RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Check the thread, Rick posted a message and said he directly knew one or two 
people who had already bought it and found that the app had some accessibility 
issues and was definitely not as good  as the old smart cooker app. I'm sure 
the Instant Pot itself is just fine, but it looks like hopefully there will be 
improvements made in the app.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
n4v...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2018 7:55 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

Have anyone tried the new WIFI pot?

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Johnna 
Simmons
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

Can someone please explain to me what an Insta pot is. How does that work? Is 
that like a crockpot? What kind of things does it cook?
Johnna Simmons

On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel 
mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:

Hi Len, Don and others,



I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and 
available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to 
Amazon.com it seems that it is now also listed and available 
to ship.

In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current 
exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.

Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week away 
from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on this.



Instant Pot Smart WiFi on 
Amazon.com



Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon 
Canada





Best regards,

Sieghard



-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of lenron 
brown
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?



I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to Canada 
to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol



On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:

> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this

> item currently is available for preorder.

> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding

> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from

> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from

> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.

>

> Regards,

> Sieghard

>

> -Original Message-

> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of

> Deb Cook Lewis

> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM

> To: viphone@googlegroups.com

> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

>

> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.

> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I

> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.

>

> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten mailto:motte...@gmail.com>> wrote:

>> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada.

>> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever

>> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to

>> have it available everywhere.

>> Mary

>>

>>

>> Sent from my iPhone

>>

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel 
>>> mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:

>>>

>>> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point

>>> it is only available for preorder.

>>> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l

>>> lshare it.

>>> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided

>>> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just

>>> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is

>>> considered a thread to national security *smile*.

>>>

>>> Regards,

>>> Sieghard

>>>

>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf

>>> Of Mary Otten

>>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM

>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com

>>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

>>>

>>> I don’t think this device is available in the US. I can’t find it on

>>> the US  Amazon store.

>>> Mary

>>>

>>>

>>> Sent from my iPhone

>>>

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel 
>>> mailto:siegh...@live.ca>> wrote:

>>>

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot Wifi - how did that one slip by the list?

[lenron brown]

As far as I know it is accessible. The app is a little bit of a pain
but it's new so I am sure those issues will be sorted.

On 11/17/18, Susie Stageberg  wrote:
> I am interested in the answer to this, too; if it’s not accessible, I will
> take it off my Christmas list.
>
>
>
> Susie
>
>
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of n4v...@gmail.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2018 9:55 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one
> slip by the list?
>
>
>
> Have anyone tried the new WIFI pot?
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> Johnna Simmons
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:20 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one
> slip by the list?
>
>
>
> Can someone please explain to me what an Insta pot is. How does that work?
> Is that like a crockpot? What kind of things does it cook?
>
> Johnna Simmons
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>
> Hi Len, Don and others,
>
>
>
> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com
> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>
> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>
> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
> this.
>
>
>
> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
> 
>
>
>
>
> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
> 
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sieghard
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> lenron brown
> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>
>
>
> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to
> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>
>
>
> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
>
>> item currently is available for preorder.
>
>> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
>
>> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
>
>> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
>
>> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
>
>>
>
>> Regards,
>
>> Sieghard
>
>>
>
>> -Original Message-
>
>> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com <
>>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of
>
>> Deb Cook Lewis
>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM
>
>> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com
>
>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>
>>
>
>> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.
>
>> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I
>
>> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.
>
>>
>
>> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten <  motte...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>
>>> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada.
>
>>> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever
>
>>> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to
>
>>> have it available everywhere.
>
>>> Mary
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>
>>>
>
 On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel < 
 siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>

>
 I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point
>
 it is only available for preorder.
>
 I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l
>
 lshare it.
>
 Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided
>
 that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just
>
 too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is
>
 considered a thread to national security *smile*.
>

>
 Regards,
>
 Sieghard
>

>
 From:   viphone@googlegroups.com <
  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf
>
 Of Mary Otten
>
 Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM
>
 To:   viphone@googlegroups.com
>
 Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>

>
 I don’t think this device is available in 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot Wifi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Susie Stageberg]

I am interested in the answer to this, too; if it’s not accessible, I will take 
it off my Christmas list.

 

Susie

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
n4v...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2018 9:55 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

 

Have anyone tried the new WIFI pot?

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Johnna 
Simmons
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

 

Can someone please explain to me what an Insta pot is. How does that work? Is 
that like a crockpot? What kind of things does it cook?

Johnna Simmons


On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:

Hi Len, Don and others,

 

I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and 
available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com it 
seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.

In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current 
exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.

Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week away 
from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on this.

 

Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com 

 

 

Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada 

 

 

 

Best regards,

Sieghard

 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of lenron 
brown
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

 

I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to Canada 
to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol

 

On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca> 
wrote:

> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this 

> item currently is available for preorder.

> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding 

> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from 

> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from 

> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.

> 

> Regards,

> Sieghard

> 

> -Original Message-

> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com < 
>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of 

> Deb Cook Lewis

> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM

> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com

> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

> 

> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.

> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I 

> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.

> 

> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten <  motte...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:

>> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada. 

>> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever 

>> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to 

>> have it available everywhere.

>> Mary

>> 

>> 

>> Sent from my iPhone

>> 

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <  
>>> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

>>> 

>>> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point 

>>> it is only available for preorder.

>>> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l 

>>> lshare it.

>>> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided 

>>> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just 

>>> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is 

>>> considered a thread to national security *smile*.

>>> 

>>> Regards,

>>> Sieghard

>>> 

>>> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com < 
>>>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf 

>>> Of Mary Otten

>>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM

>>> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com

>>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

>>> 

>>> I don’t think this device is available in the US. I can’t find it on 

>>> the US  Amazon store.

>>> Mary

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Sent from my iPhone

>>> 

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <  
>>> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

>>> 

>>> Hi,

>>> 

>>> I just saw a Google headline that instant Pot came out with a 

>>> blender called “Ace”. It is similar to a 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[n4vojj]

Have anyone tried the new WIFI pot?

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Johnna 
Simmons
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:20 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

 

Can someone please explain to me what an Insta pot is. How does that work? Is 
that like a crockpot? What kind of things does it cook?

Johnna Simmons


On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel mailto:siegh...@live.ca> > wrote:

Hi Len, Don and others,

 

I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and 
available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com 
  it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.

In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current 
exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.

Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week away 
from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on this.

 

Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com 

 

 

Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada 

 

 

 

Best regards,

Sieghard

 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
lenron brown
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

 

I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to Canada 
to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol

 

On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca> 
wrote:

> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this 

> item currently is available for preorder.

> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding 

> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from 

> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from 

> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.

> 

> Regards,

> Sieghard

> 

> -Original Message-

> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com < 
>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of 

> Deb Cook Lewis

> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM

> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com

> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

> 

> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.

> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I 

> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.

> 

> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten <  motte...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:

>> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada. 

>> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever 

>> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to 

>> have it available everywhere.

>> Mary

>> 

>> 

>> Sent from my iPhone

>> 

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <  
>>> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

>>> 

>>> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point 

>>> it is only available for preorder.

>>> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l 

>>> lshare it.

>>> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided 

>>> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just 

>>> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is 

>>> considered a thread to national security *smile*.

>>> 

>>> Regards,

>>> Sieghard

>>> 

>>> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com < 
>>>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf 

>>> Of Mary Otten

>>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM

>>> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com

>>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

>>> 

>>> I don’t think this device is available in the US. I can’t find it on 

>>> the US  Amazon store.

>>> Mary

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Sent from my iPhone

>>> 

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <  
>>> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

>>> 

>>> Hi,

>>> 

>>> I just saw a Google headline that instant Pot came out with a 

>>> blender called “Ace”. It is similar to a Nutri Bullet except it has 

>>> a larger,

>>> 1.75

>>> Litre glass pot with 8 stainless steel blades and an embedded 

>>> heating element so you can blend cold for smoothies and such or you 

>>> can choose one of four hot 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Rick Alfaro]

Hi Sieghard and others. I personally kknow 2 people that have already 
recieved the Instant Pot WiFi model and here is what they are telling me.



1. It uses a different app like others have already mentioned. It uses 
an app  called Instant Pot and not the Smart Cooker that some of us use 
with the BlueTooth model.


2. Using this app, setting up the pot fore the first time is pretty much 
accessible with VO. Unfortunately, the Dashboard portion of the app 
apparently has some very serious accessibility issues when used with 
VoiceOver. The info that most of us deem as most important isn't visible 
to VO. These are things like time remaining, and other bits of info that 
one would need to easily monitor the status of what you are cooking, 
things that are perfectly accessible in the Smart Cooker app for the BT 
model.



Both of the individuals have already contacted Instant Pot to report the 
issues they are having with the new app. As far as I know, there has 
been no response as of yet. I think if enough people contact them 
regarding these issues, some ground can be gained. I would also urge 
that anyone purchasing this model and finding it lacking in 
accessibility post their reviews on Amazon. Many of these manufacturers 
really do monitor Amazon reviews and pay attention to them.



My BlueTooth model is still working quite well so I haven't purchased 
the WiFi model but will probably do so once my BT model stops working 
for me.






On 11/12/2018 5:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:


Hi Len, Don and others,

I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock 
and available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to 
Amazon.com it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.


In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the 
current exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.


Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a 
week away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better 
deal on this.


Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com 



Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada 



Best regards,

Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
lenron brown

Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip 
to Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol


On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel > wrote:


> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this

> item currently is available for preorder.

> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding

> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from

> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from

> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.

>

> Regards,

> Sieghard

>

> -Original Message-

> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf Of


> Deb Cook Lewis

> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM

> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

>

> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.

> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I

> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.

>

> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten mailto:motte...@gmail.com>> wrote:

>> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada.

>> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever

>> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to

>> have it available everywhere.

>> Mary

>>

>>

>> Sent from my iPhone

>>

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel > wrote:


>>>

>>> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point

>>> it is only available for preorder.

>>> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l

>>> lshare it.

>>> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided

>>> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just

>>> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is

>>> considered a thread to national security *smile*.

>>>

>>> Regards,

>>> Sieghard

>>>

>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf


>>> Of Mary Otten

>>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM

>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Mr. Ed]

Hey Sieghard,
Do you know what an engineer would say about the glass being half full or half 
empty. He would say the glass is too big. LOL
Mr. Ed

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:14 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

Hey Mary, no offense, but you aalso complaint terribly about Face Id and how 
you would hang on to your iPhone 7, next thing you had an iPhone XR and you 
said Face Id worked well for you even with the attention feature which 
previously you assumed most blind people would have to disable etc.
If the app is in fact not good and Instant Pot gets enough bad reviews it is 
more likely than not that they will make improvements and it certainly would 
not discourage me from buying the new Smart Wi-Fi model, but just because an 
app has some bad reviews that does not necessarily mean I shouldn't buy it or 
make assumptions if I don't even own it.
I remember how when I first started buying Sonos gear in 2009 the app was 
really terrible and barely useable for a blind person and look at it now, 
perfect accessibility and a product which consistently gets the best reviews.
Look at the Ring Video Doorbell, it gets' super reviews for the most part, but 
while recently it works somewhat better, it was always a so-so experience for 
Voiceover users and often I was not able to answer the doorbell quick enough 
before the visitor had already walked away and I don't consider myself an 
inexperienced iPhone user.
You can always look at the glass being half full or half empty.

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I 
have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, the 
bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully the 
main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
android, there is an android app.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
> 
>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>> Hello:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by
>> the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com
>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>> 
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>> 
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>> this.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Sieghard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of
>> lenron brown
>> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to
>> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
>> 
>>> item currently is available for preorder.
>> 
>>> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
>> 
>>> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
>> 
>>> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
>> 
>>> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
>> 
>>> 
>> 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Mary Otten]

The instant pot is an electric pressure cooker. But it could also do other 
things, such as making yogurt or do slow cooking, or substitute as your rice 
cooker although I haven’t had much luck with that last one. Others have.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 13, 2018, at 6:19 AM, Johnna Simmons  wrote:
> 
> Can someone please explain to me what an Insta pot is. How does that work? Is 
> that like a crockpot? What kind of things does it cook?
> 
> Johnna Simmons
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>>  
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and 
>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com 
>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current 
>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week 
>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on 
>> this.
>>  
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>>  
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>>  
>>  
>> Best regards,
>> Sieghard
>>  
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> lenron brown
>> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>>  
>> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to 
>> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>>  
>> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>> > As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
>> > item currently is available for preorder.
>> > I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
>> > the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
>> > their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
>> > Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
>> > 
>> > Regards,
>> > Sieghard
>> > 
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> > Deb Cook Lewis
>> > Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM
>> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> > Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>> > 
>> > It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.
>> > So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I
>> > did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.
>> > 
>> > On 10/7/18, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> >> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada.
>> >> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever
>> >> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to
>> >> have it available everywhere.
>> >> Mary
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >> 
>> >>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point
>> >>> it is only available for preorder.
>> >>> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l
>> >>> lshare it.
>> >>> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided
>> >>> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just
>> >>> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is
>> >>> considered a thread to national security *smile*.
>> >>> 
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Sieghard
>> >>> 
>> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf
>> >>> Of Mary Otten
>> >>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM
>> >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> >>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>> >>> 
>> >>> I don’t think this device is available in the US. I can’t find it on
>> >>> the US  Amazon store.
>> >>> Mary
>> >>> 
>> >>> 
>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>> 
>> >>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>> 
>> >>> I just saw a Google headline that instant Pot came out with a
>> >>> blender called “Ace”. It is similar to a Nutri Bullet except it has
>> >>> a larger,
>> >>> 1.75
>> >>> Litre glass pot with 8 stainless steel blades and an embedded
>> >>> heating element so you can blend cold for smoothies and such or you
>> >>> can choose one of four hot programs which blend and cook at the same
>> >>> time for making soups etc.
>> >>> 
>> >>> When I went to Amazon Canada to check the cost of this gadget I also
>> >>> saw a listing for an apparently new smart cooker, here is the link:
>> >>> 
>> >>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi Electric Pressure Cooker, 6 Quart, Silver It
>> >>> is listed for $199 Canadian which means it will probably cost $149
>> >>> in the US and it shows as first available on Amazon Canada on August
>> >>> 1, 2018.
>> >>> 
>> >>> I know the discussion has come up multiple times earlier this year
>> >>> and I’m surprised nobody has posted 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Johnna Simmons]

Can someone please explain to me what an Insta pot is. How does that work? Is 
that like a crockpot? What kind of things does it cook?

Johnna Simmons

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> Hi Len, Don and others,
>  
> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and 
> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com 
> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current 
> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week 
> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on this.
>  
> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>  
> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>  
>  
> Best regards,
> Sieghard
>  
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of lenron 
> brown
> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>  
> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to 
> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>  
> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> > As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
> > item currently is available for preorder.
> > I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
> > the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
> > their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
> > Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Sieghard
> > 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> > Deb Cook Lewis
> > Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM
> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
> > 
> > It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.
> > So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I
> > did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.
> > 
> > On 10/7/18, Mary Otten  wrote:
> >> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada.
> >> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever
> >> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to
> >> have it available everywhere.
> >> Mary
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >> 
> >>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point
> >>> it is only available for preorder.
> >>> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l
> >>> lshare it.
> >>> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided
> >>> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just
> >>> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is
> >>> considered a thread to national security *smile*.
> >>> 
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Sieghard
> >>> 
> >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf
> >>> Of Mary Otten
> >>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM
> >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> >>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
> >>> 
> >>> I don’t think this device is available in the US. I can’t find it on
> >>> the US  Amazon store.
> >>> Mary
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>> 
> >>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> I just saw a Google headline that instant Pot came out with a
> >>> blender called “Ace”. It is similar to a Nutri Bullet except it has
> >>> a larger,
> >>> 1.75
> >>> Litre glass pot with 8 stainless steel blades and an embedded
> >>> heating element so you can blend cold for smoothies and such or you
> >>> can choose one of four hot programs which blend and cook at the same
> >>> time for making soups etc.
> >>> 
> >>> When I went to Amazon Canada to check the cost of this gadget I also
> >>> saw a listing for an apparently new smart cooker, here is the link:
> >>> 
> >>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi Electric Pressure Cooker, 6 Quart, Silver It
> >>> is listed for $199 Canadian which means it will probably cost $149
> >>> in the US and it shows as first available on Amazon Canada on August
> >>> 1, 2018.
> >>> 
> >>> I know the discussion has come up multiple times earlier this year
> >>> and I’m surprised nobody has posted anything about this.
> >>> 
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Sieghard
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RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Cristóbal Muñoz]

As a side note and for those who may not be keen to give out their email 
address for every single thing that requires you to sign up, you can always use 
an alias. See: https://www.popsci.com/set-up-email-alias
Newsletters, mailing lists, account sign-ups, etc. Just something to consider 
for an added layer of privacy.

Cristóbal

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:22 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

Hi Mary,

Sorry, but I didn't mean to come down hard on you, I was just pointing out that 
you do tend to focus on negative aspects of a product and I don't think I'm the 
only person who has noticed that.
The reviews I saw were old and could not possible refer to how this app works 
together with the new Instant Pot WiFi which was released so recently that even 
those who jumped on it right away may only have just received it and most will 
probably get it next week if they ordered it right away As I said, going 
through the app I saw that the  Smart Bluetooth is listed so I guess you can 
always download the app and set it up with your Smart Bluetooth model and test 
it first hand. Of course you do have to create an account and since I gather 
this Is not something you are willing to do you may not be able to use the new 
app.
I more or less expect it with smart devices, I own quite a few from thermostats 
to doorlocks, video doorbells, Philips Hue lights, security cameras at my 
store, Alexa and Sonos devices, my Nokia (previously Withings) smart scale and 
so on and there is not a single device where I didn't have to set up an account 
or sign in with one if I already had one as in the case of the Alexa or Sonos 
devices. Sure Instant Pot is going to use your information as do they all, but 
I certainly won't single them out if everybody else is doing the same thing.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:01 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

The folks who were complaining, and there weren’t a lot of reviews which is 
understandable, were mostly on about the fact that when you try to scroll 
through the  list of recipes, they   opened instead of letting you scroll. That 
might not affect us as voiceover users. Also, people were complaining about 
having to do a lot of switching among screens because ingredients are here, 
instructions are there, etc. Since I don’t have the app, I can’t comment from 
personal experience. Also, there were some complaints about the fact that you 
have to set up an account in order to get access. That is an open window for 
lots of on wanted advertising. The older app, the one I have, did not make you 
do that. So I think those folks may have a very valid complaint. You shouldn’t 
have to set up an account in order to access the features of your app an open 
yourself up to a blizzard of unwanted crap.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 7:52 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> Hi Mary,
> 
> Just reading about things always brings with it the danger that you may 
> happen to read something written by somebody who doesn't know what they are 
> talking about.
> The old app a worse rating than the new one if you compare 1.6 to 2.1 Stars.
> Anyhow, I don't yet have the new Instant Pot WiFi, but I was curious so I 
> downloaded the new app and the setup as far as I was able to go which 
> included creating an account, naming non-existent Instant Pot, setting a WiFi 
> key for it and all that was perfectly accessible.
> The last screen I was able to access after doing all this gave me a list of 
> Instant Pots which I assume are compatible with the app. The new Instant Pot 
> WiFi was at the top of that list, but it also listed other models which don't 
> have any smart connectivity and the Instant Pot Smart Bluetooth was also 
> listed.
> I tapped on the new Wi-Fi model and after that I was supposed to push the 
> Wi-Fi button on the Instant Pot for 3 seconds and press continue. I tapped 
> continue anyways and I was then instructed to go to my Wi-Fi settings and 
> connect to the Instant Pot network which now should be showing up there, then 
> return to the app and finish the set up. This is very standard for many Wi-Fi 
> connected devices such as thermostats, light switches etc. , but of course I 
> don't have the Instant Pot yet so I closed the app at this point. Once I have 
> the Instant Pot I guess I'll see where it starts up when I re-open the app.
> Instant Pot support told me almost a year ago that when the new Wi-Fi model 
> comes out accessibility would not be forgotten and in any case, I wonder how 
> all these people can rate the app and Instant Pot Wi-Fi experience when it 
> just started shipping, I think on 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Kay Malmquist]

Yup, I noticed that after I sent the message.  I'll have a look.  Thanks.

Kay Malmquist
kay.malmqu...@gmail.com

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its 
strength.
Corrie Ten Boom - 1892-1983 - Watchmaker

- Original Message - 
From: "Sieghard Weitzel" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 10:23 PM
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
slip by the list?


I provided links for the apps I was looking at, they are right there in my 
email which is below yours.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Kay 
Malmquist
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:16 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
slip by the list?

What is the name of the app that you are looking at?  I have the smart
cooker app. and the instant pot app.  I usually use the smart cooker app to
cook with.  Which one had the update last week?  In the app called instant
pot I have seen no way to cook with the instant pot except using recipes.

Kay Malmquist
kay.malmqu...@gmail.com

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its
strength.
Corrie Ten Boom - 1892-1983 - Watchmaker

- Original Message - 
From: "Sieghard Weitzel" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:40 PM
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one
slip by the list?


Hi again,

Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8

It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets
only 2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are
negative because the reviewer didn't like the fact that he or she was
supposed to create an account.
When I pull this up in the App Store on my iPhone a lot of the bad reviews
are from a year ago whereas the app was updated just over a week ago, on
November 2, 2018, here is the short description:
Instant Pot Recipe App v2.0.4 is Now Available!
- 750+ Recipes catering to all tastes
- Print functionality
- Smart WiFi Cooker Support
Plus, enhancements to continue to enhance your user experience!
It also says the following on my iPhone: This apps' summary rating was
recently reset

There is also another app from Instant Pot called "Instant Pot Smart Cooker
and Recipes in the Food and Drink category.
That app gets even worse ratings at 1.6 stars from 10 ratings and while the
version number is higher than the other one, 2.3.2 versus 2.0.4, it was last
updated on March 17, 2016, over two and a half years ago, here is the
description:
The Smart Cooker app works with Instant Pot Smart smartcooker. It allows you
controling and monitoring the cooker wirelessly via Bluetooth connection.
The app comes with a collection of recipes covering a large variety of food
materials, cuisines and techniques. The recipes include traditional ones
such
as "New England Clam Chowder" and "Classic Mashed Potatoes" as well as
intriguing ones such as "Onsen Tamago: Hot Spring egg (sous vide egg)" and
"GABA
Rice: Germinated Brown Rice".

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one
slip by the list?

The app has bad reviews. I don't have that particular model of pot, since I
have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app,
the bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully
the main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as
accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and
android, there is an android app.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
>
> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
>
>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>>
>>
>> I didn't see the app in the Canadian app store.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip
>> by
>> the list?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>>
>>
>>
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to
>> Amazon.com
>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>>
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>>
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>> this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Instant Pot 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Sieghard Weitzel]

I provided links for the apps I was looking at, they are right there in my 
email which is below yours.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Kay 
Malmquist
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:16 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

What is the name of the app that you are looking at?  I have the smart 
cooker app. and the instant pot app.  I usually use the smart cooker app to 
cook with.  Which one had the update last week?  In the app called instant 
pot I have seen no way to cook with the instant pot except using recipes.

Kay Malmquist
kay.malmqu...@gmail.com

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its 
strength.
Corrie Ten Boom - 1892-1983 - Watchmaker

- Original Message - 
From: "Sieghard Weitzel" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:40 PM
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
slip by the list?


Hi again,

Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8

It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets 
only 2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are 
negative because the reviewer didn't like the fact that he or she was 
supposed to create an account.
When I pull this up in the App Store on my iPhone a lot of the bad reviews 
are from a year ago whereas the app was updated just over a week ago, on 
November 2, 2018, here is the short description:
Instant Pot Recipe App v2.0.4 is Now Available!
- 750+ Recipes catering to all tastes
- Print functionality
- Smart WiFi Cooker Support
Plus, enhancements to continue to enhance your user experience!
It also says the following on my iPhone: This apps' summary rating was 
recently reset

There is also another app from Instant Pot called "Instant Pot Smart Cooker 
and Recipes in the Food and Drink category.
That app gets even worse ratings at 1.6 stars from 10 ratings and while the 
version number is higher than the other one, 2.3.2 versus 2.0.4, it was last 
updated on March 17, 2016, over two and a half years ago, here is the 
description:
The Smart Cooker app works with Instant Pot Smart smartcooker. It allows you 
controling and monitoring the cooker wirelessly via Bluetooth connection.
The app comes with a collection of recipes covering a large variety of food 
materials, cuisines and techniques. The recipes include traditional ones 
such
as "New England Clam Chowder" and "Classic Mashed Potatoes" as well as 
intriguing ones such as "Onsen Tamago: Hot Spring egg (sous vide egg)" and 
"GABA
Rice: Germinated Brown Rice".

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
slip by the list?

The app has bad reviews. I don't have that particular model of pot, since I 
have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, 
the bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully 
the main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
android, there is an android app.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
>
> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
>
>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>>
>>
>> I didn't see the app in the Canadian app store.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
>> by
>> the list?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>>
>>
>>
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to 
>> Amazon.com
>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>>
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>>
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>> this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Sieghard
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Mary,

Sorry, but I didn't mean to come down hard on you, I was just pointing out that 
you do tend to focus on negative aspects of a product and I don't think I'm the 
only person who has noticed that.
The reviews I saw were old and could not possible refer to how this app works 
together with the new Instant Pot WiFi which was released so recently that even 
those who jumped on it right away may only have just received it and most will 
probably get it next week if they ordered it right away
As I said, going through the app I saw that the  Smart Bluetooth is listed so I 
guess you can always download the app and set it up with your Smart Bluetooth 
model and test it first hand. Of course you do have to create an account and 
since I gather this Is not something you are willing to do you may not be able 
to use the new app.
I more or less expect it with smart devices, I own quite a few from thermostats 
to doorlocks, video doorbells, Philips Hue lights, security cameras at my 
store, Alexa and Sonos devices, my Nokia (previously Withings) smart scale and 
so on and there is not a single device where I didn't have to set up an account 
or sign in with one if I already had one as in the case of the Alexa or Sonos 
devices. Sure Instant Pot is going to use your information as do they all, but 
I certainly won't single them out if everybody else is doing the same thing.

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:01 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

The folks who were complaining, and there weren’t a lot of reviews which is 
understandable, were mostly on about the fact that when you try to scroll 
through the  list of recipes, they   opened instead of letting you scroll. That 
might not affect us as voiceover users. Also, people were complaining about 
having to do a lot of switching among screens because ingredients are here, 
instructions are there, etc. Since I don’t have the app, I can’t comment from 
personal experience. Also, there were some complaints about the fact that you 
have to set up an account in order to get access. That is an open window for 
lots of on wanted advertising. The older app, the one I have, did not make you 
do that. So I think those folks may have a very valid complaint. You shouldn’t 
have to set up an account in order to access the features of your app an open 
yourself up to a blizzard of unwanted crap.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 7:52 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> Hi Mary,
> 
> Just reading about things always brings with it the danger that you may 
> happen to read something written by somebody who doesn't know what they are 
> talking about.
> The old app a worse rating than the new one if you compare 1.6 to 2.1 Stars.
> Anyhow, I don't yet have the new Instant Pot WiFi, but I was curious so I 
> downloaded the new app and the setup as far as I was able to go which 
> included creating an account, naming non-existent Instant Pot, setting a WiFi 
> key for it and all that was perfectly accessible.
> The last screen I was able to access after doing all this gave me a list of 
> Instant Pots which I assume are compatible with the app. The new Instant Pot 
> WiFi was at the top of that list, but it also listed other models which don't 
> have any smart connectivity and the Instant Pot Smart Bluetooth was also 
> listed.
> I tapped on the new Wi-Fi model and after that I was supposed to push the 
> Wi-Fi button on the Instant Pot for 3 seconds and press continue. I tapped 
> continue anyways and I was then instructed to go to my Wi-Fi settings and 
> connect to the Instant Pot network which now should be showing up there, then 
> return to the app and finish the set up. This is very standard for many Wi-Fi 
> connected devices such as thermostats, light switches etc. , but of course I 
> don't have the Instant Pot yet so I closed the app at this point. Once I have 
> the Instant Pot I guess I'll see where it starts up when I re-open the app.
> Instant Pot support told me almost a year ago that when the new Wi-Fi model 
> comes out accessibility would not be forgotten and in any case, I wonder how 
> all these people can rate the app and Instant Pot Wi-Fi experience when it 
> just started shipping, I think on Amazon Canada it said something about 
> November 8 which was just last Thursday so even people who placed their order 
> then and got it the next day would have only just received it.
> I for one will simply wait until either I can test it myself or others who 
> order the new Wi-Fi connected Instant Pot and receive it report on how well 
> or not well it works, to repeat things I read  or assumed doesn't make much 
> sense to me, you can find bad reviews for even really good products. If we 
> weren't 10 days away from Black Friday I would have already ordered it, but 
> if I end up 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Kay Malmquist]

What is the name of the app that you are looking at?  I have the smart 
cooker app. and the instant pot app.  I usually use the smart cooker app to 
cook with.  Which one had the update last week?  In the app called instant 
pot I have seen no way to cook with the instant pot except using recipes.

Kay Malmquist
kay.malmqu...@gmail.com

Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its 
strength.
Corrie Ten Boom - 1892-1983 - Watchmaker

- Original Message - 
From: "Sieghard Weitzel" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:40 PM
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
slip by the list?


Hi again,

Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8

It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets 
only 2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are 
negative because the reviewer didn't like the fact that he or she was 
supposed to create an account.
When I pull this up in the App Store on my iPhone a lot of the bad reviews 
are from a year ago whereas the app was updated just over a week ago, on 
November 2, 2018, here is the short description:
Instant Pot Recipe App v2.0.4 is Now Available!
- 750+ Recipes catering to all tastes
- Print functionality
- Smart WiFi Cooker Support
Plus, enhancements to continue to enhance your user experience!
It also says the following on my iPhone: This apps' summary rating was 
recently reset

There is also another app from Instant Pot called "Instant Pot Smart Cooker 
and Recipes in the Food and Drink category.
That app gets even worse ratings at 1.6 stars from 10 ratings and while the 
version number is higher than the other one, 2.3.2 versus 2.0.4, it was last 
updated on March 17, 2016, over two and a half years ago, here is the 
description:
The Smart Cooker app works with Instant Pot Smart smartcooker. It allows you 
controling and monitoring the cooker wirelessly via Bluetooth connection.
The app comes with a collection of recipes covering a large variety of food 
materials, cuisines and techniques. The recipes include traditional ones 
such
as "New England Clam Chowder" and "Classic Mashed Potatoes" as well as 
intriguing ones such as "Onsen Tamago: Hot Spring egg (sous vide egg)" and 
"GABA
Rice: Germinated Brown Rice".

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
slip by the list?

The app has bad reviews. I don't have that particular model of pot, since I 
have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, 
the bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully 
the main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
android, there is an android app.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
>
> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
>
>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>>
>>
>> I didn't see the app in the Canadian app store.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
>> by
>> the list?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>>
>>
>>
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to 
>> Amazon.com
>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>>
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>>
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>> this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Sieghard
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf 
>> Of
>> lenron brown
>> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>>
>>
>>
>> I noticed the same thing, how 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Mary Otten]

The folks who were complaining, and there weren’t a lot of reviews which is 
understandable, were mostly on about the fact that when you try to scroll 
through the  list of recipes, they   opened instead of letting you scroll. That 
might not affect us as voiceover users. Also, people were complaining about 
having to do a lot of switching among screens because ingredients are here, 
instructions are there, etc. Since I don’t have the app, I can’t comment from 
personal experience. Also, there were some complaints about the fact that you 
have to set up an account in order to get access. That is an open window for 
lots of on wanted advertising. The older app, the one I have, did not make you 
do that. So I think those folks may have a very valid complaint. You shouldn’t 
have to set up an account in order to access the features of your app an open 
yourself up to a blizzard of unwanted crap.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 7:52 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> Hi Mary,
> 
> Just reading about things always brings with it the danger that you may 
> happen to read something written by somebody who doesn't know what they are 
> talking about.
> The old app a worse rating than the new one if you compare 1.6 to 2.1 Stars.
> Anyhow, I don't yet have the new Instant Pot WiFi, but I was curious so I 
> downloaded the new app and the setup as far as I was able to go which 
> included creating an account, naming non-existent Instant Pot, setting a WiFi 
> key for it and all that was perfectly accessible.
> The last screen I was able to access after doing all this gave me a list of 
> Instant Pots which I assume are compatible with the app. The new Instant Pot 
> WiFi was at the top of that list, but it also listed other models which don't 
> have any smart connectivity and the Instant Pot Smart Bluetooth was also 
> listed.
> I tapped on the new Wi-Fi model and after that I was supposed to push the 
> Wi-Fi button on the Instant Pot for 3 seconds and press continue. I tapped 
> continue anyways and I was then instructed to go to my Wi-Fi settings and 
> connect to the Instant Pot network which now should be showing up there, then 
> return to the app and finish the set up. This is very standard for many Wi-Fi 
> connected devices such as thermostats, light switches etc. , but of course I 
> don't have the Instant Pot yet so I closed the app at this point. Once I have 
> the Instant Pot I guess I'll see where it starts up when I re-open the app.
> Instant Pot support told me almost a year ago that when the new Wi-Fi model 
> comes out accessibility would not be forgotten and in any case, I wonder how 
> all these people can rate the app and Instant Pot Wi-Fi experience when it 
> just started shipping, I think on Amazon Canada it said something about 
> November 8 which was just last Thursday so even people who placed their order 
> then and got it the next day would have only just received it.
> I for one will simply wait until either I can test it myself or others who 
> order the new Wi-Fi connected Instant Pot and receive it report on how well 
> or not well it works, to repeat things I read  or assumed doesn't make much 
> sense to me, you can find bad reviews for even really good products. If we 
> weren't 10 days away from Black Friday I would have already ordered it, but 
> if I end up being able to pick it up for $50 less than why not, it's not like 
> I will starve and I have waited almost a year for it to come out so another 
> 10 days won't hurt.
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> 
> 
> my Instant has worse 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 7:21 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
> by the list?
> 
> For this new part, they have a new app. I also have a smart cooker app, and 
> as you noted, it’s quite accessible. I never fooled with the programmed in 
> recipes. But this new one is supposed to have 750 recipes programmed in 
> already to the app. So that could be kind of a big deal, and it is not the 
> same app, and it does not have retro connectivity. At least according to what 
> I read in the app reviews. So you can’t get a new app and get access to all 
> those recipes for your Bluetooth model.
> Mary
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 6:56 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz  wrote:
>> 
>> The smart cooker app is the one I use for my bluetooth model. It's 
>> completely accessible. I don't know what else it's supposed to do or if 
>> folks simply don't like the way it looks. It gives you access to what you 
>> need. We've got the bluetooth model and another 8 quart  one that my wife 
>> uses. If we didn't already have these two, I might have been tempted into 
>> trying to score this new wifi one, but so far it's working perfectly fine 
>> for me and the app is still nice and accessible. 
>> Now that I have access to the 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi Mary,

Just reading about things always brings with it the danger that you may happen 
to read something written by somebody who doesn't know what they are talking 
about.
The old app a worse rating than the new one if you compare 1.6 to 2.1 Stars.
Anyhow, I don't yet have the new Instant Pot WiFi, but I was curious so I 
downloaded the new app and the setup as far as I was able to go which included 
creating an account, naming non-existent Instant Pot, setting a WiFi key for it 
and all that was perfectly accessible.
The last screen I was able to access after doing all this gave me a list of 
Instant Pots which I assume are compatible with the app. The new Instant Pot 
WiFi was at the top of that list, but it also listed other models which don't 
have any smart connectivity and the Instant Pot Smart Bluetooth was also listed.
I tapped on the new Wi-Fi model and after that I was supposed to push the Wi-Fi 
button on the Instant Pot for 3 seconds and press continue. I tapped continue 
anyways and I was then instructed to go to my Wi-Fi settings and connect to the 
Instant Pot network which now should be showing up there, then return to the 
app and finish the set up. This is very standard for many Wi-Fi connected 
devices such as thermostats, light switches etc. , but of course I don't have 
the Instant Pot yet so I closed the app at this point. Once I have the Instant 
Pot I guess I'll see where it starts up when I re-open the app.
Instant Pot support told me almost a year ago that when the new Wi-Fi model 
comes out accessibility would not be forgotten and in any case, I wonder how 
all these people can rate the app and Instant Pot Wi-Fi experience when it just 
started shipping, I think on Amazon Canada it said something about November 8 
which was just last Thursday so even people who placed their order then and got 
it the next day would have only just received it.
I for one will simply wait until either I can test it myself or others who 
order the new Wi-Fi connected Instant Pot and receive it report on how well or 
not well it works, to repeat things I read  or assumed doesn't make much sense 
to me, you can find bad reviews for even really good products. If we weren't 10 
days away from Black Friday I would have already ordered it, but if I end up 
being able to pick it up for $50 less than why not, it's not like I will starve 
and I have waited almost a year for it to come out so another 10 days won't 
hurt.

Regards,
Sieghard


 my Instant has worse 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 7:21 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

For this new part, they have a new app. I also have a smart cooker app, and as 
you noted, it’s quite accessible. I never fooled with the programmed in 
recipes. But this new one is supposed to have 750 recipes programmed in already 
to the app. So that could be kind of a big deal, and it is not the same app, 
and it does not have retro connectivity. At least according to what I read in 
the app reviews. So you can’t get a new app and get access to all those recipes 
for your Bluetooth model.
Mary

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 6:56 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz  wrote:
> 
> The smart cooker app is the one I use for my bluetooth model. It's completely 
> accessible. I don't know what else it's supposed to do or if folks simply 
> don't like the way it looks. It gives you access to what you need. We've got 
> the bluetooth model and another 8 quart  one that my wife uses. If we didn't 
> already have these two, I might have been tempted into trying to score this 
> new wifi one, but so far it's working perfectly fine for me and the app is 
> still nice and accessible. 
> Now that I have access to the pressure cooker, I don't think I'd ever go back 
> to something without some sort of connectivity feature. Buttons and all that 
> are fine and I’m sure one could get by with some labeling and menu 
> memorization, but just being able to monitor time remaining or how long it's 
> been on warm for me instead of trying to guess makes it absolutely worth it 
> for me. 
> We want to get my in-laws in Brandenburg an Instant Pot, but it seems for 
> whatever reason it's not available in the Amazon.de store. We'll keep on 
> checking to see if it comes back. Hopefully it'll show up more for Christmas 
> season.
> 
> Cristóbal
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:40 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
> by the list?
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8
> 
> It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets 
> only 2.1 out of 5 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Mary Otten]

Yes, the Wi-Fi model is available on Amazon for $146. It is a 6 quart model. 
According to what I have read, it sounds like it has buttons on the front like 
the other instant pots did before the one that turned out not to be very 
accessible. And there is an app. And that app enables you to do what you could 
do with Bluetooth app, except over Wi-Fi. It also has many more recipes 
programmed into it. But the reviewer‘s who review this app on the App Store 
were not happy with it. No comments were made about Accessibility.


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 7:48 PM, Susie Stageberg  wrote:
> 
> Have I missed something? Is the pot with WiFi now availa in the U.S.? If it 
> is, I want one! Susie
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 9:21 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> 
>> For this new part, they have a new app. I also have a smart cooker app, and 
>> as you noted, it’s quite accessible. I never fooled with the programmed in 
>> recipes. But this new one is supposed to have 750 recipes programmed in 
>> already to the app. So that could be kind of a big deal, and it is not the 
>> same app, and it does not have retro connectivity. At least according to 
>> what I read in the app reviews. So you can’t get a new app and get access to 
>> all those recipes for your Bluetooth model.
>> Mary
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 6:56 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The smart cooker app is the one I use for my bluetooth model. It's 
>>> completely accessible. I don't know what else it's supposed to do or if 
>>> folks simply don't like the way it looks. It gives you access to what you 
>>> need. We've got the bluetooth model and another 8 quart  one that my wife 
>>> uses. If we didn't already have these two, I might have been tempted into 
>>> trying to score this new wifi one, but so far it's working perfectly fine 
>>> for me and the app is still nice and accessible. 
>>> Now that I have access to the pressure cooker, I don't think I'd ever go 
>>> back to something without some sort of connectivity feature. Buttons and 
>>> all that are fine and I’m sure one could get by with some labeling and menu 
>>> memorization, but just being able to monitor time remaining or how long 
>>> it's been on warm for me instead of trying to guess makes it absolutely 
>>> worth it for me. 
>>> We want to get my in-laws in Brandenburg an Instant Pot, but it seems for 
>>> whatever reason it's not available in the Amazon.de store. We'll keep on 
>>> checking to see if it comes back. Hopefully it'll show up more for 
>>> Christmas season.
>>> 
>>> Cristóbal
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>>> Sieghard Weitzel
>>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:40 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
>>> slip by the list?
>>> 
>>> Hi again,
>>> 
>>> Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
>>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8
>>> 
>>> It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets 
>>> only 2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are 
>>> negative because the reviewer didn't like the fact that he or she was 
>>> supposed to create an account.
>>> When I pull this up in the App Store on my iPhone a lot of the bad reviews 
>>> are from a year ago whereas the app was updated just over a week ago, on 
>>> November 2, 2018, here is the short description:
>>> Instant Pot Recipe App v2.0.4 is Now Available!
>>> - 750+ Recipes catering to all tastes
>>> - Print functionality
>>> - Smart WiFi Cooker Support
>>> Plus, enhancements to continue to enhance your user experience!
>>> It also says the following on my iPhone: This apps' summary rating was 
>>> recently reset
>>> 
>>> There is also another app from Instant Pot called "Instant Pot Smart Cooker 
>>> and Recipes in the Food and Drink category.
>>> That app gets even worse ratings at 1.6 stars from 10 ratings and while the 
>>> version number is higher than the other one, 2.3.2 versus 2.0.4, it was 
>>> last updated on March 17, 2016, over two and a half years ago, here is the 
>>> description:
>>> The Smart Cooker app works with Instant Pot Smart smartcooker. It allows 
>>> you controling and monitoring the cooker wirelessly via Bluetooth 
>>> connection.
>>> The app comes with a collection of recipes covering a large variety of food 
>>> materials, cuisines and techniques. The recipes include traditional ones 
>>> such as “New England Clam Chowder” and “Classic Mashed Potatoes” as well as 
>>> intriguing ones such as “Onsen Tamago: Hot Spring egg (sous vide egg)” and 
>>> “GABA
>>> Rice: Germinated Brown Rice”.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Sieghard
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>>> Otten
>>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Susie Stageberg]

Have I missed something? Is the pot with WiFi now availa in the U.S.? If it is, 
I want one! Susie

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 9:21 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> For this new part, they have a new app. I also have a smart cooker app, and 
> as you noted, it’s quite accessible. I never fooled with the programmed in 
> recipes. But this new one is supposed to have 750 recipes programmed in 
> already to the app. So that could be kind of a big deal, and it is not the 
> same app, and it does not have retro connectivity. At least according to what 
> I read in the app reviews. So you can’t get a new app and get access to all 
> those recipes for your Bluetooth model.
> Mary
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 6:56 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz  wrote:
>> 
>> The smart cooker app is the one I use for my bluetooth model. It's 
>> completely accessible. I don't know what else it's supposed to do or if 
>> folks simply don't like the way it looks. It gives you access to what you 
>> need. We've got the bluetooth model and another 8 quart  one that my wife 
>> uses. If we didn't already have these two, I might have been tempted into 
>> trying to score this new wifi one, but so far it's working perfectly fine 
>> for me and the app is still nice and accessible. 
>> Now that I have access to the pressure cooker, I don't think I'd ever go 
>> back to something without some sort of connectivity feature. Buttons and all 
>> that are fine and I’m sure one could get by with some labeling and menu 
>> memorization, but just being able to monitor time remaining or how long it's 
>> been on warm for me instead of trying to guess makes it absolutely worth it 
>> for me. 
>> We want to get my in-laws in Brandenburg an Instant Pot, but it seems for 
>> whatever reason it's not available in the Amazon.de store. We'll keep on 
>> checking to see if it comes back. Hopefully it'll show up more for Christmas 
>> season.
>> 
>> Cristóbal
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:40 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
>> slip by the list?
>> 
>> Hi again,
>> 
>> Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
>> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8
>> 
>> It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets 
>> only 2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are 
>> negative because the reviewer didn't like the fact that he or she was 
>> supposed to create an account.
>> When I pull this up in the App Store on my iPhone a lot of the bad reviews 
>> are from a year ago whereas the app was updated just over a week ago, on 
>> November 2, 2018, here is the short description:
>> Instant Pot Recipe App v2.0.4 is Now Available!
>> - 750+ Recipes catering to all tastes
>> - Print functionality
>> - Smart WiFi Cooker Support
>> Plus, enhancements to continue to enhance your user experience!
>> It also says the following on my iPhone: This apps' summary rating was 
>> recently reset
>> 
>> There is also another app from Instant Pot called "Instant Pot Smart Cooker 
>> and Recipes in the Food and Drink category.
>> That app gets even worse ratings at 1.6 stars from 10 ratings and while the 
>> version number is higher than the other one, 2.3.2 versus 2.0.4, it was last 
>> updated on March 17, 2016, over two and a half years ago, here is the 
>> description:
>> The Smart Cooker app works with Instant Pot Smart smartcooker. It allows you 
>> controling and monitoring the cooker wirelessly via Bluetooth connection.
>> The app comes with a collection of recipes covering a large variety of food 
>> materials, cuisines and techniques. The recipes include traditional ones 
>> such as “New England Clam Chowder” and “Classic Mashed Potatoes” as well as 
>> intriguing ones such as “Onsen Tamago: Hot Spring egg (sous vide egg)” and 
>> “GABA
>> Rice: Germinated Brown Rice”.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
>> Otten
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
>> slip by the list?
>> 
>> The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I 
>> have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, 
>> the bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully 
>> the main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
>> accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
>> android, there is an android app.
>> Mary
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let 
>>> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Mary Otten]

Well, seek hard, for what it’s worth, I still like the home button and touch ID 
better than face ID. And I don’t know why you have to come off so hard. After 
all, I was only reporting what I read on the App Store, not offering my 
personal opinion, since I do not have this new instant pot nor the app. It’s 
just that the reviews were all, or almost all, really bad. But they did not 
comment on Accessibility. By the way, I posted a review of this pot a full day 
before you did, but apparently my post did not make it to the list. Mine came 
from a pressure cooker list that I’m on, where the person  Making the post was 
really happy with the device. It’s probably a good device. And the dashboard 
part of the app, if it is like the older app, will hopefully be really 
accessible. But the reviews on the App Store reviewing the new app we’re not 
happy. What can I say? If you don’t like that and you like to equate my posting 
something that I read with my personal opinion OK. But I wish she would lay 
off. It doesn’t really make for people wanting to post anything when they get 
dumped on.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 6:14 PM, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> 
> Hey Mary, no offense, but you aalso complaint terribly about Face Id and how 
> you would hang on to your iPhone 7, next thing you had an iPhone XR and you 
> said Face Id worked well for you even with the attention feature which 
> previously you assumed most blind people would have to disable etc.
> If the app is in fact not good and Instant Pot gets enough bad reviews it is 
> more likely than not that they will make improvements and it certainly would 
> not discourage me from buying the new Smart Wi-Fi model, but just because an 
> app has some bad reviews that does not necessarily mean I shouldn't buy it or 
> make assumptions if I don't even own it.
> I remember how when I first started buying Sonos gear in 2009 the app was 
> really terrible and barely useable for a blind person and look at it now, 
> perfect accessibility and a product which consistently gets the best reviews.
> Look at the Ring Video Doorbell, it gets' super reviews for the most part, 
> but while recently it works somewhat better, it was always a so-so experience 
> for Voiceover users and often I was not able to answer the doorbell quick 
> enough before the visitor had already walked away and I don't consider myself 
> an inexperienced iPhone user.
> You can always look at the glass being half full or half empty.
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
> by the list?
> 
> The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I 
> have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, the 
> bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully the 
> main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
> accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
> android, there is an android app.
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
>> 
>> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
>> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
>> 
>>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>>> Sieghard Weitzel
>>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by
>>> the list?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com
>>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>>> 
>>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
>>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>>> 
>>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
>>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>>> this.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Sieghard
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>>> 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Mary Otten]

For this new part, they have a new app. I also have a smart cooker app, and as 
you noted, it’s quite accessible. I never fooled with the programmed in 
recipes. But this new one is supposed to have 750 recipes programmed in already 
to the app. So that could be kind of a big deal, and it is not the same app, 
and it does not have retro connectivity. At least according to what I read in 
the app reviews. So you can’t get a new app and get access to all those recipes 
for your Bluetooth model.
Mary

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 6:56 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz  wrote:
> 
> The smart cooker app is the one I use for my bluetooth model. It's completely 
> accessible. I don't know what else it's supposed to do or if folks simply 
> don't like the way it looks. It gives you access to what you need. We've got 
> the bluetooth model and another 8 quart  one that my wife uses. If we didn't 
> already have these two, I might have been tempted into trying to score this 
> new wifi one, but so far it's working perfectly fine for me and the app is 
> still nice and accessible. 
> Now that I have access to the pressure cooker, I don't think I'd ever go back 
> to something without some sort of connectivity feature. Buttons and all that 
> are fine and I’m sure one could get by with some labeling and menu 
> memorization, but just being able to monitor time remaining or how long it's 
> been on warm for me instead of trying to guess makes it absolutely worth it 
> for me. 
> We want to get my in-laws in Brandenburg an Instant Pot, but it seems for 
> whatever reason it's not available in the Amazon.de store. We'll keep on 
> checking to see if it comes back. Hopefully it'll show up more for Christmas 
> season.
> 
> Cristóbal
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:40 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
> by the list?
> 
> Hi again,
> 
> Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8
> 
> It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets 
> only 2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are 
> negative because the reviewer didn't like the fact that he or she was 
> supposed to create an account.
> When I pull this up in the App Store on my iPhone a lot of the bad reviews 
> are from a year ago whereas the app was updated just over a week ago, on 
> November 2, 2018, here is the short description:
> Instant Pot Recipe App v2.0.4 is Now Available!
> - 750+ Recipes catering to all tastes
> - Print functionality
> - Smart WiFi Cooker Support
> Plus, enhancements to continue to enhance your user experience!
> It also says the following on my iPhone: This apps' summary rating was 
> recently reset
> 
> There is also another app from Instant Pot called "Instant Pot Smart Cooker 
> and Recipes in the Food and Drink category.
> That app gets even worse ratings at 1.6 stars from 10 ratings and while the 
> version number is higher than the other one, 2.3.2 versus 2.0.4, it was last 
> updated on March 17, 2016, over two and a half years ago, here is the 
> description:
> The Smart Cooker app works with Instant Pot Smart smartcooker. It allows you 
> controling and monitoring the cooker wirelessly via Bluetooth connection.
> The app comes with a collection of recipes covering a large variety of food 
> materials, cuisines and techniques. The recipes include traditional ones such 
> as “New England Clam Chowder” and “Classic Mashed Potatoes” as well as 
> intriguing ones such as “Onsen Tamago: Hot Spring egg (sous vide egg)” and 
> “GABA
> Rice: Germinated Brown Rice”.
> 
> Regards,
> Sieghard
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
> Otten
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
> by the list?
> 
> The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I 
> have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, the 
> bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully the 
> main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
> accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
> android, there is an android app.
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
>> 
>> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let 
>> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
>> 
>>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf 
>>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Cristóbal Muñoz]

The smart cooker app is the one I use for my bluetooth model. It's completely 
accessible. I don't know what else it's supposed to do or if folks simply don't 
like the way it looks. It gives you access to what you need. We've got the 
bluetooth model and another 8 quart  one that my wife uses. If we didn't 
already have these two, I might have been tempted into trying to score this new 
wifi one, but so far it's working perfectly fine for me and the app is still 
nice and accessible. 
Now that I have access to the pressure cooker, I don't think I'd ever go back 
to something without some sort of connectivity feature. Buttons and all that 
are fine and I’m sure one could get by with some labeling and menu 
memorization, but just being able to monitor time remaining or how long it's 
been on warm for me instead of trying to guess makes it absolutely worth it for 
me. 
We want to get my in-laws in Brandenburg an Instant Pot, but it seems for 
whatever reason it's not available in the Amazon.de store. We'll keep on 
checking to see if it comes back. Hopefully it'll show up more for Christmas 
season.

Cristóbal

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:40 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

Hi again,

Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8

It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets only 
2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are negative 
because the reviewer didn't like the fact that he or she was supposed to create 
an account.
When I pull this up in the App Store on my iPhone a lot of the bad reviews are 
from a year ago whereas the app was updated just over a week ago, on November 
2, 2018, here is the short description:
Instant Pot Recipe App v2.0.4 is Now Available!
- 750+ Recipes catering to all tastes
- Print functionality
- Smart WiFi Cooker Support
Plus, enhancements to continue to enhance your user experience!
It also says the following on my iPhone: This apps' summary rating was recently 
reset

There is also another app from Instant Pot called "Instant Pot Smart Cooker and 
Recipes in the Food and Drink category.
That app gets even worse ratings at 1.6 stars from 10 ratings and while the 
version number is higher than the other one, 2.3.2 versus 2.0.4, it was last 
updated on March 17, 2016, over two and a half years ago, here is the 
description:
The Smart Cooker app works with Instant Pot Smart smartcooker. It allows you 
controling and monitoring the cooker wirelessly via Bluetooth connection.
The app comes with a collection of recipes covering a large variety of food 
materials, cuisines and techniques. The recipes include traditional ones such 
as “New England Clam Chowder” and “Classic Mashed Potatoes” as well as 
intriguing ones such as “Onsen Tamago: Hot Spring egg (sous vide egg)” and “GABA
Rice: Germinated Brown Rice”.

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I 
have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, the 
bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully the 
main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
android, there is an android app.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let 
> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
> 
>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>> Hello:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf 
>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 
>> slip by the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock 
>> and available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to 
>> Amazon.com it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>> 
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the 
>> current exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>> 
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a 
>> week away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better 
>> deal on this.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hi again,

Jim, here is what I found on the app store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instant-pot/id1236561148?mt=8

It's interesting because when I look at this on the computer the app gets only 
2.1 out of 5 Stars although some of the very negative reviews are negative 
because the reviewer didn't like the fact that he or she was supposed to create 
an account.
When I pull this up in the App Store on my iPhone a lot of the bad reviews are 
from a year ago whereas the app was updated just over a week ago, on November 
2, 2018, here is the short description:
Instant Pot Recipe App v2.0.4 is Now Available!
- 750+ Recipes catering to all tastes
- Print functionality
- Smart WiFi Cooker Support
Plus, enhancements to continue to enhance your user experience!
It also says the following on my iPhone: This apps' summary rating was recently 
reset

There is also another app from Instant Pot called "Instant Pot Smart Cooker and 
Recipes in the Food and Drink category.
That app gets even worse ratings at 1.6 stars from 10 ratings and while the 
version number is higher than the other one, 2.3.2 versus 2.0.4, it was last 
updated on March 17, 2016, over two and a half years ago, here is the 
description:
The Smart Cooker app works with Instant Pot Smart smartcooker. It allows you 
controling and monitoring the cooker wirelessly via Bluetooth connection.
The app comes with a collection of recipes covering a large variety of food 
materials, cuisines and techniques. The recipes include traditional ones such
as “New England Clam Chowder” and “Classic Mashed Potatoes” as well as 
intriguing ones such as “Onsen Tamago: Hot Spring egg (sous vide egg)” and “GABA
Rice: Germinated Brown Rice”.

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I 
have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, the 
bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully the 
main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
android, there is an android app.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
> 
>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>> Hello:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by
>> the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com
>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>> 
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>> 
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>> this.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Sieghard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of
>> lenron brown
>> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to
>> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
>> 
>>> item currently is available for preorder.
>> 
>>> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
>> 
>>> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
>> 
>>> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
>> 
>>> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[lenron brown]

I am sure we could contact them about making the app a bit more
accessible if it has issues.

On 11/12/18, Sieghard Weitzel  wrote:
> Hey Mary, no offense, but you aalso complaint terribly about Face Id and how
> you would hang on to your iPhone 7, next thing you had an iPhone XR and you
> said Face Id worked well for you even with the attention feature which
> previously you assumed most blind people would have to disable etc.
> If the app is in fact not good and Instant Pot gets enough bad reviews it is
> more likely than not that they will make improvements and it certainly would
> not discourage me from buying the new Smart Wi-Fi model, but just because an
> app has some bad reviews that does not necessarily mean I shouldn't buy it
> or make assumptions if I don't even own it.
> I remember how when I first started buying Sonos gear in 2009 the app was
> really terrible and barely useable for a blind person and look at it now,
> perfect accessibility and a product which consistently gets the best
> reviews.
> Look at the Ring Video Doorbell, it gets' super reviews for the most part,
> but while recently it works somewhat better, it was always a so-so
> experience for Voiceover users and often I was not able to answer the
> doorbell quick enough before the visitor had already walked away and I don't
> consider myself an inexperienced iPhone user.
> You can always look at the glass being half full or half empty.
>
> Regards,
> Sieghard
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary
> Otten
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one
> slip by the list?
>
> The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I
> have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app,
> the bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully
> the main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as
> accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and
> android, there is an android app.
> Mary
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
>>
>> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
>> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
>>
>>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>>> Sieghard Weitzel
>>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip
>>> by
>>> the list?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to
>>> Amazon.com
>>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>>>
>>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the
>>> current
>>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>>>
>>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a
>>> week
>>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>>> this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Sieghard
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> lenron brown
>>> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to
>>> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel < 
>>> siegh...@live.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
 As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
>>>
 item currently is available for preorder.
>>>
 I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
>>>
 the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
>>>
 their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
>>>
 Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
>>>

>>>
 Regards,
>>>
 Sieghard
>>>

>>>
 -Original Message-
>>>
 From:   viphone@googlegroups.com <
 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Sieghard Weitzel]

Hey Mary, no offense, but you aalso complaint terribly about Face Id and how 
you would hang on to your iPhone 7, next thing you had an iPhone XR and you 
said Face Id worked well for you even with the attention feature which 
previously you assumed most blind people would have to disable etc.
If the app is in fact not good and Instant Pot gets enough bad reviews it is 
more likely than not that they will make improvements and it certainly would 
not discourage me from buying the new Smart Wi-Fi model, but just because an 
app has some bad reviews that does not necessarily mean I shouldn't buy it or 
make assumptions if I don't even own it.
I remember how when I first started buying Sonos gear in 2009 the app was 
really terrible and barely useable for a blind person and look at it now, 
perfect accessibility and a product which consistently gets the best reviews.
Look at the Ring Video Doorbell, it gets' super reviews for the most part, but 
while recently it works somewhat better, it was always a so-so experience for 
Voiceover users and often I was not able to answer the doorbell quick enough 
before the visitor had already walked away and I don't consider myself an 
inexperienced iPhone user.
You can always look at the glass being half full or half empty.

Regards,
Sieghard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Mary 
Otten
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:34 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip 
by the list?

The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I 
have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, the 
bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully the 
main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
android, there is an android app.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
> 
>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>> Hello:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by
>> the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com
>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>> 
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>> 
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>> this.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Sieghard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of
>> lenron brown
>> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to
>> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
>> 
>>> item currently is available for preorder.
>> 
>>> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
>> 
>>> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
>> 
>>> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
>> 
>>> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> Regards,
>> 
>>> Sieghard
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>> 
>>> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com <
>>>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of
>> 
>>> Deb Cook Lewis
>> 
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM
>> 
>>> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com
>> 
>>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Mary Otten]

The app has bad reviews. I don’t have that particular model of pot, since I 
have the older Bluetooth one. But everybody is complaining about the app, the 
bad layout and how recipes open instead of letting you scroll. Hopefully the 
main part of the app, the dashboard where you can monitor stuff, is as 
accessible as the older app. Also, for those who have both I devices and 
android, there is an android app.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 5:27 PM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
> my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.
> 
>> On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
>> Hello:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
>> Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by
>> the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Len, Don and others,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
>> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com
>> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>> 
>> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
>> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>> 
>> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
>> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
>> this.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Sieghard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of
>> lenron brown
>> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to
>> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
>> 
>>> item currently is available for preorder.
>> 
>>> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
>> 
>>> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
>> 
>>> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
>> 
>>> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> Regards,
>> 
>>> Sieghard
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>> 
>>> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com <
>>>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of
>> 
>>> Deb Cook Lewis
>> 
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM
>> 
>>> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com
>> 
>>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.
>> 
>>> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I
>> 
>>> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten <  motte...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>> 
 Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada.
>> 
 So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever
>> 
 app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to
>> 
 have it available everywhere.
>> 
 Mary
>> 
 
>> 
 
>> 
 Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 
>> 
> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel < 
> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>> 
> 
>> 
> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point
>> 
> it is only available for preorder.
>> 
> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l
>> 
> lshare it.
>> 
> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided
>> 
> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just
>> 
> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is
>> 
> considered a thread to national security *smile*.
>> 
> 
>> 
> Regards,
>> 
> Sieghard
>> 
> 
>> 
> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com <
>  viphone@googlegroups.com> 

Re: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[lenron brown]

Woh this has made me so excited! So think I will buy this one and let
my dad keep my 6 in one duo I got a couple months ago.

On 11/12/18, Jim Noseworthy  wrote:
> Hello:
>
>
>
> I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by
> the list?
>
>
>
> Hi Len, Don and others,
>
>
>
> I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and
> available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com
> it seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.
>
> In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current
> exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.
>
> Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week
> away from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on
> this.
>
>
>
> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com
> 
>
>
>
>
> Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada
> 
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sieghard
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com 
> mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of
> lenron brown
> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com 
> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>
>
>
> I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to
> Canada to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol
>
>
>
> On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this
>
>> item currently is available for preorder.
>
>> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding
>
>> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from
>
>> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from
>
>> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.
>
>>
>
>> Regards,
>
>> Sieghard
>
>>
>
>> -Original Message-
>
>> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com <
>>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of
>
>> Deb Cook Lewis
>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM
>
>> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com
>
>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>
>>
>
>> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.
>
>> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I
>
>> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.
>
>>
>
>> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten <  motte...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>
>>> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada.
>
>>> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever
>
>>> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to
>
>>> have it available everywhere.
>
>>> Mary
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>
>>>
>
 On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel < 
 siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>

>
 I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point
>
 it is only available for preorder.
>
 I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l
>
 lshare it.
>
 Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided
>
 that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just
>
 too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is
>
 considered a thread to national security *smile*.
>

>
 Regards,
>
 Sieghard
>

>
 From:   viphone@googlegroups.com <
  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf
>
 Of Mary Otten
>
 Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM
>
 To:   viphone@googlegroups.com
>
 Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?
>

>
 I don’t think this device is available in the US. I can’t find it on
>
 the US  Amazon store.
>
 Mary
>

>

>
 Sent from my iPhone
>

>
 On Oct 7, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel < 
 siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
>

>
 Hi,
>

>
 I just saw a Google headline that instant Pot came out with a
>
 blender called “Ace”. It is similar to a Nutri Bullet except it has
>
 a larger,
>
 1.75
>
 Litre glass pot with 8 stainless steel blades and an embedded
>

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Jim Noseworthy]

Hello:

 

I didn’t see the app in the Canadian app store.

 

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 6:37 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by 
the list?

 

Hi Len, Don and others,

 

I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and 
available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com it 
seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.

In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current 
exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.

Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week away 
from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on this.

 

Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com 

 

 

Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada 

 

 

 

Best regards,

Sieghard

 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
lenron brown
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

 

I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to Canada 
to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol

 

On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca> 
wrote:

> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this 

> item currently is available for preorder.

> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding 

> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from 

> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from 

> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.

> 

> Regards,

> Sieghard

> 

> -Original Message-

> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com < 
>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of 

> Deb Cook Lewis

> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM

> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com

> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

> 

> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.

> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I 

> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.

> 

> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten <  motte...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:

>> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada. 

>> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever 

>> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to 

>> have it available everywhere.

>> Mary

>> 

>> 

>> Sent from my iPhone

>> 

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <  
>>> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

>>> 

>>> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point 

>>> it is only available for preorder.

>>> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l 

>>> lshare it.

>>> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided 

>>> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just 

>>> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is 

>>> considered a thread to national security *smile*.

>>> 

>>> Regards,

>>> Sieghard

>>> 

>>> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com < 
>>>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf 

>>> Of Mary Otten

>>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM

>>> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com

>>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

>>> 

>>> I don’t think this device is available in the US. I can’t find it on 

>>> the US  Amazon store.

>>> Mary

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Sent from my iPhone

>>> 

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <  
>>> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

>>> 

>>> Hi,

>>> 

>>> I just saw a Google headline that instant Pot came out with a 

>>> blender called “Ace”. It is similar to a Nutri Bullet except it has 

>>> a larger,

>>> 1.75

>>> Litre glass pot with 8 stainless steel blades and an embedded 

>>> heating element so you can blend cold for smoothies and such or you 

>>> can choose one of four hot programs which blend and cook at the same 

>>> time for making soups etc.

>>> 

>>> When I went to Amazon Canada to check the cost of this gadget I also 

>>> saw a listing for an apparently new smart cooker, here is the link:

>>> 

RE: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

[Zhi Huang]

Thanks a lot Sieghard,

 

Although I own the last one right before it stopped selling it, I have many 
students who keep asking for this if its available again.

 

 

Zhi Huang

Assistive Technology Specialist

 

 

From: viphone@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of Sieghard 
Weitzel
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 2:37 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Now available, was: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by 
the list?

 

Hi Len, Don and others,

 

I just noticed that the new Instant Pot Smart WiFi was now in stock and 
available to ship on the Amazon Canada website and when I went to Amazon.com it 
seems that it is now also listed and available to ship.

In Canada it is $199.99 Canadian and in the US $145.35 US, at the current 
exchange rate the US and Canadian prices are pretty much right on.

Below are the links, of course since we are now only a little over a week away 
from Black Friday I will wait and hope I can score a better deal on this.

 

Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon.com 

 

 

Instant Pot Smart WiFi on Amazon Canada 

 

 

 

Best regards,

Sieghard

 

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com   
mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of 
lenron brown
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 1:06 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com  
Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

 

I noticed the same thing, how sad. Maybe we can all take a field trip to Canada 
to get these and hang with some awesome people up there. lol

 

On 10/7/18, Sieghard Weitzel <  siegh...@live.ca> 
wrote:

> As I said, Deb, I noticed later that on the canadian Amazon site this 

> item currently is available for preorder.

> I did have an existing support case from earlier this year regarding 

> the Instant Pot Smart and replied to the last email I received from 

> their support team asking about this item. If I get a reply from 

> Instant Pot I will post it on the list.

> 

> Regards,

> Sieghard

> 

> -Original Message-

> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com < 
>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of 

> Deb Cook Lewis

> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 2:40 PM

> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com

> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

> 

> It's not available on the US Amazon at all. Only the inaccessible one.

> So that's how it's not come up, a good number of us can't get one. I 

> did see the old one for $600, like I'd want to pay that of course.

> 

> On 10/7/18, Mary Otten <  motte...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:

>> Well, there are plenty of products that are not available in Canada. 

>> So I guess it’s only fair. But it is too bad, assuming that whatever 

>> app you have to use with it would be accessible. It would be good to 

>> have it available everywhere.

>> Mary

>> 

>> 

>> Sent from my iPhone

>> 

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <  
>>> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

>>> 

>>> I actually realized after I went back to Amazon that at this point 

>>> it is only available for preorder.

>>> I wrote to Instant Pot support to ask about it, if I get a reply I’l 

>>> lshare it.

>>> Of course since Instant Pot is canadian they may just have decided 

>>> that given Trump’s tarifs on canadian steel and aluminum it is just 

>>> too expensive now to sell it in the US or maybe it’s popularity is 

>>> considered a thread to national security *smile*.

>>> 

>>> Regards,

>>> Sieghard

>>> 

>>> From:   viphone@googlegroups.com < 
>>>  viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf 

>>> Of Mary Otten

>>> Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2018 9:08 AM

>>> To:   viphone@googlegroups.com

>>> Subject: Re: New Instant Pot WiFi - how did that one slip by the list?

>>> 

>>> I don’t think this device is available in the US. I can’t find it on 

>>> the US  Amazon store.

>>> Mary

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Sent from my iPhone

>>> 

>>> On Oct 7, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <  
>>> siegh...@live.ca> wrote:

>>> 

>>> Hi,

>>> 

>>> I just saw a Google headline that instant Pot came out with a 

>>> blender called “Ace”. It is similar to a Nutri Bullet except it has 

>>> a larger,

>>> 1.75

>>> Litre glass pot with 8 stainless steel blades and an embedded 

>>> heating element so you can blend cold for smoothies and such or you 

>>> can choose one of four hot programs which blend and cook at the same 

>>> time for making soups etc.

>>> 

>>>