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Google shuts down their Glass tech support retail shops

article published on 24 November, 2014

Google has confirmed the shut down of their "Basecamp" physical stores from which the company offered support for Google Glass headsets. Spencer Kleyweg seemingly confirmed the move via his Google+ page. Kleyweg explained: "Google Glass Basecamps are the home to demos and one-to-one appointments for Glass. With only four locations (Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and London) they ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		24. November 2014 @ 15:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Those four people look like they are a few bricks short of a load.

Glass was a waste, is a present waste and will continue to be a waste at the pricetag of 1500 bucks.

Drop these down to 299.00 and I'll buy into this over-hyped yet under delivered fad.
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_ 		25. November 2014 @ 07:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by hearme0:
 Drop these down to 299.00 and I'll buy into this over-hyped yet under delivered fad.
Even at $300 I'd say they're too expensive. Rather gimmicky with no real purpose behind them. Glass was probably an important and educational experiment for Google, but it'll be quite a while before this type of wearable tech will be as seamless as it needs to be.

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_ 		25. November 2014 @ 12:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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DarthMopar
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_ 		25. November 2014 @ 23:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
As I sit here, I cannot fathom who these things are supposed to appeal to. And I agree; even at $300 these are just not worth it. $1500 is absurd.
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