> This device doesn't solve that problem at all. Unless you assume you're going to buy two of these things, one for the office and one for home, at which point

> This device doesn't solve that problem at all. Unless you assume you're going to buy two of these things, one for the office and one for home, at which point you're clearly talking about people with significant amounts of disposable cash who could solve this many other ways. It still solves a problem that exists, which is maybe why they've already met there Kickstarter goal 10 times over. People in developing nations may have different problems this would solve. > A better analogy than regular headphones might be noise-cancelling headphones. A new convoluted analogy isn't going to change the fact that "this isn't a viable product because it's 'useless without a phone'" is a terrible argument. > If you can pick up one for $30 in a few years, I might feel differently. So now you're saying it's viable but just too expensive? It's going to hit that price one day and maybe even below. > If you can install an app and use it for this, you can install an app and use it for sync. Sync isn't rocket science. This is definitely not true outside of techies. > by the time this device hits a reasonable price point, chromebooks and laptops will still be close. I think I've already pointed this out, but detractors of the Chromebook used the same reasoning as to why Chromebook would die. They were wrong. > If you mostly want to watch movies and play games, you can also buy a tablet for $50 and probably be happier than you would with either of these options. Since it's just a screen and keyboard, you do realize that this is a cheaper tablet right? The only reason it's not cheaper now is because only one company is aware of this device class's future and potential. Besides, I've already proven my point that people in developing nations spend money on non-life critical electronics. > because there's no developing area I'm aware of using North American plugs and an English qwerty keyboard. There's a country called the Philippines that meets this criteria with a population of 100 million. Even if that didn't exist, have you seen an East Asian keyboard? It's basically a western keyboard with extra ideograph (hanzi/kanji) characters on top of the letters. Repurposing this device with a different keyboard and power cable wouldn't be hard. Nitpicking unimportant details can stop people from seeing the big picture. > I think they're targeting the US audience because you've got to market something like this to people with significant disposable cash because it delivers little actual value beyond novelty. Yes for now, and apparently people here do see value in it.