Ugh. I hate the tendency of Macrumors posters to take every cool new things and deride it because it's not instantly cheap and instantly everywhere. As if those factors will never change over time.
Didn't I hear you say the same thing to the Wright brothers?
"Wake me up when you can fly further than a hundred feet and carry more than one passenger"
Sometimes the responses to niche product releases on here are hilarious.
Thats $199 for 3 bulbs? Um, how long do these bulbs last? They'd better be forever at that cost.
Check out the Nest Thermostat.
Edit: I see someone already beat me to it.
You guys all can hate, and talk about how over priced they are, but I want it. I'll pay that for lighting that can be put on a sleep timer, adjusted to a color I select from a picture or color picker. I'll take 1 kit please.
http://www.nest.comI wonder if the next big thing isn't going to be connected mobile devices but connected domestic devices. Thermostats would be another good place to start - provided they are affordable.
15,000 hours or 15 years, whichever comes first.
Seriously, replacing every single light bulb in the house? That's a bit much. Besides, the changing color thing is more a novelty than anything else.
What would be really great is to get some iOS web-enabled light switches. Suddenly I can control all the lights in a room with my iPhone, by replacing a single switch! Take a look at my family room... 7 bulbs for the whole room, and I'm always going to want to control them together. With this system, that would be over $300 for the entire room. Give me a $50 web-enabled light switch any day!
How does this work if I turn the lights off when I leave, but then someone else (a family member, a neighbor, a friend, whatever) enters the house? Do they have to have the same app on their phone, logged into my account, so they can turn on my lights? Either that or they have to call me to do it for them... seems like a waste with a perfectly good light switch sitting on the wall.
Thats $199 for 3 bulbs? Um, how long do these bulbs last? They'd better be forever at that cost.
You guys all can hate, and talk about how over priced they are, but I want it. I'll pay that for lighting that can be put on a sleep timer, adjusted to a color I select from a picture or color picker. I'll take 1 kit please.