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Google opens Glass sales in the UK, for £1,000 a pop |
June 23, 2014
Google Glass is now available to any adult living in the U.K., as the company eyes international expansion of its head mounted computer system.Google said Monday that it was opening the beta “Explorer” edition of Glass to any U.K. resident over age 18, at a price of £1,000. At current exchange rates, that’s roughly US$1,700—$200 more than the device’s price in the U.S.Google didn’t say where that extra $200 was going. But the unit does have some new features aimed at U.K. residents. It can recognize their accents, as well as the metric system, so metrics like Fahrenheit are changed to Celsius, the company said. Google also said it was working with U.K. developers to provide locally relevant software for the system. That could come in the form of specialized mapping apps.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2366720/google-opens-glass-sales-in-the-uk-for-1000-a-pop.html#tk.rss_all
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