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My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by onedev »

andybak wrote: post #66
onedev wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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,…

Remember Drive = Docs + Online storage so you're essentially only comparing Dropbox to the latter. You're probably aware of this but with the rebranding of Docs to Drive I thought it was worth making this explicit.

You're right, I was only referring to the storage part. I love Google's Docs product. It's very simple and fits most of my needs.

Their storage product is what I don't like as much, but I acknowledge that they've been making progress on that too (and it has pretty cheap subscription plans to increase storage space which is pretty awesome; Dropbox is pretty expensive but I don't actually pay for it so meh)

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by uptown »

ryankshaw wrote: post #98
bane wrote: post #95

I appreciate this review, and I agree with him 100% on the price point. Had I been in the audience I wouldn't raise my hand till $200-300 either ($1500 is almost comically absurd). But at the same time, I'm gonna wait no matter what till it does more. A head mounted camera (which seems to make up the bulk of the advertising use-cases for it) just isn't important to me...at all. I think the head mounted navigation stu…

IMO, at that price point, the real question is "is it worth it to wear them and look like one of those guys that walks around with a Bluetooth earpiece in at all times"?

You don't want to look like this?

https://plus.google.com/photos/+Scobleizer/albums/5870920743...

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by LockeWatts »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #114
robobenjie wrote: post #97

How can you possibly say that you aren't willing to spend more than $200 dollars, but would wear it on your face every single day? People pay more than that for sunglasses which provide no functional utility above the $5 sunglasses.

I don't think you can just look at the price of Glass alone. AFAIK they rely on your phone to work so you also need an Android phone and data plan. I think Google should be selling Glass like a Android phone accessory rather than a product by itself. Also people are taking a risk by purchasing one. They have never used anything like it and don't know if it will actually benefit them.

Where did you get that information? That is the only time I've ever heard anyone say that, it seems sketchy at best.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by xtracto »

ixacto wrote: post #144

I would be hesitant to talk to anyone wearing the google glass about any controversial subject matter. Big brother really is watching you... As for price, if google thinks it can make money off of it, the price will indeed be $200 or so.

This is important and greatly overlooked IMO.

By Law, Google (along with other Internet companies) have been required to be 'tap friendly', so that the government can read everyone's data (like email).

So when more and more people starts using Glass, the government will also want to tap into that. I am sure some will say that such ability will only be used to prevent crime, but we already know how well the government abuses power to their own enjoyment like it happened with the porn-scanners which pictures could never-never-never be saved...

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by k-mcgrady »

LockeWatts wrote: post #153
k-mcgrady wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you can just look at the price of Glass alone. AFAIK they rely on your phone to work so you also need an Android phone and data plan. I think Google should be selling Glass like a Android phone accessory rather than a product by itself. Also people are taking a risk by purchasing one. They have never used anything like it and don't know if it will actually benefit them.

Where did you get that information? That is the only time I've ever heard anyone say that, it seems sketchy at best.

"As Google Glass doesn’t have a mobile antenna or GPS tracking, My Glass is essential if you want to send and receive SMS from Google Glass, use a data connection, or navigate using GPS."

The phone is pretty much essential. NB: My Glass is the companion Android app.

http://www.androidauthority.com/how-it-works-google-glass-19...

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by Zigurd »

LockeWatts wrote: post #153
k-mcgrady wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you can just look at the price of Glass alone. AFAIK they rely on your phone to work so you also need an Android phone and data plan. I think Google should be selling Glass like a Android phone accessory rather than a product by itself. Also people are taking a risk by purchasing one. They have never used anything like it and don't know if it will actually benefit them.

Where did you get that information? That is the only time I've ever heard anyone say that, it seems sketchy at best.

The Glass device is way too small for a battery that could power a 3G or LTE radio.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by coob »

arrrg wrote: post #79
coob wrote: post #55

> I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce based company. What planet is this guy on? Google's product has always been eyeballs. This is just the most direct manifestation of it.

So you think Google’s ultimate goal here is shoving ads in front of people’s eyes? I somehow doubt that. Why wouldn’t they just want another leg to stand on, besides ads? Doesn’t that make sense? You can make tons of money selling hardware. Apple demonstrated that.

No, I think Google's ultimate goal is making money. They only know how to make money by selling ads. They have made squat by selling hardware.

Re: My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

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Post by ferrouswheel »

threeseed wrote: post #36
saulrh wrote: post #32

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A couple of differences. First, vision is much higher bandwidth. You can glance at a notification and immediately know that you have a message, who sent the message, and how you received it. Takes half a second. Bluetooth earpieces are only suitable for sustained conversation. They are social faux pas because you are having a sustained conversation with someone else. This is not the case with HMDs - someone using a t…

It is looking away that breaks conversations, not doing something else. You ARE looking away. And depending on how many messages you receive it could be just as irritating to the person(s) you're with as constantly checking your phone. Least of all the constant doubt about whether your conversation is being recorded or not. I am not disputing their unquestionable usefulness I just have doubts they will be acceptable…

I don't know about you, but people that stare at me without keeping their eye movement dynamic are freaky and intense.

The thing I think will be weird is that Glass is in the upper right, and looking up and right is associated with creativity aka lying. Not sure why they didn't go with upper left, which is more associated with memory recall.

Both these eye movements happen in normal conversation btw.

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