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It's dead with consumers. Business use cases can make sense, though. If you can make a warehouse picker 5% more efficient you can easily save the cost of the de
by lnanek2 12y ago
It's dead with consumers. Business use cases can make sense, though. If you can make a warehouse picker 5% more efficient you can easily save the cost of the device, etc..
- asah 12y ago5% x $15/hr = <$1/hr savings. $1500 + software + support = >1 year payback. And if they break, you lose entirely. In my warehouse, chromebooks and used Dells run the show.
- gohrt 12y agoNo doubt the price today will be the price forever, and nothing survives longer than a year,
- nashashmi 12y agoI know you are being sarcastic.
- davej 12y agoStill seems profitable quite quickly if it actually did give a 5% productivity gain. Keep in mind that the ratio of devices per person is more likely to be about 1:3 rather than 1:1. A device can work much more hours per week than the average human, and it only needs to stop for a battery recharge.
- adamio 12y agoYour calculation seems flawed. A 5% efficiency boost isn't just direct labor cost savings
- myko 12y agoA similar technology would also be great for police.