Saw this today: Homepod is Apple’s first “breakthrough home speaker,” coming December for $349 | Ars Technica
$349 for Apple's take on the home assistant. This especially killed me:
Saw this today: Homepod is Apple’s first “breakthrough home speaker,” coming December for $349 | Ars Technica
$349 for Apple's take on the home assistant. This especially killed me:
I don't know how they expect to compete, at that price. Other than the fact that Apple fanboys/girls/other will pay it, I don't see it being especially successful.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
BTW, hey all, it's been a while.
@Elkvis: Agreed. I was reading that article and I gather that the sound quality is supposed to be great, but the sound quality is also great on the full-size Echo, which is basically half the price.
I'm not sure I understand the appeal of yelling things at a single speaker, and listening to music in mono again? Why?
I don't know what's more offensive. If the price, or Tim Cook treating everyone as an idiot."We want to reinvent home music," Tim Cook told the Monday WWDC keynote crowd
Anyways, I'm sure it will be a smashing success story of reinvention. Like the watch was.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.