“Apple has pulled the Nest thermostat from their brick and mortar stores,” David W. Martin reports for Infinite Loop Mobile.
“According to store staff during a meeting last Saturday they were advised that the thermostat was being pulled from stores,” Martin reports. “However, it will remain on sale through the online Apple Store.”
Martin reports, “No one at the store would tell us exactly why the thermostat was pulled from the stores.. [Perhaps] the Genius Bar wasn’t equipped to handle the heat from customers that cannot get the thermostat installed properly.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “M Faulkenberry” for the heads up.]
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I asked about this yesterday at my local Apple store any they seemed to think that they were pulled until employees could be adequately trained. The employee said they were still waiting in the back.
Apple employees are informed about what they sell. I can walk in with my question and know that I’ll get it answered. So it makes total sense that they removed it until they can be trained.
I bought one about a month ago from Lowe’s. Couldn’t have been easier to install, they even include a screw driver. I called customer service as well and there was a very helpful person on the other end that was polite, spoke clearly and genuinely wanted to help. I had called to make sure that my wiring was compatible before opening the box. It was hooked up to my WiFi and my iPhone and iPad right away. Plus it’s saving me money as I never bothered to program the old thermostat. The added bonus is that it looks great on the wall.
My local Lowes had 2 of them. Didn’t look in Home Despot.
Inest anyone?
My Apple store said there would be a 2 week order time. My business team guy didn’t even know what they were. I’d like one, but it will have to wait a couple of weeks.
online store.
WITBF is a nest thermostat!?!?!?!?
WITBF is WITBF?
I g**gled it … it stands for “What in the blue f***” Why that is any improvement over WTF I don’t know.
A Nest is a learning, WiFi enabled thermostat. It learns how to heat and cool your house to your preferences through use, and can be monitored and controled via the internet from an iOS device or a computer. One thing it can do is mail you monthly reports on your energy consumption.
http://www.nest.com/
I have one, and its pretty neat. It constantly surprises me, and the company recently updated the software to add new features to it.
I can’t wait until more devices become available like this to automate my new home. More than just turning lights on or off (although that would be nice with teenage kids around!).
I love a good retail mystery in the morning.
I have a Nest, and it’s AWESOME. Great product, great installation process, great packaging. From Day 1, I was hopeful that Apple and Nest would become chums, and was thrilled when they reached this partnership. Perhaps this can extend into product development, fingers crossed. As far as I’m concerned, this is the mothertruckin’ Lord’s work and a potentially terrific marriage.
Nest’s support is really good. I was looking at buying and wanted to verify compatibility beforehand. I took a picture of my wiring, emailed it… called their support, and they instantly determined that I had an unsupported two stage system. Bummed because now I have to wait and hope that they will add support for two stage A/C systems.
geez – it does not really belong in the Apple store folks
it is a home thermostat – cool yes, but is it the kind of “accessory” that belongs in an Apple store?
not really
can the Geniuses there help with one? probably not – HVAC connectivity is a serious business (and I don’t mean the thermostat end of it) and Apple should not get involved – leave it to Home Improvement stores and contractors
Q: Why a thermostat at the Apple Store?
From the Nest Website:
Tony Fadell
Founder & CEO
Tony led the team that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone. Before Apple, Tony built the Mobile Computing Group at Philips Electronics. Tony has authored more than 100 patents. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors in Computer Engineering.
I saw them for sale at Lowe’s Hardware store last night. Get them there or on line.
I have one. They are AMAZING. Both functionally and physically. Totally feels like an Apple-designed product.
I wish I had central heating/AC to hook a NEST up to! Living in Japan central heating/AC is a VERY rare thing in homes!
Perhaps its because they have discovered that the nest is currently incompatible with the new dual band airport express that was just released. Causes battery charge to run down on nest, repeatedly drops off of wifi network, and randomly restarts.
Was Hoping To Get One; Now ‘Turned Off’ Of The Idea
From : http://www.amazon.com/review/R291GE6J77VRPI/ref=cm_srch_res_rtr_alt_1
71 of 73 people found the following review helpful
The Nest: A Fatal Flaw, August 5, 2012
By S Greene
This review is from: Nest Learning Thermostat T100577 (Tools & Home Improvement)
The Nest thermostat is a remarkable design, with incredible features, and really reinvents an often overlooked part of everyday life. In so many ways, it is a great device.
But – it has a fatal flaw.
A flaw that makes it unsuitable, and in fact dangerous, for any part of the world where temperatures can drop below freezing.
Nest Technical Support agrees this flaw exists. And they are working on it. But they don’t know when there will be a solution.
THE PROBLEM: After a power failure, even a brief power failure, the Nest often requires human intervention to restart and turn the heat back on. Not every time, but quite often.