I’m excited to announce the release of another new product. Today, we’re unveiling a new way for customers to learn about their tablets and phones with our latest product: Ada.
Ada is an app for your new tablet or phone that brings together all of your favorite features from your favorite blog, including in-depth reviews, news and tutorials. Now you can access it wherever you are and whenever you want.
We believe that Ada will be useful for everyone who’s ever wanted to know more about their tablet or phone. It’s easy to use, intuitive and fun!
Ada is free, so there’s no reason not to download it today! You can start using it right away, even if you’re not a blogger or a professional photographer. We’re just getting started on this project, so you can expect more to come!
Ada Dishwasher is a great example of how we’re working hard to make the best possible products for our customers. Whether you’re looking for an easy way to clean up after dinner or looking forward to spending the afternoon in front of your computer writing an article, Ada will help you do both without leaving home.
With the release of our new tablets and phones just around the corner, we’re getting a lot of questions from customers about how they work, how to set them up, and what to do when things don’t go as expected. Here are answers to some of our most frequently asked questions.
How do I install Tablets? Simply unpack your Tablets from their box, place them in the room you want them, and plug them in. They’ll connect automatically to your home Wi-Fi network and start sending data about your home environment to the Phones app on your phone. If you encounter any problems with the setup process, see “My Devices aren’t receiving my Wi-Fi network’s password” below for troubleshooting tips.
Can Tablets work without a Phone? Yes—Tablets are designed to work independently of Phones. If you don’t have a Phone or if you’d like to use Tablets in a location where Phones isn’t available (e.g., your office), simply download the free Tablets app on a Bluetooth 4–enabled device running iOS7 or later or Android 4.3 or later. You can then view information about your home environment and edit certain settings by following the instructions in the app.
What is it?
The ada dishwasher is the smallest, lightest, most efficient and comfortable device yet.
How do I use it?
It’s simple. Just turn on your ada dishwasher and start washing. That’s it!
Do I need to use it?
Yes, you need to use it every day. We recommend using it every day for at least one hour per day. If you want to use more than one hour per day, we recommend using two hours per day.
How much does it cost?
The ada dishwasher costs $99.99 for a 1-year subscription or $199.99 for a 2-year subscription. If you would like to purchase a subscription, visit our website and choose from our various options including: 1 year (12 months), 2 years (24 months), 3 years (36 months) or lifetime (lifetime).
The new dishwasher does a great job, and it’s quiet, a big plus. It can handle the larger loads I need to run, and it is easy to load. Cleanup is easy, and the inside looks brand new after each use. I wish it were easier to see how much soap was in the dispenser. [I actually didn’t need the instructions with my old dishwasher, but now I do.] The instructions weren’t overly complicated, but the pictures weren’t always clear. Overall I’m very pleased with my purchase; it was a great buy!
Don’t buy a dishwasher if you can’t afford to pay for the electricity to run it. Dishwashers are very expensive, and many people who buy them can’t afford the upkeep.
By the way, I’m talking about the kind of dishwasher that comes with a built-in water heater, not just a regular dishwasher. Most dishwashers don’t have built-in water heaters, but some do. The ones with built-in water heaters are called “high-efficiency” dishwashers.
A high-efficiency dishwasher is more energy efficient than one that doesn’t have a water heater, but they cost more. And they’re not as good at getting dishes clean. If you want your dishes to be clean and shiny and free of tiny food particles, you should probably get one with a water heater.
If you’re thinking about buying a new dishwasher, here’s what you need to know:
What kind of dishwasher should I buy?
The first thing to know about Ada is that she isn’t always wrong. She’s a great cook, and when she says the dishwasher is full of dishes, it usually is. But if you ask her how far away something is and she says “five miles,” what she really means is, “I don’t know.”
Ada’s weakness is not just one of knowledge; it’s one of design. There’s an expression in programming: “garbage in, garbage out.” If you have a computer program that’s supposed to draw a map of the world based on information you give it, and all you give it are the names of cities at random locations, it will draw a map with cities at random locations. Whatever conclusions you try to draw from that map are likely to be wrong, regardless of the cleverness of your algorithms for drawing conclusions from maps.
And this is what we’ve done with our technology. We’ve created things that are smart — but not wise. They have huge amounts of raw information about us, but little or no understanding of what it means, or whether there’s anything we should do about it.
Ada Dishwasher
When I was growing up, we had a dishwasher named Ada.
Ada was an old-style dishwasher, one of those where you had to scrape off all the food first, then stack everything carefully. In our house Ada was used for dishes and for pots and pans. Usually it was my job to do the knives and forks, then put everything in Ada. My sister’s job was to dry everything afterwards.
This meant that my sister spent a lot more time on the dishes than I did: first drying the dishes by hand, and then putting them away. It never occurred to me that this might be unfair. After all, she didn’t mind doing it; she didn’t even complain about it!
Maybe she should have complained. Maybe she would have gotten promoted faster if she had complained at home and at work. Complainers get ahead because they’re offering to solve your problem; they’re not just making noise, they’re suggesting a way to make things better.