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What Google is hoping for is to tease us into wanting something, that no one has asked for.
Google is not alone in this historically.
Let's step back a decade, when we were all told that Microsoft (by Microsoft) had the biggest R&D budget in the world.
What products came out of that R&D? ZERO.
Apple on the other hand spent years developing the iPhone with iPod profits and never let on what they were going to reveal. What happened? A mobile revolution.
Google is telegraphing R&D to try and leapfrog Apple in the public mind while having no viable consumer product in the pipeline much less on retail shelves. Thats tantamount to product suicide.
I think Glass or something like glass could be important, but I think that Googles approach to pushing alphaware in front of the masses, will, if it really is viable force google to play catch up to Apple or someone else once again.
Google has never, not once, in its history, had a successful launch of a hardware product.
Anyone want an unsolicited opinion? waits for everyone to leave I hope Google Glass is an experiment, because voice reco isn't particularly important outside of when you're driving. When I get tired of texting and consider voice reco, 2 things hit me (and others, I've done solid research on this) 1. Voice reco would be slightly better now that I'm tired of texting, but not much. 2. It is nowhere near socially accepta…
sitting at a table messing on a computer in your hand used to be socially unacceptable.
If you think Glass is the end product that matters, you're not paying any attention. Tim Cook wants to start shit-talking Glass and talking about how they're going to bring out watches? Cool. So are three other Android manufacturers. Who is the only person with the AI and data sets to power things like Google Now and really make form factors like Glass or Watch practical? You don't hear anyone talking about that. The…
"There are some positives in the product. It's probably likely to appeal to certain vertical markets. The likelihood that it has broad appeals is hard to see."
I think that's actually a fairly well-balanced statement. He also says this about glasses and watches:
"Nothing that's going to convince a kid that's never worn glasses or a band or a watch or whatever to wear one. At least I haven't seen it. So there's lots of things to solve in this space."
This isn't saying that Glass will never work or that it's a bad idea, just that as it currently stands it needs a lot of work to have a mass appeal, which is probably true. I, for one, am looking forward to see what Glass becomes in two or three iterations time.
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> Google Now allows for this to happen I've never quite figured out what's up with Google Now—I have it on my phone, and I hear it's supposed to be some sort of (semi) intelligent assistant type of thing, but so far it doesn't seem to do very much at all, much less anything "intelligent." On my phone, it gives me weather info every day (which is nice), and dutifully tells me how to get to work in the morning and retu…
You might need to signup for the Gmail search field trial to get some of that stuff: https://www.google.com/experimental/gmailfieldtrial/ , you also need search history on for it to learn from your searches.
There are three points in that sentence that exclude me.
The big question is: Can I trade in my Segway for it?
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How does it compare to a windshield mounted TomTom?
I'd still argue less distracting. Taking my eyes off the road vs changing the focus point feels a lot different.
As someone who just got their Glass last night, I have a FEW conflicting points, although a lot of it is spot on. -I don't think the screen is not bright enough, and I haven't had the issue where you have to look at something dark to see it. -I also disagree about "dangerous while driving." In fact, I would argue quite the opposite. It's SO much safer than looking at your phone for directions. The fact that any infor…
I'm interested in a second opinion on the speaker. I think the bone conduction was more a privacy than a convenience choice. He mentions others can hear garbled sound. What did it seem like to you?
If the issues with having to look at dark areas are common and persistent in the consumer release, it'll kill mainstream adoption. A geek might dislike having to do it, but they'll do it, but explaining to most people "oh sure, you just look at a shadow and hey presto" isn't going to convince them. I'm cautiously optimistic about the product, I just hope that Google can nail these issues before they release it, other…