duh!!! Its a beta device and its priced that way so developers can start making their profitable apps already on it. Its an investment. Off course its to expensive for daily use.
Why I'm Returning Google Glass
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Re: Why I'm Returning Google Glass
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Is Google Glass marketed as a developer kit, or even as a prototype or "first run" device? All the FEM I've seen is very polished (leading me to believe the company wants me to think the product is polished) and seems to be catering to a mainstream audience. Compare this to the Oculus Rift, which explicitly sells a "development kit" and even requires checking a box that says "I understand this hardware is intended fo…
Yes, I think Project Glass has been pretty clear about this being a first run device. That's why the participants are referred to as "Explorers". The point is to start mapping out use cases and fine tuning the UX. Source: My wife is getting her Glass in a few weeks.
They should have avoided being cute and simply called it a "Developer Kit" instead of targeting it towards "Explorers".
I don't know about you, but the use of "Explorers" is broad enough and appeals to the ego enough to be inclusive of a pretty large swath of society that is going to be disappointed by the device. "Developer Kit" pretty much describes exactly what audience it is actually ready for.
Re: Why I'm Returning Google Glass
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> Contrast to the iPhone, yet again (the original). It showed both incredible potential and was an excellent actual product. This amuses me, because I was building an iPhone app in 2008 for my then-employer, so I had a company phone. I barely used it. When I moved teams, I returned it and didn't bother owning a smartphone until 2011 when the entire market had matured. Sounds like a pretty apt comparison.
So what's wrong with the early generation iPhone since you think the dumb phone was still way cooler?
Cooler? No. I just didn't find it remarkable. I like my tools to be useful rather than mere status symbols.
Re: Why I'm Returning Google Glass
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And it was a "whim" and his idea was to write a journal (which presumably gets page views) and so he gets one, and now he's publicly returning it, and getting lots of page views and his money back. All in all, the cynic in me thinks things are going as planned. He is effectively out no money, and yet he's picked up a bunch of traffic. Internet win.
This guy actually does that for a living. He is currently testing a new product called Helpouts that allows you to charge for support using Hangouts in G+. Looks mildly interesting and more useful then Glass.
I can't see anything about helpouts on that site. It might be useful for a friend. Where did you hear about it?
Re: Why I'm Returning Google Glass
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> While this is a fair and worthwhile personal essay, I don't think it's a particularly impactful statement about the potential of the product. This is an unfinished product and he wants his $ back because the user experience leaves him cold. He's not investing in Google - he's buying an actual product. And clearly he is skeptical that this particular product will ever live up to its potential. Contrast to the iPhone…
> Contrast to the iPhone, yet again (the original). It showed both incredible potential and was an excellent actual product. Which was over twice the price at launch, and then fell off the face of the Earth once the iPhone 3G was announced, and dropped from support a year later or so. (The 3G was SOLD longer than the original was even supported) I think the original iPhone is exactly what he wants to avoid, since no…
My first gen still work with the stuff I had in it at the time I moved on from to a different phone. My daughter will find it, charge it and ask me to install games for her on it so I keep hiding it from her.
And, I paid $200 for it with AT&T contract.