> 1. I will never live a day of my life from now on without it (or a competitor).
This seems like a massive statement.
My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price
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#12The success of this totally depends on price. Each audience I asked at the end of my presentations "who would buy this?" As the price got down to $200 literally every hand went up. At $500 a few hands went up. This was consistent, whether talking with students, or more mainstream, older audiences. $500 standalone and $200 with some kind of carrier contract? (or is glass meant to be an accessory to a phone? maybe the…
It's an accessory to a phone.
It uses bluetooth primarily, but additionally can use WiFi for network communication.
It does not have 3g/4g nor require a SIM or contract.
Think of it is a bluetooth headset that happens to have a camera and display, and additionally WiFi (for helping to upload those larger files).
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#13Interesting he feels so strongly about that... but then again, he always kinda does. Not sure what to make of it. I used to follow Scoble's blog back when he was evangelizing for Microsoft, but he's abandoned his mediums so often and so vociferously that I sort of lost track. Is Google Plus his latest platform now? Personally, I'm consciously trying _not_ to get stuck with a single company's ecosystem, so a lot of th…
As far as G+ is concerned, I find Facebook much more useful than G+ for all intents and purposes (photos, groups, messaging, news, everything I find is either better or more useful on Facebook; more useful in the sense that my friends actually use it heh).
YouTube has great content but the design has changed for the worse in my humble opinion.
Maps is top notch. Really a modern day beauty.
Calendar is pretty useful, but nothing you can't get from some other provider.
I prefer Dropbox to Google Drive. It performs better, has a better UI, is more intuitive, and I admire the company itself as well as Drew (founder), so I stick with Dropbox (oh and the 50gb free that I've amassed helps too!).
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#14I just read this and this (1) and together they paint an interesting picture, though I'm with the TC author on this one. I hope they're very akward to use and very much like the Segway in popularity. If they're worn in public and are recording, I want a large, unmistakable red light to come on. Even so, I'm pretty sure people who record without permission will get roughed up on more than one occassion, if not just pushed.
On the flip side, recording activity or family-based events (ie, going down a mountain at Tahoe, or your kid taking his/her first steps) and having hands-free internet is pretty cool.
1 - http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/26/eric-schmidt-is-right-using...
Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price
#15Interesting he feels so strongly about that... but then again, he always kinda does. Not sure what to make of it. I used to follow Scoble's blog back when he was evangelizing for Microsoft, but he's abandoned his mediums so often and so vociferously that I sort of lost track. Is Google Plus his latest platform now? Personally, I'm consciously trying _not_ to get stuck with a single company's ecosystem, so a lot of th…
Maps, Translate, and YouTube are also the top services in their category.
One could make arguments that Docs, Calendar, have good third party competition, but the former three are relatively unequaled if you consider quality, quantity, cross-platform, and performance together.
Yes, there's Apple Maps or Bing Maps, but there's not available everywhere, no Web for Apple, nor Street View. YouTube competitor Vimeo is great and ad-free, but content wise, YouTube has far more. Translate is both more accurate, faster, and had more languages than competitors.
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#16Hrm. I find that wearing things that aren't strictly necessary irritates me. I don't even like watches, let alone some thing attached to my face. When I raced bikes, I ended up dumping the annoying heart rate monitor too as I did not like having this thing strapped to me. Phones work pretty well as they're just along for the ride, like a wallet or keys, and don't constrain me.
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#17Why is the picture quality so bad?
Guess it's because the camera has to be super-tiny.
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#18This is hard to read. And when I switch to the desktop version, Google wants me to log in. WTF?
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#19Some observations: From what he wrote it seems to me like he only gauged the reactions of technically-oriented people. Of course tech people are going to be pretty excited about this, more-so than the average Joe. He also seems to feel very very strongly about this. I don't think many people feel the same strength of opinion towards Glass. He's right about the price. If they could cut it down to subsidized-smartphone…
"He also seems to feel very very strongly about this. I don't think many people feel the same strength of opinion towards Glass."
To me, those who dislike Google Glass mostly are those who have never tried it.
I know some people who disliked it but changed their mind after trying it out.
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#20> 1. I will never live a day of my life from now on without it (or a competitor). This seems like a massive statement.
Well, the guy already wears (normal) glasses probably every day of his life. It's just a matter of using a different pair :)