News - Google Glass in now available for any US resident to buy

[HEXUS]

However it's still in beta and still costs $1500 - while stocks last.

Read more.

[Jowsey]

Some-one needs to re-read the second last paragraph...

What kind of processor does it have ...

[B0FHY]

@Jowsey It's the breast processor available of course!

[mtyson]

The feature image got to me...

[Denis_iii]

Someone needs to move the pic from homepage into this article....

[Jowsey]

@Jowsey It's the breast processor available of course!

I'm glad people saw it before they changed it ! Otherwise I'd look like a right idiot.

[tomthum]

Google Glass a TOTAL RIP OFF at the price not worth any more than £100 as we have seen from the tear down of the product GREEDY CORPORAT GOOGLE AS usual
Tom G

[kingpotnoodle]

Google Glass a TOTAL RIP OFF at the price not worth any more than £100 as we have seen from the tear down of the product GREEDY CORPORAT GOOGLE AS usual
Tom G

Only when idiots assume the entire cost is the hardware BOM (which other estimates put a lot higher). Research, staff salaries, marketing, software etc are all free, nobody has to to pay for that at all... oh no wait they do, and also private companies are entitled to make a profit - if you don't want to pay the price then don't, simple. It's not as if Google would even be profiteering (which they probably aren't in reality) on some essential thing we needed, Glass falls very definitely into the luxury category...

[Jowsey]

Only when idiots assume the entire cost is the hardware BOM (which other estimates put a lot higher). Research, staff salaries, marketing, software etc are all free, nobody has to to pay for that at all... oh no wait they do, and also private companies are entitled to make a profit - if you don't want to pay the price then don't, simple. It's not as if Google would even be profiteering (which they probably aren't in reality) on some essential thing we needed, Glass falls very definitely into the luxury category...

Another concept to 'be charged' for is the fact that this is VERY MUCH a leading edge device. Point to it's competitor. The research to build this up from scratch itself would have been a HUGE expenditure on Google's part.

Also, Google are responsible for the Nexus brand of devices, so they are hardly out to profiteer.Not hugely anyways...

[crossy]

Only when idiots assume the entire cost is the hardware BOM (which other estimates put a lot higher). Research, staff salaries, marketing, software etc are all free, nobody has to to pay for that at all... oh no wait they do, and also private companies are entitled to make a profit - if you don't want to pay the price then don't, simple. It's not as if Google would even be profiteering (which they probably aren't in reality) on some essential thing we needed, Glass falls very definitely into the luxury category...

Best comment on this was online recently - poster said that the perception of being "overpriced" is because Glass is seen very much as a phone add-on or as a phone itself. In which case it's "unsustainable" for that to be more than the cost of a high-end phone, so about $900. And a phone cost has to cover overheads too. Not saying I necessarily agree with that ... before the Glass-fans start getting hot under the collar.

I'm not that bothered for Glass - $1500 for effectively being a beta-tester is far too high in my book. However, when it's "productionised" (and a shedload cheaper!) I think it might be useful - especially as I already wear spectacles, so it's not a big hindrance. More of a problem is that you look like something out of a bad sci-fi movie. Or, better still, you get comments of "oi mate, where'd you leave your 'elicopter" since it looks like the something the Apache pilots would wear.

[Makzilla]

Google Glass seems really cool, but that price.

[CampGareth]

I really like Glass, but the route I'd probably go is get an Android Wear smart-watch and see how much of the craving that satisfies. I'd feel a lot more comfortable if they guaranteed something like the first and maybe second generation of production/consumer-grade glass free for anybody buying at this stage as thanks for helping them bring it to market.

[Mentawl]

lol @ the thumbnail pic on the front page. According to Google image search, it's from the "first porno shot with Google Glass". Rather tongue in cheek, amongst other locations...

[azrael-]

"When you buy Google Glass for $1,500, you are getting far, far more than just $152.47 in parts and manufacturing."

Well, you'll probably get beaten up for invading peoples' privacy.

[pp05]

Glasses worry me.

Idea of people wearing these and everything you see and interact with go back into some central AI system.

[Makzilla]

Heh, yeah, so many ways that could go wrong right?