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Post by FireBeyond »

thrownaway2424 wrote: post #164
FireBeyond wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What of Logitech's Harmony system? It works around the concept of activities. "Watch TV" - it asks initially, "What input is the TV set to?" "What remote do you use to control the volume?" "What remote to change the channel?" And from then on, it works. It doesn't cover all on your list, but it has the potential.

I strongly disagree here. I have a Harmony remote, I know exactly how to use it, and I consider it a usability disaster. It definitely would not be my model for consumer device usability.

Partially agreed - the configuration leaves a lot to be desired, but once programmed it’s good. The biggest thing for my girlfriend was the “Help” function (if she hadn’t kept the remote pointed for the entire sequence) - but that’s been largely negated by my latest upgrade, which has an IR blaster in the entertainment center itself.

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Post by rsync »

chunkyslink wrote: post #218

Nice try NSA! Seriously though, it worries me that there are more and more 'listening devices' in my home. We've seen what has happened recently with the NSA listening to calls. What is to stop the authorities getting a back door into all these devices and just recording everything?

I really want nothing to do with 20 different cloud connected and voice-aware devices in my home.

I'm not going to buy a Xbox One unless I can effectively mute the mic (not just the UI telling me I did) and I'm not having a nest thermometer tied to some weird social login/profile that I have to create in order to use it.

I'm certainly not going to stick some amazon listening device in my kitchen.

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Post by pepijndevos »

You could also take it to a store and scan things there. See what you get, pay less.

I know someone who runs a book shop, and he frequently has people browse for books, only to buy them online later for slightly less.

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Post by babesh »

squintychino wrote: post #170
babesh wrote: post #152

Wait till a 2 year old gets ahold of it and scans everything 10 times.

I doubt Amazon would be stupid enough to leave this possibility unaccounted for. Even the most basic purchase on Amazon requires you to put in a password to confirm your purchase. Why would this be any different? Or are you simply being a model HN contributor and nitpicking any little thing that comes to mind?

Amazon has had one click purchase for years on the web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click. The whole point is to not require re entering a password each time. In fact they hold the patent for it and have sued others for it.

You have attacked me for misinformation whereas you are the one misinformed.

EDIT: I am a Amazon Prime user and turned off one click because I saw my son clicking on stuff he wanted. And there is confirmation email. You basically have to rollback the purchase if you can. Sometimes you can't if it's shipped.

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Post by 27182818284 »

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…

>HN'ers asking why this isn't a cell phone app take note - this exemplifies why we (geeks) don't make good use cases

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I still have a working CueCat. I think the Jury is way still out on this. I'm betting it will do better than the CueCat because Amazon as a company has a better track record, but assuming this was a brilliant move to use a proprietary, non-smart phone device is—it is just way too early! For example, all it takes is the next generation of phone to be like, "Hey we should improve our barcode scanning in the next Samsung Galaxy SVI The Undiscovered Country."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat

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Post by tripzilch »

Nullabillity wrote: post #238
Too wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Older generations use their phones for...calling people. Not refreshing Facebook every 30s. That means the phone will be in the last place where they made a phone call, which could easily be the basement. This thing? Its somewhere in the kitchen maybe; exactly where it is supposed to be used.

Why would this be useful in the kitchen if there's a day's delivery delay anyway?

Because that's the place where you want to quickly add an item or make a note on your shopping list.

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Post by BallinBige »

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…

I have to kindly disagree.

Every one is becoming increasingly more addicted to their iDevices or Android devices. It doesnt have anything to do with IQ, its common sense to use whats on you - your 'smart phone.

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Post by gnews »

beejiu wrote: post #68

How does the voice feature work? Is it computer voice recognition, or does your voice get sent to a person to interpret?

actually it could be a combination of both. since amazon already have mechanical turk, it might make sense to fallback on manual interpretation.

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Post by wbillingsley »

BallinBige wrote: post #247
mrxd wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I have to kindly disagree. Every one is becoming increasingly more addicted to their iDevices or Android devices. It doesnt have anything to do with IQ, its common sense to use whats on you - your 'smart phone.

"...go ahead and grab it with flour on your hands". I don't know about you, but I wouldn't grab my smartphone with flour on my hands. Neither would I be trying to take a picture of a barcode with my cellphone in one hand, baby in the other, phone cover flapping down over my hand making it tricky to see what I'm doing while I try to pudge a greasy thumb at the "shoot" button while... blast I dropped it and it's bounced off the granite bench top onto the tiled floor.

"My smartphone has this computational ability" does not equal "my smartphone is in any way designed to be ergonomic or convenient for this task"

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