Vuzix glasses: The price is right! Well in the right direction...

The price on those Vuzix iWear video glasses from UK mobile operator 3 has come down to £199.95 - that's a £25 saving!  Well, to be honest I think that's the price they were meant to be sold at and that 3's accessory site had it wrong for some reason.

Coming down, the price is less!

Even at £199.95, is there anyone out there that's actually going to buy a pair?  Regardless of cost, I imagine that like the Slingbox before it, these Vuzix will go largely unnoticed due in part to lack of promotion.  There's not even that much info on them in the mobile blogosphere, many of the usual suspects have made no mention of them.

Even 3mobilebuzz made no mention of them until they saw my previous blog post!  Did the guys there even know about them I wonder?

Oh, and try finding the glasses on the 3's accessory site without using search (ie like if you were just browsing the site and had no idea these existed).  Good luck finding them!  To be fair the site appears to be run by a 3rd party on behalf of 3 and it's a new product line, maybe that will change sometime soon.

What price would be the right price for you?  If these really are as good as the (few) reviews I've seen say they are I'd be tempted to drop £100 ($200) on the table, maybe a bit more.  It's not like they're not worth more money, it's a question of just how useful will they be and what I feel I can justify spending.  Having said that the glasses I recently lost cost a little under £180 and don't do anything fancy other than unblurring my vision!

Maybe 3 should consider bundling a pair with some contracts or offering a discount on them in relation to what price plan you're on.  These coupled with Slingplayer on 3 would be amazing, a sign that we really are in the 21st Century even if we have a serious lack of flying cars.