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Originally Posted by stevej37
^^^ That is something I'm considering..the viewing position.
As far as losing interest...Hah!..been there, done that. It's only $400 
I don't understand what you mean by the tech being too simple to be effective? |
Meaning, something like that needs to work 100%, 100% of the time, for a rank amateur to enjoy it. I'm not sure that the software implementation, or the phone interface will prove to be 100%, 100% of the time.
The first night that things don't work, is the beginning of the end of someone's enjoyment of this scope. It's not good enough equipment to use without the tech, so you can't even fall back on "I'll just manage by hand when it doesn't work well". It's going to make a newbie dependent on the tech, and when it breaks (or just hiccups), they won't even have the basic sky-skills that a Dobsonian or binocular owner will have acquired.
My view of telescope tech is that the tech should be used to make specific requirements of the scope work for you, rather than being the reason for a scope.