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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Until a headset is as unobtrusive as a pair of eyeglasses it will not see mass appeal,

You mean like Google Glass? I don't think that went anywhere either.

It would not be the first time they put out a massively expensive and wholly useless product decades ahead of its need.

Do you have any examples? Massively expensive is always the case, but I can't think of a product that Apple launched that was decades ahead of its need.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The newton comes to mind, a hand held touch screen device that was launched a decade before the palm pilot fulfilling no use and being extremely expensive. Flash forward 30 years and everyone has a touch screen mobile computer in their pocket, but the newton was a complete failure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

TIL Self is still around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I did not know that existed! Wiki link for those interested.

Apparently the recognition of handwriting was quite bad. I wonder how many still exist