Will the battery be user replaceable? Can I get an extended battery pack maybe in the shape of a helmet?
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poor battery life?
- Thread starter danguyf
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No and no... Hopefully the battery could be replaced, but at the moment, we just carry external battery packs and run a cable through our shirts to charge glass on the go.
google glass battery pack
Hey, I'm actually working on developing a battery extension pack for Glass. The goal would be to about double the battery capacity by adding another 570 mAh battery that would discretely attach to the device and plug in via the USB port. I'm actually looking for people to try out a prototype and see what they think. Is this a problem that you guys have and want solved?
For those of you that have a pair, you'll notice that they usually die in the afternoon / early evening---depending on usage. With such a glass battery life expansion pack you should be able to get a *real* full day of battery life out of the device.
If you're interested in pre-ordering one or beta testing it for us, let me know!
Hey, I'm actually working on developing a battery extension pack for Glass. The goal would be to about double the battery capacity by adding another 570 mAh battery that would discretely attach to the device and plug in via the USB port. I'm actually looking for people to try out a prototype and see what they think. Is this a problem that you guys have and want solved?
For those of you that have a pair, you'll notice that they usually die in the afternoon / early evening---depending on usage. With such a glass battery life expansion pack you should be able to get a *real* full day of battery life out of the device.
If you're interested in pre-ordering one or beta testing it for us, let me know!
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That sounds really cool! Will the battery hang/clip onto the Glass? How will it be balanced, if so?
It will snap on to the frame of the glass close to the center of mass then plug in via the micro USB for ease of installation.
We're thinking something like $49 / unit. Does that price seem reasonable to you?
Awesome, we're putting together a list of people who are interested in such a device, we need a critical mass to do a first manufacturing run -- I just sent you a PM with the link to the sign up list.
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Hi,
I'm picking up my Glass on the 24th. I would be interested in beta testing the product as well.
Thanks!
This sounds great. Please shoot me a PM as well if there's room to sign up. I'm getting fitted in a couple days.
Here's another battery solution in the workx for those looking to extend battery life to their Glass: http://www.pwrglass.com
sent from my 2013 LTE Nexus 7.
Poor battery: yes, but lots of room for improvement
Hi guys,
On the first day when I received my Glass(es) I did extensive trials with them: this means, taking lots of pictures lots, of videos, showing them to everybody around, etc... Battery lasted about 4 hour. This indeed isn't great, however this was heavy, almost continuous use...
And indeed, if you touch the frame it's so hot it's burning.
Now about the theory of operation: Glass is supposed to be a wearable device for seamless micro-interactions - something that stays in the background except to allow rapid glances to perform one activity much faster than with another device (e.g. a phone). So Glass is definitely not designed to play videos (it can, but it's not the device you'd use for that....)... It's for just in time contextual information delivery, being on only the time to do its job then sleeping again.... With this usage pattern the battery lasts much longer.
Now on the technicalities. Glass uses a TI OMAP 4430. That's a pretty old cpu now (released Q1 2011), 45nm process.... really old stuff.... I think it's fair to speculate that the OMAP4430 won't be the CPU used in any commercial release of Glass....
Another thing is that Glass uses Bluetooth 2.... there may be a pattern, with Android now supporting BLE (Bluetooth Smart)... now most the radio chips support wifi, BL *and* BLE... we could also speculate that a commercial release would use BLE.....
Cheers,
Dan
Hi guys,
On the first day when I received my Glass(es) I did extensive trials with them: this means, taking lots of pictures lots, of videos, showing them to everybody around, etc... Battery lasted about 4 hour. This indeed isn't great, however this was heavy, almost continuous use...
And indeed, if you touch the frame it's so hot it's burning.
Now about the theory of operation: Glass is supposed to be a wearable device for seamless micro-interactions - something that stays in the background except to allow rapid glances to perform one activity much faster than with another device (e.g. a phone). So Glass is definitely not designed to play videos (it can, but it's not the device you'd use for that....)... It's for just in time contextual information delivery, being on only the time to do its job then sleeping again.... With this usage pattern the battery lasts much longer.
Now on the technicalities. Glass uses a TI OMAP 4430. That's a pretty old cpu now (released Q1 2011), 45nm process.... really old stuff.... I think it's fair to speculate that the OMAP4430 won't be the CPU used in any commercial release of Glass....
Another thing is that Glass uses Bluetooth 2.... there may be a pattern, with Android now supporting BLE (Bluetooth Smart)... now most the radio chips support wifi, BL *and* BLE... we could also speculate that a commercial release would use BLE.....
Cheers,
Dan
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