Monday, February 25, 2013

Samsung HomeSync is a media streamer with a huge hard drive (video hands-on)

Gallery Photo: Samsung HomeSync hands-on

Is it a Google TV? Yes and no: Samsung's new HomeSync media streamer runs Android 4.2 and has access to the Google Play store, but you won't find a Google logo anywhere on the box — nor will you find a single mention of the actual "Google TV" brand anywhere in Samsung's literature. The company might just be trying to distance itself from a brand that hasn't really produced any blockbuster hits.





If you want a Google TV with a 1TB hard drive, this is a slam dunk


But make no mistake, the HomeSync feels like an Android device through and through. Playing with it on the MWC show floor today, I used a Galaxy S III to control the box in one of two modes. In the first, the phone's screen acts as a touchpad (not unlike Apple's...


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