He comes off as over the top jealous, and a little bitter....
Google Glass is Ridiculous
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#32>Google has never had a successful product that people pay for. Pretty sure people pay for AdWords.
Not to mention Nexus phones (sold out for a while and highly regarded), Chromebooks and Apps for your Domain (enterprise gmail, etc) which is extremely popular
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#33People said the same thing about the huge, bulky cell phones that came out in the 1980s. Who would want to carry around a phone with them all the time? And one that large? It'll never catch on! Some folks said the same thing about the iPad. Who needs a tablet when I've got a laptop and a smartphone? What strikes me is that this person is lambasting a product that he hasn't tried first hand. He hasn't lived with it fo…
Yep, post could be summarised as: "I currently don't want one. Therefore, nobody will ever want one. Anybody that says they do want one is a fanboy."
Agreed. Much of the post is subjective or flat out untrue.
"Puke. I find Glass to be ugly, impractical and completely ridiculous."
And I find Glass to be elegant, useful, and futuristic. So where does that leave us?
And then this:
"they simply don't know what it means to make products that make people happy."
Are you serious?
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#34This needed to be said. The social implications of this device are indeed ridiculous. Most insightful: "Can you imagine having a conversation with someone that's wearing this thing? I'd feel like they aren't even paying attention." I already detest people wearing bluetooth headsets. They give off the wrong social cues, they were never really accepted as fashion, and other than government-mandated hands-free use in ca…
> insightful quote: "I can only imagine my morning commute on the bus, with 15 different people talking to the screen on their head just trying to check email." So, low-quality earbuds are the problem, here, right? I mean, you're talking about listening to other people talking softly on public transportation, and you say the conversation is the problem? Do you similarly hate people who use cellphones or talk with fri…
I don't know where you're from, but around here, no one talks softly on public transportation except the crazies.
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#35Bluetooth headsets are effectively a punchline. Google Glass—in its current form—is even worse. Until that enormous blob hanging out in front of the wearer can completely fade into the frame this will be nothing more than a geek curiosity.
I think Google has excellent engineers, and very poor self-restraint. This product is at least 2 generations away from what it needs to be, but instead of working on it in the labs quietly and diligently until its ready, they trot it out proudly. Beta obsessed indeed.
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#36People said the same thing about the huge, bulky cell phones that came out in the 1980s. Who would want to carry around a phone with them all the time? And one that large? It'll never catch on! Some folks said the same thing about the iPad. Who needs a tablet when I've got a laptop and a smartphone? What strikes me is that this person is lambasting a product that he hasn't tried first hand. He hasn't lived with it fo…
While I agree with the general point of your post, I think that before resorting to the stock "old man yells at cloud" joke it's worth acknowledging that as a society we've been throwing ourselves at more and more technology fairly mindlessly, letting it take up vast amounts of our time, letting our children use it and develop their minds around it, and restructuring our lives/thinking around it.
So I think we ought to welcome channels of criticism/contemplation rather than just continuing the cycle mindlessly. I get that he hasn't used the product, but at the same time I get where he's coming from. Just because we can do something doesn't mean we necessarily should. It's a worthwhile thought whether or not you agree with his particular criticisms.
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#37>Google has never had a successful product that people pay for. Pretty sure people pay for AdWords.
And despite their supply problems, the Nexus 4/7 are top quality products.
The supply problems seem to be solved now, BTW. I've been able to order several Nexus devices in the last couple of weeks, each arriving within two-three days of the order.
Except the one DHL broke on the way, of course...
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#38Do we really want strangers in the crowd constantly pointing cameras at us? Stalkers should love it!
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#39This needed to be said. The social implications of this device are indeed ridiculous. Most insightful: "Can you imagine having a conversation with someone that's wearing this thing? I'd feel like they aren't even paying attention." I already detest people wearing bluetooth headsets. They give off the wrong social cues, they were never really accepted as fashion, and other than government-mandated hands-free use in ca…
Btw Voice is not the only way to control glass. I'm not sure if voice can be eliminated altogether but that should be easy enough. So the second problem is actually not a problem.
It could be just a display/HUD for your phone, sure. That might be more human for when you can't use your voice. But most of the interaction Google shows is via voice, so I'm not seeing it yet, and if it's an afterthought, then I'm guessing it won't be great.
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#40People said the same thing about the huge, bulky cell phones that came out in the 1980s. Who would want to carry around a phone with them all the time? And one that large? It'll never catch on! Some folks said the same thing about the iPad. Who needs a tablet when I've got a laptop and a smartphone? What strikes me is that this person is lambasting a product that he hasn't tried first hand. He hasn't lived with it fo…
They also said this kind of stuff about Videophones, and those actually did die.