to position themselves within the middle of a ton of markets they will seem pretty spread out but when all said and done they will be intergrated into almost every common device phone, house, tv, mobile, car even house hold items like furnace, fridge, air conditioning for smart homes. The big question would be how much higher can their stock go.

  5. Can I just make up a company I wonder and promise to become a web developer someday?

    But seriously, does anyone actually buy these things? $300 to get TV shows off the internet to your TV where you probably already pay to watch TV shows through a satellite/cable service? Sure you can get Pandora and Facebook and Netflix too, but most new TVs already offer that as a built in feature.

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