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This is a bad name. The word "smart" implies the bolt can connect to my phone via bluetooth and I can download an app that will tell me the status of the bolt.
by deltaonefour 5y ago
This is a bad name. The word "smart" implies the bolt can connect to my phone via bluetooth and I can download an app that will tell me the status of the bolt.
- thomasjudge 5y agoI was just thinking that these don't have wifi, an ip address, contact the mothership via aws to make sure the maintenance contract is paid up and TOS clicked...such a missed opportunity...
- deltaonefour 5y agoImagine replacing the batteries. The business opportunity here is highly lucrative.
- CRConrad 5y agoIt does imply that... Nowadays, unfortunately. This is bad, because "connect to my phone via bluetooth and I can download an app" is often not a very smart way at all to do something. Yet another example of how marketing abuse of language fucks up everything.