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Eric Schmidt on privacy, Glass and working at Google
'I would lose my job, be fired, and be sued to death' for reading someone's Gmail
Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, recently fielded an interview with Peter Sagal of NPR to talk a little bit about Google — and when Schmidt talks, we listen. The entire interview was kept quite casual, but the best parts of course pertained to Schmidt's views on privacy, how he feels about Google Glass and how some of the early principles of Google came to be. A few interesting quotes from the interview:
- On how much Google knows about users: "Well, as much as you'll let us know. We keep information about your searches for 12 to 18 months, and then we forget everything."
- On Googlers being able to read your email: "Yes, and I would lose my job, be fired, and be sued to death… Someone would find out, trust me."
- On keeping things casual at Google: "Well, we actually had to have a rule, we had to have two rules. The first rule – these are both rules I enacted. The first is that you had to wear clothes to work. The second rule is that you have to have fun. You can be serious without wearing a suit, and we wanted to invent the future."
- On what we'll be using Google Glass for: "Well, we don't quite know yet. We have maybe 2,000 of these. We've shipped them out to developers, and we're seeing what they develop. There's obviously issues, shall we say, of appropriateness of how people are going to use these things. There's a right time to have Google Glass on, and there's a right time to have it off, if you take my drift."
- On '20-percent time: "Yeah, that's another one of our ideas is that engineers should spend 20 percent of their time working on whatever they find interesting. Now, before you get too excited, remember, engineers are not that interesting… A lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, boy, that's interesting. Let's add some more engineers."
NPR has made available a complete transcript of the interview, as well as audio, at the source link below.
Source: NPR
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Eric Schmidt on privacy, Glass and working at Google
'I would lose my job, be fired, and be sued to death' for reading someone's Gmail
Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, recently fielded an interview with Peter Sagal of NPR to talk a little bit about Google — and when Schmidt talks, we listen. The entire interview was kept quite casual, but the best parts of course pertained to Schmidt's views on privacy, how he feels about Google Glass and how some of the early principles of Google came to be. A few interesting quotes from the interview:
- On how much Google knows about users: "Well, as much as you'll let us know. We keep information about your searches for 12 to 18 months, and then we forget everything."
- On Googlers being able to read your email: "Yes, and I would lose my job, be fired, and be sued to death… Someone would find out, trust me."
- On keeping things casual at Google: "Well, we actually had to have a rule, we had to have two rules. The first rule – these are both rules I enacted. The first is that you had to wear clothes to work. The second rule is that you have to have fun. You can be serious without wearing a suit, and we wanted to invent the future."
- On what we'll be using Google Glass for: "Well, we don't quite know yet. We have maybe 2,000 of these. We've shipped them out to developers, and we're seeing what they develop. There's obviously issues, shall we say, of appropriateness of how people are going to use these things. There's a right time to have Google Glass on, and there's a right time to have it off, if you take my drift."
- On '20-percent time: "Yeah, that's another one of our ideas is that engineers should spend 20 percent of their time working on whatever they find interesting. Now, before you get too excited, remember, engineers are not that interesting… A lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, boy, that's interesting. Let's add some more engineers."
NPR has made available a complete transcript of the interview, as well as audio, at the source link below.
Source: NPR
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Eric Schmidt on privacy, Glass and working at Google
'I would lose my job, be fired, and be sued to death' for reading someone's Gmail
Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, recently fielded an interview with Peter Sagal of NPR to talk a little bit about Google — and when Schmidt talks, we listen. The entire interview was kept quite casual, but the best parts of course pertained to Schmidt's views on privacy, how he feels about Google Glass and how some of the early principles of Google came to be. A few interesting quotes from the interview:
- On how much Google knows about users: "Well, as much as you'll let us know. We keep information about your searches for 12 to 18 months, and then we forget everything."
- On Googlers being able to read your email: "Yes, and I would lose my job, be fired, and be sued to death… Someone would find out, trust me."
- On keeping things casual at Google: "Well, we actually had to have a rule, we had to have two rules. The first rule – these are both rules I enacted. The first is that you had to wear clothes to work. The second rule is that you have to have fun. You can be serious without wearing a suit, and we wanted to invent the future."
- On what we'll be using Google Glass for: "Well, we don't quite know yet. We have maybe 2,000 of these. We've shipped them out to developers, and we're seeing what they develop. There's obviously issues, shall we say, of appropriateness of how people are going to use these things. There's a right time to have Google Glass on, and there's a right time to have it off, if you take my drift."
- On '20-percent time: "Yeah, that's another one of our ideas is that engineers should spend 20 percent of their time working on whatever they find interesting. Now, before you get too excited, remember, engineers are not that interesting… A lot of the Google inventions came from engineers just screwing around with ideas. And then management would see them, and we'd say, boy, that's interesting. Let's add some more engineers."
NPR has made available a complete transcript of the interview, as well as audio, at the source link below.
Source: NPR
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Eric Schmidt Thought Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” Rule Was the Stupidest Thing Ever
Way back when Google first launched, the new company came out with a moral stance that stated “don’t be evil.” A lofty, but noble goal that the company has tried to live by for sure, but in a recent interview Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt said he thought that it was a pretty dumb idea. “When [...]
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Google’s Eric Schmidt on reading your email, AOL and not being evil
Google’s Eric Schmidt recently made an appearance on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, which is weekly comedy trivia show. Schmidt was using this appearance to promote his new book, however as one would expect — other topics were discussed. For example, Schmidt revealed that he doesn’t feel sorry for those using AOL email, that he could read all of our email and that he felt the “don’t be evil” slogan was “the stupidest rule ever.”
The interesting part of don’t be evil being stupid was why. Schmidt went on to talk about how he didn’t like it because “there’s no book about evil.” Further noting that “the idea was that we don’t quite know what evil is.” On the flip side, despite not necessarily liking the rule, he did go on to mention that it worked. The provided example happened during a meeting about an advertising product. During said meeting, an engineer said “that’s evil,” the conversation stopped and the project was eventually stopped.
As far as that comment about AOL email, this has to do with partnerships. Schmidt was asked whether he felt sorry for people still using AOL email. Technically he didn’t comment about the specific person using AOL, but AOL themselves. He replied by saying that AOL is one of their largest partners and said they are “very happy if you’re using AOL.”
The potential to read our email probably should’t come as much of a surprise, however it was interesting to see the topic discussed as it was. In this case Schmidt basically said he could read a users email but that he would be “fired” and “sued to death.” And just to drive the point home, Schmidt noted that “someone would find out” if he were to do that.
Otherwise, as one may have guessed, the topic of Google Glass also came up. In this case, Schmidt said they are looking towards the developers to see what they create. On the topic of privacy, it was said that Google needs to find the “appropriateness of how people are going to use these things” and that there is “a right time to have Google Glass on, and there’s a right time to have it off.”
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SOURCE: NPR
Google’s Eric Schmidt on reading your email, AOL and not being evil
Google’s Eric Schmidt recently made an appearance on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, which is weekly comedy trivia show. Schmidt was using this appearance to promote his new book, however as one would expect — other topics were discussed. For example, Schmidt revealed that he doesn’t feel sorry for those using AOL email, that he could read all of our email and that he felt the “don’t be evil” slogan was “the stupidest rule ever.”
The interesting part of don’t be evil being stupid was why. Schmidt went on to talk about how he didn’t like it because “there’s no book about evil.” Further noting that “the idea was that we don’t quite know what evil is.” On the flip side, despite not necessarily liking the rule, he did go on to mention that it worked. The provided example happened during a meeting about an advertising product. During said meeting, an engineer said “that’s evil,” the conversation stopped and the project was eventually stopped.
As far as that comment about AOL email, this has to do with partnerships. Schmidt was asked whether he felt sorry for people still using AOL email. Technically he didn’t comment about the specific person using AOL, but AOL themselves. He replied by saying that AOL is one of their largest partners and said they are “very happy if you’re using AOL.”
The potential to read our email probably should’t come as much of a surprise, however it was interesting to see the topic discussed as it was. In this case Schmidt basically said he could read a users email but that he would be “fired” and “sued to death.” And just to drive the point home, Schmidt noted that “someone would find out” if he were to do that.
Otherwise, as one may have guessed, the topic of Google Glass also came up. In this case, Schmidt said they are looking towards the developers to see what they create. On the topic of privacy, it was said that Google needs to find the “appropriateness of how people are going to use these things” and that there is “a right time to have Google Glass on, and there’s a right time to have it off.”
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SOURCE: NPR
Google’s Eric Schmidt on reading your email, AOL and not being evil
Google’s Eric Schmidt recently made an appearance on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, which is weekly comedy trivia show. Schmidt was using this appearance to promote his new book, however as one would expect — other topics were discussed. For example, Schmidt revealed that he doesn’t feel sorry for those using AOL email, that he could read all of our email and that he felt the “don’t be evil” slogan was “the stupidest rule ever.”
The interesting part of don’t be evil being stupid was why. Schmidt went on to talk about how he didn’t like it because “there’s no book about evil.” Further noting that “the idea was that we don’t quite know what evil is.” On the flip side, despite not necessarily liking the rule, he did go on to mention that it worked. The provided example happened during a meeting about an advertising product. During said meeting, an engineer said “that’s evil,” the conversation stopped and the project was eventually stopped.
As far as that comment about AOL email, this has to do with partnerships. Schmidt was asked whether he felt sorry for people still using AOL email. Technically he didn’t comment about the specific person using AOL, but AOL themselves. He replied by saying that AOL is one of their largest partners and said they are “very happy if you’re using AOL.”
The potential to read our email probably should’t come as much of a surprise, however it was interesting to see the topic discussed as it was. In this case Schmidt basically said he could read a users email but that he would be “fired” and “sued to death.” And just to drive the point home, Schmidt noted that “someone would find out” if he were to do that.
Otherwise, as one may have guessed, the topic of Google Glass also came up. In this case, Schmidt said they are looking towards the developers to see what they create. On the topic of privacy, it was said that Google needs to find the “appropriateness of how people are going to use these things” and that there is “a right time to have Google Glass on, and there’s a right time to have it off.”
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SOURCE: NPR
Is an official Twitter app for Google Glass in the works?
But what exactly would you do with a Twitter for Glass app?
Although Eric Schmidt seems to think that Google Glass is a year away from being in consumer's hands, the evidence is building that Twitter is working on its own app for the eyewear. A tweet has surfaced of a pretty unassuming picture, but the devil is in the details here — the picture claims to be sent from a "Twitter for Glass" client, as denoted at the bottom of the tweet next to the timestamp. The tweet and account have also since been deleted, which you would expect if someone 
happened to leak something a bit too early. If that wasn't enough for you, consider also that the tweet in question has been found and pointed out by Jonathan Gottfried, who made the first unofficial Twitter client for Glass called "GlassTweet".
The evidence is pretty strong here, and we wouldn't at all be surprised if Twitter was working to have its client ready to go for the launch of Glass. The real question is, what would you actually see or do with a Twitter client on such a limited interface? We wouldn't expect a full scrolling list of your timeline, but what about notifications? Well, those would presumably be handled by your phone's own Twitter notifications already. Will the only function be to send pictures directly from Glass to Twitter? We hope they come up with something more compelling when it is actually available, but for now it's an interesting thought experiment.
Source: TechCrunch
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Is an official Twitter app for Google Glass in the works?
But what exactly would you do with a Twitter for Glass app?
Although Eric Schmidt seems to think that Google Glass is a year away from being in consumer's hands, the evidence is building that Twitter is working on its own app for the eyewear. A tweet has surfaced of a pretty unassuming picture, but the devil is in the details here — the picture claims to be sent from a "Twitter for Glass" client, as denoted at the bottom of the tweet next to the timestamp. The tweet and account have also since been deleted, which you would expect if someone happened to leak something a bit too early. If that wasn't enough for you, consider also that the tweet in question has been found and pointed out by Jonathan Gottfried, who made the first unofficial Twitter client for Glass called "GlassTweet".
The evidence is pretty strong here, and we wouldn't at all be surprised if Twitter was working to have its client ready to go for the launch of Glass. The real question is, what would you actually see or do with a Twitter client on such a limited interface? We wouldn't expect a full scrolling list of your timeline, but what about notifications? Well, those would presumably be handled by your phone's own Twitter notifications already. Will the only function be to send pictures directly from Glass to Twitter? We hope they come up with something more compelling when it is actually available, but for now it's an interesting thought experiment.
Source: TechCrunch
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Is an official Twitter app for Google Glass in the works?
But what exactly would you do with a Twitter for Glass app?
Although Eric Schmidt seems to think that Google Glass is a year away from being in consumer's hands, the evidence is building that Twitter is working on its own app for the eyewear. A tweet has surfaced of a pretty unassuming picture, but the devil is in the details here — the picture claims to be sent from a "Twitter for Glass" client, as denoted at the bottom of the tweet next to the timestamp. The tweet and account have also since been deleted, which you would expect if someone happened to leak something a bit too early. If that wasn't enough for you, consider also that the tweet in question has been found and pointed out by Jonathan Gottfried, who made the first unofficial Twitter client for Glass called "GlassTweet".
The evidence is pretty strong here, and we wouldn't at all be surprised if Twitter was working to have its client ready to go for the launch of Glass. The real question is, what would you actually see or do with a Twitter client on such a limited interface? We wouldn't expect a full scrolling list of your timeline, but what about notifications? Well, those would presumably be handled by your phone's own Twitter notifications already. Will the only function be to send pictures directly from Glass to Twitter? We hope they come up with something more compelling when it is actually available, but for now it's an interesting thought experiment.
Source: TechCrunch
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Eric Schmidt says Google Glass is inappropriae for some places and talking to it is ‘the weirdest thing’
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt recently said some interesting things regarding Google Glass. He said using the voice recognition capabilities and talking to Glass is “the weirdest thing” while he was at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government yesterday. He thinks that we have to develop a new etiquette to deal with products such as Glass because they can record video and bring up information that only the wearer can see. He also admitted, “There are obviously places where Google Glasses are inappropriate.” We already saw one bar ban Google Glass, and that was before the Explorer Editions were even sent out.
There’s no question that people will need to get used to Glass, but I think it goes for both the people without Glass as well as the people with Glass. How comfortable are owners of Glass going to be using it everywhere? At the same time how comfortable will be those that don’t own Glass going to be around those that do?
source: Reuters
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Eric Schmidt says Google Glass is inappropriae for some places and talking to it is ‘the weirdest thing’
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt recently said some interesting things regarding Google Glass. He said using the voice recognition capabilities and talking to Glass is “the weirdest thing” while he was at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government yesterday. He thinks that we have to develop a new etiquette to deal with products such as Glass because they can record video and bring up information that only the wearer can see. He also admitted, “There are obviously places where Google Glasses are inappropriate.” We already saw one bar ban Google Glass, and that was before the Explorer Editions were even sent out.
There’s no question that people will need to get used to Glass, but I think it goes for both the people without Glass as well as the people with Glass. How comfortable are owners of Glass going to be using it everywhere? At the same time how comfortable will be those that don’t own Glass going to be around those that do?
source: Reuters
Come comment on this article: Eric Schmidt says Google Glass is inappropriae for some places and talking to it is ‘the weirdest thing’
Eric Schmidt says Google Glass is inappropriae for some places and talking to it is ‘the weirdest thing’
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt recently said some interesting things regarding Google Glass. He said using the voice recognition capabilities and talking to Glass is “the weirdest thing” while he was at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government yesterday. He thinks that we have to develop a new etiquette to deal with products such as Glass because they can record video and bring up information that only the wearer can see. He also admitted, “There are obviously places where Google Glasses are inappropriate.” We already saw one bar ban Google Glass, and that was before the Explorer Editions were even sent out.
There’s no question that people will need to get used to Glass, but I think it goes for both the people without Glass as well as the people with Glass. How comfortable are owners of Glass going to be using it everywhere? At the same time how comfortable will be those that don’t own Glass going to be around those that do?
source: Reuters
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Google Glass “about a year-ish away” according to Eric Schmidt
Recently Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt appeared on the Martha Kearny show on BBC Radio 4. At about the 4:27 mark in the interview, he describes how Google Glass looks and works, and he likes that we can talk to it. When asked when we could expect to see them on the market, his response was “probably a year-ish away”, but they will monitor the feedback they get from the developers who will be getting their Explorer Editions in the coming months.
The interview is 13 and half minutes long, and in that time he covers a wide array of topics including Google’s self driving car, the impact of being connected, his visit to North Korea and more. Check out the source for the video and give us your thoughts in the comment section.
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Google Glass “about a year-ish away” according to Eric Schmidt
Recently Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt appeared on the Martha Kearny show on BBC Radio 4. At about the 4:27 mark in the interview, he describes how Google Glass looks and works, and he likes that we can talk to it. When asked when we could expect to see them on the market, his response was “probably a year-ish away”, but they will monitor the feedback they get from the developers who will be getting their Explorer Editions in the coming months.
The interview is 13 and half minutes long, and in that time he covers a wide array of topics including Google’s self driving car, the impact of being connected, his visit to North Korea and more. Check out the source for the video and give us your thoughts in the comment section.
Source BBC Radio 4
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Google Glass “about a year-ish away” according to Eric Schmidt
Recently Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt appeared on the Martha Kearny show on BBC Radio 4. At about the 4:27 mark in the interview, he describes how Google Glass looks and works, and he likes that we can talk to it. When asked when we could expect to see them on the market, his response was “probably a year-ish away”, but they will monitor the feedback they get from the developers who will be getting their Explorer Editions in the coming months.
The interview is 13 and half minutes long, and in that time he covers a wide array of topics including Google’s self driving car, the impact of being connected, his visit to North Korea and more. Check out the source for the video and give us your thoughts in the comment section.
Source BBC Radio 4
Via: TheVerge
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Eric Schmidt: Google Glass Will Go On Sale In Approximately A Year, Your Responsibility To Not Be A Weirdo
While the Explorer Editions of Google Glass are making their way out to the lucky early adopters (with extra cash), the rest of the world is wondering when it can get its eyeballs on the product. According Eric Schmidt speaking to Radio 4, the answer is roughly a year from now.
He also believes that the technology behind Google Glass goes beyond just this one product:
“At the moment what you do is you wear it. There are tremendous numbers of applications that can be imagined – augmented reality – where you see what’s going on in real-time and then we annotate that.
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Eric Schmidt: Google Glass Will Go On Sale In Approximately A Year, Your Responsibility To Not Be A Weirdo
While the Explorer Editions of Google Glass are making their way out to the lucky early adopters (with extra cash), the rest of the world is wondering when it can get its eyeballs on the product. According Eric Schmidt speaking to Radio 4, the answer is roughly a year from now.
He also believes that the technology behind Google Glass goes beyond just this one product:
“At the moment what you do is you wear it. There are tremendous numbers of applications that can be imagined – augmented reality – where you see what’s going on in real-time and then we annotate that.
- Google Outs "Project Glass" Google Glasses Prototypes, Wants Your Input On How Your Face Is Going To Look In The Future
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Confirmed To Use Gorilla Glass
- Schmidt: Android Reaches 1.5m Daily Activations, Facebook Home Is Exactly What Android Was Designed For
- Eric Schmidt Claims Google TV Will Somehow Be On "The Majority" Of Televisions Sold By Summer 2012
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Google Glass consumer launch expected in 2014
While Google Glass deliveries have recently begun on a limited basis, it looks like regular consumers still have a bit of waiting. In fact, recent comments coming from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt suggest average consumers will not be able to get their hands on Google Glass until sometime in 2014. The catch here is we have yet to see a specific date, or even a narrowed down timeframe for release.
Previously, it was believed that Google Glass would be available for consumers before the end of 2013. As of now, Eric Schmidt has said Google Glass for consumers is “probably a year-ish away.” Granted, that could still mean they will come available for pre-order in 2013, however based on the year-ish comment — it is looking like they will not be shipping this year. These comments come by way of a recent interview that Schmidt did with BBC Radio 4.
During that interview he talked about how there will be “thousands of [Google Glass] in use by developers over the next months.” Google plans to take feedback from these earlier users to refine and make any necessary product changes. Basically, those thousands of developers will be the ones doing the testing and putting up with the issues and quirks. Well, one can hope those initial issues and quirks are worked out before Glass becomes available for the regular public.
Otherwise, the BBC talk also touch on the topic of privacy. Specifically, the privacy of others. On the topic of privacy Schmidt mentioned that “the fact of the matter is that we’ll have to develop some new social etiquette” going on to say that “it’s obviously not appropriate to wear these glasses in situations where recording is not correct.” If nothing else, those planning to make a purchase may now have some additional time to set aside the necessary funds.
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Google Glass could be up to a year away for consumers, says Eric Schmidt
Feedback from Explorer Edition to help fix issues before consumer release
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's "World at One" today, executive chairman of Google Eric Schmidt fielded among other things a few questions about Google Glass. While the shipping of "Explorer Edition" Glass units last week has the new gadget in the news cycle, Schmidt was a bit less optimistic about the availability of a general release to consumers. His official wording was that Glass for consumers "is probably a year-ish away". While Schmidt isn't exactly well-known for giving perfect predictions on products, you have to assume he has some knowledge of the timetable on a consumer Glass release.
This seems to be a bit of a flexible window at this point, however, as previous statements pegged a consumer release for the end of 2013. Surely as more developers get their hands on the Explorer Editions of the devices, the feedback to Google should help with the final tweaking before a broader release. Google I/O 2013 is just around the corner as well, where we could certainly be given more information.
Source: BBC Radio 4 Via: The Verge
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Google Glass could be up to a year away for consumers, says Eric Schmidt
Feedback from Explorer Edition to help fix issues before consumer release
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's "World at One" today, executive chairman of Google Eric Schmidt fielded among other things a few questions about Google Glass. While the shipping of "Explorer Edition" Glass units last week has the new gadget in the news cycle, Schmidt was a bit less optimistic about the availability of a general release to consumers. His official wording was that Glass for consumers "is probably a year-ish away". While Schmidt isn't exactly well-known for giving perfect predictions on products, you have to assume he has some knowledge of the timetable on a consumer Glass release.
This seems to be a bit of a flexible window at this point, however, as previous statements pegged a consumer release for the end of 2013. Surely as more developers get their hands on the Explorer Editions of the devices, the feedback to Google should help with the final tweaking before a broader release. Google I/O 2013 is just around the corner as well, where we could certainly be given more information.
Source: BBC Radio 4 Via: The Verge
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Google Glass could be up to a year away for consumers, says Eric Schmidt
Feedback from Explorer Edition to help fix issues before consumer release
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's "World at One" today, executive chairman of Google Eric Schmidt fielded among other things a few questions about Google Glass. While the shipping of "Explorer Edition" Glass units last week has the new gadget in the news cycle, Schmidt was a bit less optimistic about the availability of a general release to consumers. His official wording was that Glass for consumers "is probably a year-ish away". While Schmidt isn't exactly well-known for giving perfect predictions on products, you have to assume he has some knowledge of the timetable on a consumer Glass release.
This seems to be a bit of a flexible window at this point, however, as previous statements pegged a consumer release for the end of 2013. Surely as more developers get their hands on the Explorer Editions of the devices, the feedback to Google should help with the final tweaking before a broader release. Google I/O 2013 is just around the corner as well, where we could certainly be given more information.
Source: BBC Radio 4 Via: The Verge
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Eric Schmidt Says Google Glass is a “Year-ish” Away From Its Retail Debut
The Explorer Editions of Google Glass are slowly shipping to early adopters as you read this, but since the $1,500 price tag attached to them was more than likely out of the range of most, you can imagine that the official retail launch is what’s on radars. We had originally heard that Glass in its [...]
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Eric Schmidt says Google Glass consumer version about a year away
Google has been relatively quiet when it comes to consumer versions of Google Glass, never getting into specifics about dates and always testing the product out to see if it can break into markets.
Currently, the Explorer edition of Google Glass is just starting to rollout to early developers and lucky winners of the #ifihadglass competition. These products are testers and will not be the final product, although they give the user a lot of insight into Glass.
Google has a lot of restrictions currently surrounding Glass, including not allowing anyone to sell or borrow Glass to a friend and not allowing developers to add advertisements on apps, amongst other rules.
Eric Schmidt, Google ex-CEO and now Chairman has said in an interview for BBC Radio 4 “World at One” show the Google Glass consumer version is about a year away, give or take.
This would be further behind than Sergey Brin’s estimate, the co-founder said Google could be selling the product before 2014, if they get everything right. Perhaps this is a more conservative estimate, given Schmidt does a lot of work outside the company now.
Whatever the case, Google Glass is still very much in a developer stage and for a new product it may take some time for apps to appear. It is not good enough to just have Maps and Google Now on the device, it needs that core ecosystem both Android and iOS have.
Google is also currently working to make sure they can make Glass an affordable product, unlike Apple, Mountain View believes in making a product for the right amount, not for $300 profit per unit.
The end price and end details are unknown, we may see Google Glass come for as much as under $500 with no carrier contracts. The end product may be a little less adventurous in the design too and may come with lenses for people who wear glasses.
Eric Schmidt says Google Glass retail units are about another year away
Speaking candidly in a radio interview, Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt clues us in as to when normal consumers can expect Google Glass on store shelves.
Eric Schmidt says Google Glass retail units are about another year away
Speaking candidly in a radio interview, Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt clues us in as to when normal consumers can expect Google Glass on store shelves.
Eric Schmidt says Google Glass retail units are about another year away
Speaking candidly in a radio interview, Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt clues us in as to when normal consumers can expect Google Glass on store shelves.
Motorola X Phone might come in 20 colors
What’s your favorite color? Well unless you went on a tangent, you may be able to pick up Motorola’s X Phone in your color of choice. The rumor mill is churning and what’s being pumped out is word that Motorola’s new phone may come in 20 different colors. Now all of this is according to a source for Phone Arena, so take it with a grain of salt.
Is this part of what Eric Schmidt was hinting about? This also sounds like it could be some of the “wow” they want to put back into their phones. In any case, this sounds like an excellent idea by Google and Motorola. I’m sure customers will see it that way too. Let’s hope this is one of the few rumors that turns into reality.
Source: Phone Arena
Come comment on this article: Motorola X Phone might come in 20 colors
Motorola X Phone might come in 20 colors
What’s your favorite color? Well unless you went on a tangent, you may be able to pick up Motorola’s X Phone in your color of choice. The rumor mill is churning and what’s being pumped out is word that Motorola’s new phone may come in 20 different colors. Now all of this is according to a source for Phone Arena, so take it with a grain of salt.
Is this part of what Eric Schmidt was hinting about? This also sounds like it could be some of the “wow” they want to put back into their phones. In any case, this sounds like an excellent idea by Google and Motorola. I’m sure customers will see it that way too. Let’s hope this is one of the few rumors that turns into reality.
Source: Phone Arena
Come comment on this article: Motorola X Phone might come in 20 colors
Motorola X Phone might come in 20 colors
What’s your favorite color? Well unless you went on a tangent, you may be able to pick up Motorola’s X Phone in your color of choice. The rumor mill is churning and what’s being pumped out is word that Motorola’s new phone may come in 20 different colors. Now all of this is according to a source for Phone Arena, so take it with a grain of salt.
Is this part of what Eric Schmidt was hinting about? This also sounds like it could be some of the “wow” they want to put back into their phones. In any case, this sounds like an excellent idea by Google and Motorola. I’m sure customers will see it that way too. Let’s hope this is one of the few rumors that turns into reality.
Source: Phone Arena
Come comment on this article: Motorola X Phone might come in 20 colors
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