Amazon Dash

Post by sukuriant » Sat, Apr 05, 2014, 12:18 AM UTC

Rusky wrote: post #64

dotBen wrote: post #32

HN'ers asking why this isn't a cell phone app take note - this exemplifies why we (geeks) don't make good use cases for consumer tech and we should always be careful looking to our own habits and values when in a Product Development role. We're rarely the target customer and rarely behave like "average Joe". We're naturally resistant to superfluous redundancy ("My phone can already snap a barcode, I don't need a sepa…

> Ultimately we shouldn't assume consumers value convergence, especially when it creates ever increasing complexity in user experience Reminds me of this excellent article by Bret Victor: http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesi... Making everything an app narrows the bandwidth between the user and the tool. Now everyone needs a phone, and you can't leave the scanner where it gets used, and you ha…

Post by triangleman » Sat, Apr 05, 2014, 12:21 AM UTC

mrxd wrote: post #69

dotBen wrote: post #32

HN'ers asking why this isn't a cell phone app take note - this exemplifies why we (geeks) don't make good use cases for consumer tech and we should always be careful looking to our own habits and values when in a Product Development role. We're rarely the target customer and rarely behave like "average Joe". We're naturally resistant to superfluous redundancy ("My phone can already snap a barcode, I don't need a sepa…

Agreed. Other advantages: A dedicated device means everyone in the household can use it without the friction of having to help everyone find the app and register with the same account. People without phones (like kids) can use it. It's designed to sit on the kitchen counter or hooked on to something. That physical presence reminds you to use it when you're in the kitchen, where an app buried on the last page of the h…

Post by mcintyre1994 » Sat, Apr 05, 2014, 12:25 AM UTC

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #122

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #97

I've been expecting Tesco (UK) to do this for ages. They have supermarkets literally operating on this sort of device, you scan+bag as you go, and they have a decent national delivery service.

I wonder if they tried it and found there are less opportunities to upsell so it doesn't pay off: If I'm only scanning products I have then where's the discovery and upsell?

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 05, 2014, 12:27 AM UTC

hansy wrote: post #88

alaskamiller wrote: post #16

Number of steps to scan grocery by phone: 1. Find your phone 2. Unlock 3. Swipe left to home page three or maybe four 4. Visually scan for the AmazonFresh icon and tap 5. Wait for loading 6. Start scanning action 7. Confirm and pay Number of steps to scan grocery by Dash: 1. Get device from drawer or pantry 2. Press one button and scan 3. Confirm and pay For the target demo (30+, married, households with children), o…

Not to be a pedant but you're neglecting steps in your Dash algorithm that you implemented in the phone version (possibly creating a visual bias). Number of steps to scan grocery by Dash: 1.) Find scanner 2.) Turn on scanner 3.) Start scanning action 4.) Find laptop (or mobile phone) 5.) Navigate to browser 6.) Sign in to Amazon Fresh Account 7.) Confirm and pay I don't honestly think the Dash would provide a discern…

Post by gagaga » Sat, Apr 05, 2014, 12:42 AM UTC

revelation wrote: post #118

techsupporter wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even if they hadn't expanded beyond Seattle, Seattle is their "home market" where lots of their employees live and a rather good market for a wide-availability grocer. Fred Meyer stores nor its QFC sibling hold a candle to any halfway-decent actual-Kroger from back home. Safeway is just Tom Thumb with a 20% markup. This isn't exactly the Dallas/Fort Worth grocery region, with 11 (yes, eleven) full-service grocery cha…

Here is my problem: it's been in this perpetual beta mode since 2007. At some point they should be done with all the market research there is to do and either go big or stop wasting resources on building gadgets for it.