The issue with any color-identifying app is the inconsistant lighting. With a standalone device, the lighting is always consistant. Now, I'm not saying I'd buy this device--my Rainbow was a lot cheeper and serves my needs well--but I do think there's a market/need out there for standalone devices.
Thanks, Ari > On May 15, 2018, at 9:39 AM, Carolyn Arnold <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > > I think I said a third the price of my iPhone - my iPhone cost a third of the > price for the color identifier. > > Best regards, > > Carolyn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Bill Gallik > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 10:23 AM > To: viPhone E-Mail List <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: New color identifier, article from blind bargains > > Sieghard, as usual, I agree completely with you! > > My first thoughts as I was reading the initial message was, “I wonder the > price?” > > When I “read” that (near) $500 price-tag I almost fell out of my chair! > > Now please understand everybody, I certainly appreciate the information about > this new Color Star color identifier. It’s just that I have to ask why these > items seem always to be so exorbitantly priced. I realize all about the > small market those who might buy such “blind community” products represents > and recouping R&D expenses, but I still have to ask that question. > > ************ > - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin > - “The Early Bird may get the worm, but the Second Mouse gets the cheese!” > - Contributor Unknown > > > > On May 15, 2018, at 9:07 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca > <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> > wrote: > > Certainly not a device I’ll buy. That is half the price of a brand-new iPhone > or the price of a Sonos Play 5 which I would use a lot more often and given > what you can do with one or two apps I can’t see too many people shelling out > 500 bucks for that. The LED colour thing is nice, but the odd time I need > this I can call somebody with Be my Eyes for free and-probably get better > feedback. With some devices like routers or the Sonos it is not necessarily > only the colour which matters but also whether the LED is a solid blue or > white or if it’s blinking fast or slow etc. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
