I’m guessing because onyx doesn’t have a book store to subsidize the price with like Amazon.
I’m guessing because onyx doesn’t have a book store to subsidize the price with like Amazon.
The ridiculous (and strangely beautiful) form factor is the only reason we’re talking about it. At this point, if you want to launch a product and get eyeballs on it, you partner with Teenage Engineering and lean into whatever comes out as a result.
It’s probably not going to be an actually useful device but it would have been even less successful if it was an app.
I would argue there’s a lot of cool, new, tech in this headset to justify some of the price premium. Not $3500 but certainly some of it.
The most ridiculous Apple tax is still either with the$1000 pro stand for the monitor. Or the Apple Mac Pro wheels at $700.
I really thought I would love the new tile card for the thermostat but in reality, it’s been 24 hours since I updated and I’ve accidently fucked my temperature setting up at least 5 times already.
I access my dashboard through my phone and it’s way too easy to grab the temperature handles while trying to scroll the dashboard. I’m not sure how I’m going to fix this yet.
Reed from Smart Home Solver gave his 2 cents in a video today. (https://youtu.be/JXvTzBlsVD4) Using Fully Kiosk Browser and a custom Home Assistant dashboard, it looks like he’s made great use of it.
I still don’t think my smart home is at the level where it needs a dedicated tablet to control it, but the magnetic dock does make this solution more interesting IMO.
That’s me too. I was a family subscriber for years. Some of those years it was just myself on there too. But the price hikes and interface degrading was infuriating.