Future is here? Amazon need to buy these guys and let Alexa and Angee share the same house 
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Until you can order it for two day delivery from Amazon, itās all just marketing. Thereās no telling what features will actually be delivered. If it works, great, but itās not real yet.
As far as ā360Ā° cameraā thatās a set up for a heist movie scene. Pro burglars love those. Throw a tennis ball into the room, the camera follows the tennis ball, you walk in completely unseen.
Just sayināā¦
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I have to agree with JD here. Iāve all but stopped backing Kickstarter projects. Over all Iāve been happy with the majority of projects Iāve backed, but the that feeling as decreased over timeā¦
Tech projects always, always, always run lateā¦ and then they are NEVER up to what they promised when they are finally initially released. Just recently I received my LaMetric Timeā¦ like two weeks ago. They initially promised delivery January 2015. And while the hard ware is REALLY nice (probably the best hardware Iāve seen from a KS project), the software isnāt fully ready yet. There is no want to email or text updates to the unit like was promised.
Like many KS projects (Lifx, SmartThings, Ubi, MetaWatch, Pressy, PlantLink) I expect LaMetric to improve their software and if the company proves successful they may eventually meet or even exceed their KS campaign promises.
But then thereās project like Lima (Due December 2013, received August 2015)ā¦ so, so, so PAINFULLY late, and then radically different from the initial campaign that Iām not even sure I trust the finished product. Or projects like āSmart Power Stripā (Due April 2014ā¦ still waiting) where they are so, so, so late that other things have come out that do the job as well or better for cheaper.
Angee looks cool and sounds like a great idea. But Iāll be shocked if itās delivered by their target date of Oct. 2016. Really shocked. I also suspect the back end wonāt be 100% ready/reliable initially as well.
And while the early bird deals are decent, a retail of $429? Thatās pretty steep in my opinion. IF it delivers everything promised, thatās a good dealā¦ now. But Iām not sure what 2 years from now that $429 will buy you. (Perhaps an Echo, ST Hub, Camera and a few sensors?)
Sorryā¦ I know that JD and I are probably both sounding like Debbie-Downers right now, but as someone whoās gone the KS route more than a two dozen times with more than 10 tech project backed, I personally have given up on tech on KS. What saves I might had gained from being an early backer Iām more than willing to give up to have the certainty that the tech will: 1.) Be available when itās supposed to be. and 2.) Be what itās promised to be.
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Iām with you on this as a 2-dozen backer on KS, too.
Iām waiting on a few tech items that are definitely beyond the anticipated date.
Some have been worth waiting for and some Iām thinking may end up not working out as well as I would hope.
There are very few items I would back that have such a far away delivery date. Most items I back (I will admit to backing a video game with a 2017 release), are set to deliver within 6 months (which I understand may turn into 7 or 8).
We kind of need to see how the development of this product goes before anyone can make a decision on it being worthwhile to integrate with ST.
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