Google sent me an invite to "Get Glass"

Post #385,565 by Another Scott 1/21/14 11:15:52 AM Reply	Google sent me an invite to "Get Glass" Woot! But at $1500.00, I think I'll pass... Cheers, Scott.
Post #385,568 by crazy 1/21/14 11:28:05 AM Reply	3 more years It will have the phone included and be part of a carrier subsidized offer. Then everyone will have them.
Post #385,573 by Another Scott 1/21/14 11:44:58 AM Reply	Dunno. Carrier subsidies seem to be dying. No doubt it'll be cheaper in the not too distant future (I expect it to be < $300 when production ramps up). But the carriers seem to be dropping overt subsidies. Or maybe they'll be sponsored ala AT&T's sponsored data stuff - http://www.reuters.c...BREA050PT20140106 - (but you won't be able to opt out without paying a small fortune), or something... Since I already have spectacles, I'm waiting to see how the prescription version work out, and for the cost to fall substantially, before seriously considering such things. But even then, it may be after retirement before I purchase one (I imagine lots of workplaces won't permit them for years). 3? Maybe, but I'd be surprised. Cheers, Scott.
Post #391,246 by Another Scott 6/27/14 9:09:49 PM Reply	Glad I passed... Matt Uebel: But the other side of the coin is - after struggling (and failing) to stablize KitKat for 3 months (If anything, they've gone downwards - While some users started having problems immediately after XE16 went live, I didn't start having issues until XE18.x - the XE18 series has rendered my Glass unit nearly unusable.), Google has suddenly thrown extra RAM at the problem without fixing the issues on 1GB devices. I'm not sure if 2GB RAM is going to solve the rampant issues KitKat has had on Glass, after all, there are many OTHER reasons for KitKat to fail on OMAP4 hardware (although, again, Glass' simplified UI and reduced-res screen SHOULD make it easier here...), but I have seen some claims that people who had massive issues with 1GB units have been having no issues with 2GB units... Which puts more evidence indicating that 2GB RAM for Glass is not a "nice to have" upgrade that enables future growth - it's a critical fix required for Glass Explorers merely to return to pre-KitKat levels of functionality. Even though it would suck to pay MORE for Glass, I'd be willing to pay a nominal upgrade fee, but right now, the choices are shelling out another $1500 or having your existing $1500 device be a paperweight. [...] I'm sure people who bought a dual flopppy 8088 IBM PC felt the same way. Still... Cheers, Scott.
Post #391,251 by static 6/28/14 12:07:22 AM Reply	That's really lazy of them. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/
Post #391,260 by malraux 6/28/14 9:53:26 AM Reply	Gee, seems like something Apple might get accused of doing on purpose Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #391,262 by folkert 6/28/14 11:03:37 AM Reply	Or Microsoft. -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Post #391,273 by static 6/28/14 6:19:34 PM Reply	Interesting. We're ready to accuse Apple or MS of deliberately ignoring older hardware to "encourage" users to upgrade but less willing to believe Google would. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/
Post #391,276 by malraux 6/28/14 6:40:54 PM Reply	My point exactly. Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
Post #391,265 by a6l6e6x 6/28/14 12:14:43 PM Reply	As they say, the pioneers get the arrows. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov

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