PDA

View Full Version : Google starts selling Glass to anyone (in the US) with $1,500 to burn



wraggster
May 14th, 2014, 22:02
http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/4896x3264+0+0/resize/630x420!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/midas/3b0e88b2919dc316ad5e4d035b86eb2b/200112128/476661483.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/13/google-glass-available-to-public/)There's no longer a need to attend a golf tournament (http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/11/google-glass-golf/) or carefully log on for aone-day sale (http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/10/google-opens-up-glass-to-everyone-on-april-15/), as Google has just announced (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+GoogleGlass/posts/QLD88fE7qmE) it's opening sales of the Glass headset to all (in the US). As long as they're in stock and you have $1,500, you too can join the beta Explorer program (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/26/google-glass-explorers/) and be part of a nearby #glassnightout (http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/01/glassnightout/). Now that Glass is more widely available, Google is saying thank you to its first Explorers with a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHqp5nFq5Pk (embedded after the break) asking some of them what being among the first to wear the device was like. A major consumer push (and hopefully lower price) is yet to come as the team keeps working on the hardware and software, but if you're not bothered by some rough edges / weird looks, it's just a click of the buy button (http://www.google.com/glass/start/) away.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/13/google-glass-available-to-public/