Sony BRAVIA Smart Stick is Basically Google TV as a Dongle

 Taunted on the formal Sony models weblog for a few months today before the short article was eliminated, the Sony models BRAVIA NSZ-GU1 Intelligent Keep is a new dongle that opens the abilities of Look for engines TV on a conventional BRAVIA tv. Not attempting to directly contest with the Look for engines Chromecast, customers will be able to “throw video” playing within the YouTube program on their smart phone to their tv. Moreover to obtaining the Look for engines Play store through the BRAVIA Intelligent Keep, customers will also have access to the conventional array of loading movie applications such as Blockbuster online, Vudu, YouTube, Amazon Immediate Video, Crackle, Redbox Immediate and other Bravia applications.

Sony has not indicated if the dongle is suitable with other tvs, but the main connection to the tv is not USB or HDMI; it’s MHL. Also different from the Chromecast, the BRAVIA Intelligent Keep comes with a distant device and customers can use the voice search function through the mic built into the distant device in order to look for content on Look for engines TV. Moreover, the BRAVIA Intelligent Keep offers a double screen method that allows customers to at the same time use an program, like the Look for engines Firefox Web internet browser, while continuing to keep an eye on the tv nourish in a resized, smaller window.

Although the solution does include on-board storage space for application storage space, Sony models hasn’t specified how much storage space is included. Sony’s diagram of the product doesn’t include any additional slots for expanding the on-board storage space with a Sony models branded storage space either. By comparison, the Sony models Internet TV Blu-ray Disc Player using Google TV comes with 8GB of on-board storage space for apps.

Around the product, users will find a Link button to pair the dongle with the remote device, a power indicator light, a Small USB port to power the product, an IR Blaster to control other devices, a Small HDMI IN jack and a MHL plug in order to attach directly to a BRAVIA television. Sony models is expected to officially announce details about the BRAVIA Smart Stick on September 15 and will likely offer up pricing information as well as a release date for the product. However, you can view the online manual for the product here as of the time of magazine.