No, I don't need an Android- (or Windows- or UNIX- or iOS- ) -powered oven. The stuff I prepare either has a recipe, or else it has instructions on the box. I don't use the hardcoded "cooks it for you perfectly" recipes on my microwave, either.
The only function I see here worth anything is the oven sending you a message when the food is "done" — though since I suspect this is related to a passage of time, I find a cheap kitchen timer (or even my Android-powered phone) does the job just fine.
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Do I really need an Android powered oven? I don't think so. Can't wait until hackers being infecting them with viruses causing you to ruin countless meals while porn popups flood the display.
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Dacor’s Android oven packs 1GHz processor, 7-inch screen, heat (hands-on)
Dacor’s ninth-generation oven pulls together a 1GHz processor, 512MB of DDR2 RAM and Android 4.0.3. It also cooks food. At the front of the Discovery Wall Oven, there’s a 7-inch LCD touch panel, while the UI behind its oven-centric widgets is apparently the product of a design collaboration between Dacor and BMW’s DesigworksUSA — they’re all simple enough to navigate and get things done. The oven-maker’s Discovery IQ controller cooking app will …
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And GET OFF MY DAMN LAWN! 🙂
Actually I'm not sure it is enticing to me either. I would rather have a kitchen that knew what I had stock of so I don't get another gallon of milk or carton of eggs. Yes there are manual apps but where the hell are the self aware frig's?
Heh, well, I did keep my Nexus 7 open on the table with the recipe while I was baking yesterday. It's a nice compact cookbook. And library.
I always buy the simplest appliances I can get. Less stuff to break.
@GeorgeW – Not a bad way of doing things. The KISS principle.