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You need to prepare yourself -- one day very soon people are going to be walking down the
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street wearing Google Glass. And it’s gonna be weird. A select handful of developers and
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contest winners are just now getting their hands on Google's wearable computer, and details
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continue to emerge.
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Google recently posted technical specs for the device.
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Most of the specs listed were previously announced -- but on the new side of things, the built-in
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camera in Glass will take 5MP photos, in addition to 720p video. The device will charge via
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a Micro USB cable, one of which comes with the product, but Google provides a decidedly
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Vulcan warning to using a third-party option.
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Quote: "While there are thousands of Micro USB chargers out there, Glass is designed
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and tested with the included charger in mind. Use it and preserve long and prosperous Glass
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use."
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Glass will feature 16GB of Flash storage, 12GB of which is usable and synced to the
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cloud. The battery is intended to last through a day of "typical use," assuming you're not
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recording too much video. As far as the resolution of the little display in Glass, Google provided
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a somewhat awkward answer using relative terms.
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Quote: "[The] high resolution display is the equivalent of a 25 inch high definition screen
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from eight feet away."
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So maybe a little like this:
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Google has outright banned ads in Glass apps, and apparently also forbids developers from
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charging for Glass apps, which makes one wonder how this entire affair is going to be monetized.
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It is still unclear how much Google Glass will cost us. The Explorer version for developers
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costs $1500. The consumer version is expected to be a little less.
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