I was surprised at how low quality the photos taken by Glass are. Is that the planned camera for rollout?
My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price
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#72I don't see why people think google are going to struggle to get this out for $200. It is essentially galaxy nexus hardware without cell phone modem, a much smaller battery, and a small LCOS display instead of the large 720p AMOLED one. Yes, there will be higher non-recurring engineering costs with glass- fitting it into such a small space- but if they plan to go fairly mainstream these costs shouldn't cause too much…
I agree, I don't think it's crazy to think of them selling this at a $200 price point. They've shown time and again that hardware is just a way for them to spread their software, and this is just an extension of that philosophy.
As for the author's point about google moving away from advertising, he's nuts. I think google realized that advertising in this setting would be way too intrusive at the get go, but I'm sure they'll work it in over time.
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#73> I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce based company. What planet is this guy on? Google's product has always been eyeballs. This is just the most direct manifestation of it.
Apple has reminded everyone in tech, that there are better routes to mountains of profit than "free" products. When the Scoble's of the world are willing to drop 2000+ dollars (including cost of phone) for the ability to take a picture faster, or more likely, just to look cool to friends, then why not.
Who wants to be hostage to advertisers anyway? That unpleasant road, just involves turning all your users into controllable lab rats.
If Google is trying to make a shift, I say high time and all the best.
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#74Some observations: From what he wrote it seems to me like he only gauged the reactions of technically-oriented people. Of course tech people are going to be pretty excited about this, more-so than the average Joe. He also seems to feel very very strongly about this. I don't think many people feel the same strength of opinion towards Glass. He's right about the price. If they could cut it down to subsidized-smartphone…
I completely agree with you first point. It is very easy to forget that there's a vast range of people with very different viewpoints and beliefs than you. If you primarily meet people in tech, you are not meeting all sorts of people who may feel quite strongly that they don't want to be recorded.
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#75"Also, Google is forbidding advertising in apps. This is a HUGE shift for Google's business model. I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce based company."
Does anybody think this is their permanent stance? I certainly don't.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Without discussing if Bluetooth and WiFi are bad for your health, it would be way better to keep those transmitters and receivers close to your head than for instance your upper body. Your skull is quite dense and blocks radiation way more than the soft material that protects your heart and lungs.
Rather irrelevant in the GHz range, where density is much less significant than the chemical bonds and conductivity of the material. In fact the soft tissue would likely be a better absorber due to a higher concentration of water.
Isn't the fact that water absorbs waves and heats the main hypothetical danger for the brain?
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#77I hope Google improves the camera by the time they release the consumer version. I saw the demo from Engadget editor, and the video seemed a little too shaky for my taste. It needs OIS, or something to make the video recording much more stable. This is even more important than in a smartphone, because you're moving your head a lot more. So Google should really prioritize this. I would also make it a lot better in low…
My guess is that voice recognition happens mostly server-side, similarly to voice search and voice typing in Android.
Jelly bean with google now added offline voice recognition. My downloaded English dictionary is 22mb.
http://m.androidcentral.com/google-search-update-allows-thir...
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#78I have no doubt Microsoft are working on their own glasses, so maybe I'll hold out for that.
I jumped from Google's ecosystem to Microsoft and I'm totally happy with the Outlook.com/Skydrive/Office trifecta. The Windows Phone 8 is awesome and integrates nicely with Windows 8 OS. Even Bing has strengths that Google search can't touch.
Internet Explorer 10 is almost tolerable.
So yeah, lets see what Microsoft brings to the party.
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#79> I believe Larry Page is moving Google from an advertising-based company to a commerce based company. What planet is this guy on? Google's product has always been eyeballs. This is just the most direct manifestation of it.
So you think Google’s ultimate goal here is shoving ads in front of people’s eyes? I somehow doubt that.
Why wouldn’t they just want another leg to stand on, besides ads? Doesn’t that make sense? You can make tons of money selling hardware. Apple demonstrated that.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see that being much of an issue. When you're out in public, most expectations of privacy are gone anyways.
Yes, but you don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry to start photographing you either do you? How would you feel if where ever you went someone followed you with a camera pointed at you?
I live in London so that's basically happening already.