From the article: The Boston Globe profiled this gadget over the weekend (price tag is $77.50 plus a $29.95 monthly subscription charge), and the accompanying v

From the article: The Boston Globe profiled this gadget over the weekend (price tag is $77.50 plus a $29.95 monthly subscription charge), and the accompanying video is worth a watch. You kind of have to see Maya to believe her. What's the subscription fee for? None of the services this thing provides need human intervention or a central server (except the e-mail, but this does not need to be THEIR server). The costs should be entirely development and production of the physical device. Why does a subscription model make any sense?