2015 counts this dead technology

　　Towards the end of 2015, and in this year, we are exposed to numerous new technology products. However, with the passage of time, the once popular products are difficult to escape the "death" of fate. Here are some of the well-known products:

　　Firefox OS mobile phones

　　Smartphone of the Red Sea, is an Android and iOS world, even if the "deep pockets" Microsoft cannot share. Mozilla the browser company attempts to launch the low-end mobile phone market. Firefox OS relies on HTML5, Mozilla wants to make up for the lack of niche applications using a Web browser technology problems. Cath Kidston iPhone plus case

　　But they apparently ignored the fact that, since it wants to occupy the low end of the market, also takes traffic to run Web application, which in itself is somewhat contradictory; HTML5 extension slow browser application development is not satisfactory. Mozilla finally announced in December 2015 to stop the development and marketing of Firefox OS mobile phones.

　　But a paper pointed out that in the near future, powered by Firefox OS for tablets, TV stick, routers, and other smart devices is still in development. Anyway Firefox OS cell phone is dead.

　　Sony PSP

　　Sony's handheld PSP can be said to be the most successful one so far has sold more than 80 million units. In June last year, Sony had already announced it was discontinuing PSP. However, Sony last month announced the end of March next year to stop the PS store on PSP, users will not be able to purchase items in the store, this amounts to complete sentence of the PSP's "death penalty".

　　From 2004 in Japan local launch by 2014 cut-off, PSP has more than ten years, and today can still see the handheld PSP player in the subway. However, this smart phone hardware development for ten years, and even Sony's next-gen PSP, PSV was also difficult, Palm's decline is an inevitable trend.

　　Adobe Flash

　　Today's Flash technology has become a street rat. If you are concerned about foreign network security news, you'd find out, News Flash vulnerabilities are too frequent.

　　As early as the beginning of the Steve Jobs launched the iPhone, iPhone did not support Flash technology. In the Android system version 4.1 also supports Flash. One important reason is that Flash is too power-hungry, is not appropriate in the battery-powered handheld devices.

　　In December, Adobe announced it will encourage content creators to use the new Web standards such as HTML5 instead of Flash. This means that Flash will die.

　　Microsoft's Zune music player

　　Apple launched iPod has changed the way people listen to music, as a "mortal enemies" Microsoft wants to compete, which introduced the Zune music player. But the Zune never made a success. 4 years ago, Microsoft announced it was discontinuing Zune.

　　Last month, it announced the closure of Zune music service, the original Zune subscribers will automatically be transferred to the Groove services now. However, even in the era of mobile Internet, presence of Groove music and Apple Music, Google Play Music but also cannot be compared. Microsoft really ought to think mobile strategy.

　　Secret (Secret)

　　Secret site was formally launched in January 2014. Through the Secret platform, users can anonymously share secrets "gossip". Zhiqian, Secret has completed a series b financing, received millions of dollars from investors, valuation, reached $ 100 million. But the application has opened a 10-month decline in popularity, and soon after took a nose dive. On April 30 this year, Secret announced its closure.

　　Dropbox and Evernote extension products Cath Kidston iPhone 6+ plus

　　Put the two together, because they had too many similarities, such as is "Unicorn" company (Note: means the company valued at more than US $ 1 billion), are well known by the public, wants to put itself into a productivity tool. For them, the two companies have launched a number of segments, in an attempt to capture more users, but have encountered "Waterloo".

　　Dropbox this month announced the closure of photo Carousel and mailbox using Mailbox backup application, which has spent $ 100 million acquisition of the Mailbox used to be a star. Evernote also closed the food "food in mind" and comments using Skitch, executives leaving crowd will have to cut 5%, to let the world know that times are hard for them.

　　The two company's current predicament may be a large number of "Unicorn" in miniature.

　　Glass

　　Google engineer company atmosphere, always like making some experimental products. Google closes every year many such experiments, such as Google Code code management platform, photo Google+ Photos of social sharing platform.

　　But the most famous is the glass, wearable device, this costs a lot of money, is perhaps the idea too far ahead, sale is not good, were quite bland. Google announced in January that eventually stop to accept user orders, closed its "Explorer (Explorer)" software development projects, research from Google and Google glasses x laboratory transferred to other departments.

　　Although, yesterday there was news out of Google will launch a second smart glasses, but it was not designed for ordinary consumers, but for enterprise users.

　　Windows 8.1

　　In fact, Microsoft has not stopped support for Windows 8.1, mainstream support for the system will continue until 2018. But "live or die". This summer Microsoft launched Windows of 10 equal to the sentence Windows 8.1 "death sentence".

　　According to Microsoft, "generational upgrade law" Windows 8.1 is the failure of a test product. It intrude in your notebook the Tablet operation logic, criticized for the user.

　　Finally in less than 5 months time, Windows has finally passed 10 system "predecessor" has become the world's second-largest after the Windows 7 system. But in China, have been "declared dead" XP was still "haunted" Super 1/4 market share, XP still sit second.

　　Apple's design aesthetics

　　Strictly speaking, this is not a technology. But after the death of Steve jobs, Apple's design seems to be tending to mediocrity. Apple introduced several new products this year are more or less by netizens ridicule. Here we had to Miss Apple's design.

　　First to ridicule of Apple Pencil. Is not to say that its shape is not good, but it is charging way too "dangerous": in a Lightning interface on the iPad Pro, always kind of like 10 percent cut. In addition, unlike Surface Pro 4 that has magnetic properties, cannot be with plate storage, loss is a big disadvantage.

　　Next iPhone 6/6s battery shell back and netizens ridicule as "hump", designed to increase battery capacity, why not make the phone a bit thicker "smoothed" camera?

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Keep, probably is the most lacking modern quality bar ... ... In view of this, designers Xindong brings this Che "hourglass green cover" (Liveglass Planter), between trying to taste and energy, get a more perfect balance: iWatch Case

Structure of course hourglass-like, material is clear plastic or glass. Hourglass between the upper and lower sections are very small openings. So, when we are in the upper water, water will be as well as infusion, a drop in the following plants drop by drop. Designers believe that the hourglass green plant cover, not only because the upper of water and add some better lighting and Visual effects, but also solve the problem of regular watering. What would you be willing to give their "meat": throughout the globe? iWatch Case

"Hourglass" upper part with water, a drop at a time slowly dripping to the bottom of the Green

"Hourglass" also opened the vent holes on the lower part, ensure that the air flow

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Intelligent hardware sold far too expensive Come on they re just helpless

Selling price is helpless, selling too low prices also hurt their brand. Is a dilemma.

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Investment measure the value of a startup smart hardware company, will see the company how many users, rather than see how much turnover, how much profit. Hello Kitty iPhone 5S case

Reason is that so-called intelligent hardware, software and services value must exceed the value of the hardware itself, so that more users, profit potential will be greater in the future.

Even in the absence of better methods of realisation of case, everyone is bound to follow the way of valuation, because investment is the future, in case of future realisation of a good method, it must be the user far more likely to earn a lot of money.

Since the aim is to get more users, why many intelligent hardware pricing so expensive?

Such as a bracelet, cost less than 100 bucks, domestic brand costs six hundred or seven hundred abroad is more than 1000. Domestic entrepreneurs and I talk about it, why are you priced so high? In unison the answer is forced high, our users are iPhone users, value driven, cheaper but harder to sell.

I United States entrepreneurs talk about this problem, why are you priced so high? Still United States entrepreneurs more honest, they say price is not high at all selling out, and would not have survived. For example in the United States, smart hardware is one of the most important sales channel of BestBuy, a bracelet price is US $ 99 purchase price is less than $ 50, mainly BestBuy cost is too high. As if vendors want to lower, selling a little more, it is not possible, because BestBuy to have pricing power, it has to consider the impact on other similar products, but also to ensure their own profits. United States business is underdeveloped, product prices are generally the same as store, so above a bracelet is $ 99.

In the United States selling products to China of us $ 99, pricing nature is six hundred or seven hundred, even if the cost in China than the United States, but they did not dare to sell at lower prices, because United States users out there watching, not cheap Chinese.

Intelligent hardware manufacturer in the country at the time of release, and also hope that prices are too low, so that users will be more. But a funny thing, and people for the price and quality of recognition is that cheap must be wrong. Hello Kitty iphone 5

Like the Fitbit Flex and millet from the price 10 times, many people will think that the device must be used Flex millet bracelets, and some pseudo experts also said sell your Flex must have more advanced hardware such as gyros. In fact the opposite, millet Bracelet using the more expensive devices, because of the purchase of ultra low-power. So, if the brand is not strong enough, if the price was low, the user will not accept, but will feel what's wrong, if prices and foreign competitors, like that would be very good, the bizarre domestic entrepreneur said before the user thinking is forced.

A price as low as any user can accept, and not worry about quality, so that they can be maximized by the user, is also a kind of pricing power. Millet has the pricing power after millet bracelets, priced at 79, made after all bracelet prices to around 100 Yuan, and the wearable market has been activated. And most of the entrepreneurs in the country, does not have this kind of pricing power, only high prices, pretend to be forced, spick, inside was filled with frustration.

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When Google Glass is a kind of feeling

　　Google Google Glass smart glasses even though temporary failure of the first generation, disappear from the Lakes, but spread the legend on the Lake. For example, sometimes the discussion with Google driving glasses is the kind of experience.

　　You may now buy your developers Edition Google Glass, however, if you plan to purchase second generation, maybe you can see what everyone is saying.

　　Google Glass user Robert Scoble:

　　I used to wear the Google Glass drove a couple of hours, I did not find it would distract me. For me, Google distraction is far more Glass than I looked down to see a navigation system distracted is small.

　　It is very easy to use, touch it to open it, and then you say to it "OK,Google, take a photo" or "OK,Google, to call xxx." Very convenient! Vera Bradley iPhone 5 Case

　　Worth mentioning is that the image is not get in between you and the car, it looks like a small dashboard, at the top of your main view appears.

　　Andrew Chao:

　　Good glasses, but I don't like to wear while driving. If you love life, and I don't suggest that you wear while driving. In a noisy environment, glass does not give you enough good speech feedback.

　　Do you think that after you put on the glass, your view is like this:

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　　In fact, your view is like this:

　　Ryan Warner:

　　What experience?

　　1. it is not direct your sight, it is actually slightly above in your sight.

　　2. it is not at all times in an open position

　　3. do you see not 2 inches in front of you, it is actually from a few feet away.

　　I can only say that my personal experience, I did not think Google Glass would distract me to wear while driving.

　　Wear the Google Glass drive, just like when you drive cars, sight will be transferred from the road to the rear-view mirror. I think such an analogy is more apt, Google Glass like the rear-view mirror. In fact, wearing Google Glass than seeing mirror safety, because when you see the rear-view mirror needs to twist a nod, Google Glass no, through the Google Glass you can know all the roads.

　　Dangerous?

　　It and your car's radio, and rear-view mirror of your car, and your car doll, say after you wear it, it will be dangerous. It is actually safer than a GPS in your car, so don't misunderstand it.

　　It will be distracting you?

　　No, it won't distract you, because it's not open all the time. After once you get used to wearing, you'll forget you're wearing Google Glass, like you wear prescription glasses for long after, you'll get used to it becoming part of your face.

　　Just wear when fresh and your own concerns, it does put you off, but you wear a few weeks later, you feel this way.

　　Simple right?

　　I put it this way, when you drive, when you need to make a phone call, you can Google Glass connecting your Android phone dial direct phone, you need to do is:

　　1. click on the side of the device, open the Google Glass

　　2. slightly tilt your head, if you set the inclination angle opens the Google Glass

　　Once the Google Glass after the opening, you can use voice commands to work, such as "OK,Google Glass, to call Justin, it will call, do not require you to open the phone. Vera Bradley case

　　Do you feel?

　　All in all, is simple and easy to use, no distractions.

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When it comes to wearable technology, can all of a sudden, Google, Apple watch glasses, a variety of bracelets, what else? Chaotic Moon Studios provides a truly integrated and user scenarios--Tech Tats tattoos of science and technology. Don't be afraid, it is the pattern with conductive paints a cool loop components used will remain in the user's skin. Kenzo Cases Kenzo mini case

Originally the purpose of the body is used to provide real-time data, remotely without leaving home was informed that moment between patient and doctor. Now extended to the banking and financial fields, bio-wearable technology will replace wallets. When users need access to credit card information, or when conducting identification, Tech Tats out directly from the system.

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