Nexus Q By Prakash

1. Nexus Q

2. Agenda
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Overview
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Specifications
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Design
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Setup
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Nexus Q App
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Features
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User Reviews

3. Introduction
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Media-streaming entertainment
device
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Runs in Android 4.0
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Introduced by Google in June
2012
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Introductory price of $299
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Spherical shape
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Launch was postponed

4. General Specifications
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Diameter - 4.6 inches (116 mm)
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Weight - 2 pounds (923 g)
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H/W controls - Rotating top dome volume control
Capacitive touch sensor for mute on/off
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CPU - OMAP 4460 (dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU
and SGX540 graphics core)
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Memory - 1 GB LPDDR RAM
16GB NAND flash memory
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OS - Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

5. Technical Specification
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Android Control - Phone/Tablet
Software
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Audio
- Amplifier, Outputs
Stream

6. Design
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Bocce ball
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Innovative design
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breaking out sharp-angled
dimensions of devices
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Flattened, well-weighted bottom
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The black orb, with a soft, matte
finish
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Bisected diagonally by a thin ring
of LEDs

7. Setup
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Easy to Setup
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Controlled by a Nexus Q App.
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Android 2.3 Gingerbread or later
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The app connects automatically
to the orb over Bluetooth
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Wi-Fi password, designating the
room
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Setup less than 2 minutes

8. Nexus Q App
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First Launching App – forces to
connects to the new hardware.
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The app automatically picks up the
running Nexus Q hardware in a
room
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Established a link by having user
log in to their Google account.
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This app can control multiple Q's
on the same network
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The app by default sets My Home

9. Communicate with Device
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Your Android phone or tablet
controls Nexus Qs via local
Wi-Fi network
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Ethernet to stream music and
videos stream directly from
Google Play
 Nexus Q requires
Bluetooth, during setup
only
 Ensure device in range or
bluetooth/WiFi turned ON

10. LED COLORS
Rotating Blue Single Color –
Solid Color Pulsing Slowly Flashing Yellow Flashing Red
Rotating Purple Rainbow Colors Blue of Varying Black
Stripes intensity

11. Remote & Direct controls
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Use the volume button on your phone or
tablet.
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Turn the upper half of the Nexus Q
clockwise or Anti-clockwise
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The LED turns blue while volume is
being adjusted, glowing more intensely
as it gets louder.
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To mute or un mute your Nexus Q.
touch the LED on its top.

12. Streaming
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Can set up one or more Nexus Qs,
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Use the Google Play Music app to
play music through them
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One Nexus Q
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Multiple Nexus Qs
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Each Nexus Q has its own music
queue
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Combine many Nexus Qs at the
same time

13. Play YouTube videos
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you can stream videos using the
YouTube app
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You can still play YouTube
videos on your phone or tablet in
the usual way
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Must connected to a TV with an
HDMI cable, and the TV is on
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It's not possible to stream more
than one Nexus Q at a time.

14. Invite Friends
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You can allow your friends play their own music
through your Nexus Qs
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Settings open to guests  On
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Touch Invite guests.
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Enter your Friends Email Address
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Give them the name and password for the Wi-Fi
network
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Turn off guests

15. Sound and Light Show
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Play Music and tapped a
streaming media icon on the
top of the screen
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In HDTV pretty dancing
visuals on the screen
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LEDs on the edges of the Q's
dome also pulsed in color
and in time to the music.
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Dozen themes (e.g. warm,
cold, blue), make it brighter
or dimmer

16. User Reviews
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It doesn't allow users to stream content already
stored in smartphone or Tablet
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costlier compared to Apple TV which costs only
$99
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Android dependent
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Less functionality and usability

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