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Re: Amazon Dash

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Post by tormeh » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 12:56 AM UTC

jimmaswell wrote: post #198

tormeh wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, but she doesn't want all the buttons from all the remotes moved to a single monstermote, she wants the TV remote to do everything as if the only thing connected was a TV. "Why do I have to choose channels on my TV AND cable/satellite box?" and "why are there multiple sound levels for the HiFi, TV, cable and DVD boxes?" are questions no one has adequately answered and they're questions everyone except geeks and…

>Yeah, but she doesn't want all the buttons from all the remotes moved to a single monstermote, she wants the TV remote to do everything as if the only thing connected was a TV. "Why do I have to choose channels on my TV AND cable/satellite box?" and "why are there multiple sound levels for the HiFi, TV, cable and DVD boxes?" are questions no one has adequately answered and they're questions everyone except geeks and…

There are people out there who don't know what communism is. Not the precise definition, just the loose concept.

50% of all people are dumber than average.

More importantly, though, is that the current arrangement is inelegant.

Re: Amazon Dash

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Post by robkatcher » Tue, Apr 08, 2014, 4:13 AM UTC

blobbers wrote: post #79

Has anyone else noticed that this completely rips off Hiku? Or is this repackaging the same product? http://hiku.us/what-is-hiku/

Hi this is Rob one of the founders of hiku. A buddy of mine pointed me to the discussion going on here, great dialogue.

Like many have mentioned, we find the appeal of a dedicated device tends to be embraced more by non-techies. We like to say hiku is more Kathie Lee (http://tinyurl.com/mxjxml8) than Engadget (http://tinyurl.com/nbpyg97).

The part of hiku that 'remembers for you' is in market now (scan/voice, list on your iPhone), shops for you is coming (integrated commerce).

If any of you are interested in playing around with hiku, we would welcome your feedback. We are backordered but will begin shipping again end of this month. Use hackhiku at checkout and we'll knock off $20 (limited to the first 10 people).

We use our API externally for retailer integration, and are considering making that public or at least opening up more private access. So if you are interested in someday creating something with hiku, we would welcome your input there as well.

Happy to discuss more offline, rob@.

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