Google Glass Is the Future — and the Future Has Awful Battery Life

zacharye writes "The concept of wearable tech is really buzzing right now as pundits tout smart eyewear, watches and other connected devices as the future of tech. It makes sense, of course — smartphone growth is slowing and people need something to hold on to — but the early 'Explorer' version of Google's highly anticipated Google Glass headset has major problem that could be a big barrier for widespread adoption: Awful battery life." Also, a review of the hardware. The current Glass hardware heads south in less than five hours, which doesn't seem too short relative to similarly powerful devices, but since it is meant to be worn all the time you'd think it would have a large enough battery to make it at least 8 or 10 hours.

Comments

Re: "it is meant to be worn all the time"

[pigiron]

Moron gamer fanboi. You would probably not take yours off in the shower and then complain that it short circuited while you were watching your shriveled up dick.

Can we stop talking about this vaparware?

[Karmashock]

This thing is crap. No one cares about it. Change the subject. Google Glass news is about as interesting as Segway news.

Re:Rev. 1 hardware, people

[squiggleslash]

Right, if it follows the same process for Android phones, the first production model will have an even worse battery life, followed by the next version, that'll barely last 30 minutes between charges.

And if you dare suggest this might not be, you know, enough for the device to be useful, all the trolls will come out and demand to know why you expect such a powerful widget to have a battery life measured in hours...

Re:Google glasses

[JockTroll]

Calling a real person a "nerd" is an insult. Calling a nerd a "smelly putrid piece of shit" is telling the truth. That is the difference. By the way, your stupid glasses only see forward, and they can only upload if there's signal - which is not everywhere. You will be stabbed in the ribs with a rusty screwdriver and then your head will be busted open. Your glassholish toy will not see anything, because you will have been attacked from its blind side, won't upload anything anyway because your attacker will either use a jammer or get you where there's no signal, and no recording will be found because the device will be destroyed. The grisly remains of your disfigured corpse will be set on fire, of course.