Re:I've Spent $1500 on Google's Now Dead Glass Project
by Sarkie on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @05:22AM
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As far as I can tell, you aren't.
Our CTO bought some as he wanted to test the waters with an stock counting program, nearly all the emails I read were about it being a demo, tech idea, contact Google for help and all that stuff.
All it looks like, Google allowed people to try out new tech, it seemed to go well, but the tech isn't great yet, Android Wear took most of the concepts with Google Now, the future will involve making it better before its a consumer product.
Re:I've Spent $1500 on Google's Now Dead Glass Project
by jgeorge on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @11:01AM
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The road to innovation is paved with the detritus of millions of dead worthless gadgets. I, personally, have a closet full of technology that will never live again. Thus is the price of being an early adopter.
I feel bad for the guy that he dropped that kind of scratch less than a month ago, but I haven't seen anything yet that says existing Glass devices will spontaneously combust, so he should still be able to live the glorious jetsetting lifestyle of a Glass user anyway.
He'll just have to put up with the inevitable comments about using a "dead product" which I presume detracts from the exciting experience of being an Explorer.
Don't get me wrong, spending the money from Google feels like it should be a safe bet. But life is not always going to work as we want it to.
Additionally, as pointed out, it isn't the end for Glass, just the Explorer program.
Am I missing something here?
Our CTO bought some as he wanted to test the waters with an stock counting program, nearly all the emails I read were about it being a demo, tech idea, contact Google for help and all that stuff.
All it looks like, Google allowed people to try out new tech, it seemed to go well, but the tech isn't great yet, Android Wear took most of the concepts with Google Now, the future will involve making it better before its a consumer product.
It seems to me Google can't win. Ah well.
I feel bad for the guy that he dropped that kind of scratch less than a month ago, but I haven't seen anything yet that says existing Glass devices will spontaneously combust, so he should still be able to live the glorious jetsetting lifestyle of a Glass user anyway.
He'll just have to put up with the inevitable comments about using a "dead product" which I presume detracts from the exciting experience of being an Explorer.