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Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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post #4

"I bought the fridge so my wife could keep up with my calendar. I hope this gets fixed soon. That is a lot of wasted money if no one can use this anymore." If only there were other ways of checking or sharing an electronic calendar! The future is now.

"What do you mean it can also keep my food cold? I don't need all these useless features, I only bought it for the calendar", he didn't add.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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post #6

I have a Samsung refrigerator that is supposed to be Internet-connectible. I wasted about 5 minutes on it before giving up. The shoddy quality of the software combined with the low marginal utility of having my refrigerator connected to the Internet just didn't make it worth more than 5 minutes of my time.

The marginal utility of having a refrigerator connected to the Internet is not something I ever thought someone would have to estimate.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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post #14
post #6

I have a Samsung refrigerator that is supposed to be Internet-connectible. I wasted about 5 minutes on it before giving up. The shoddy quality of the software combined with the low marginal utility of having my refrigerator connected to the Internet just didn't make it worth more than 5 minutes of my time.

The marginal utility of having a refrigerator connected to the Internet is not something I ever thought someone would have to estimate.

Yeah, it was kind of like "Eh, I'm bored, I think I'll connect my fridge to the Internet. Oh, the software is shitty? Eh, don't think I'll bother."

If someone as geeky about this stuff as me thinks like this, there's no hope for connected appliances actually catching on anywhere.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

#18

Well, at least a calendar is fitting for a refrigerator, as opposed to a twitter client or whatever.

Why? (not that I would endorse a twitter client, I just don't see the use case for having your fridge be 'calendar enabled')

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Well, at least a calendar is fitting for a refrigerator, as opposed to a twitter client or whatever.

In all fairness, it has that too, along with Pandora, a Grocery Manager app, and some other things.

http://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-rf4289hars-refrigerator...

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