This is one google device i wont be touching with a ten foot barge pole,seems very over priced for a very limited streaming device.
It Cant stream from your PC or any other service or device for that matter -only Google Play Music, Google Play TV & Movies, and YouTube.
Sounds like it's better for google than for it's customers as they will be paying a monthly storage fee + over services to make use of it properly.
add to the fact that google play supports very few video formats will mean u fill have to waste time re-encoding video files to get them to work if your like me with a spread of different video formats like AVI,MKV,MP4 and others.
I think i will stick with my PC connected to my 47'' inch LG LCD and my nexus 7 streaming films, photos and music from my PC via Emit and Gmote WiFi streaming Apps which both cost $0
And to top it off it looks like a cannon ball
P.S i just read why it has such a high price tag- it's made entirely in the United States
Google Nexus Q review
http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-medi...-35339164.html
The good: The Google Nexus Q features a truly unique, spherical design with glowing LEDs that respond to music that's playing. It streams content directly from Google Play Music, Google Play TV & Movies, and YouTube, using an Android phone or tablet as the controller. There's also a built-in 25-watt amp that can be used to power speakers.
The bad: The Nexus Q is very expensive and doesn't stream from any non-Google services like Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, MLB.TV, or Amazon Instant, nor can it stream content from your own PC or DLNA server. It also requires an Android smartphone or tablet to control it, as it doesn't include a remote or its own user interface.
The bottom line: The Nexus Q's striking, orblike hardware can't outweigh the
extreme limitations of this Android-only, Google-only media streamer.