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TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

#61

OK, in this vein, why oh why did Lyft and Uber remove their apple watch apps? I just need an app that's a single "take me home now" button so I don't have to worry about my phone battery dying when I'm out and about. Pretty please?

Yes! This is one of the critical things I need from an on the go device

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

#62
post #56

> What if sometimes you could just… leave your phone at home? With all the essentials to stay connected, tinyPod makes that actually possible. But that’s a feature of an Apple Watch, this case doesn’t impact this in any way - I already leave my phone at home like this and I don’t own this case.

I also thought it was funny that they are listing features like apple pay and magnetic charging as if these features have anything to do with the case.

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#65

One thing the Apple Watch is missing is being able to call a Lyft or Uber. Not something I do super often but it really would let me leave the phone at home more often. Also would have liked to see a little hole in the corner to thread a loop to.

Uber used to have a watch app that allowed you to do this. I assume they canned it due to lack of usage.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

#66
post #56

> What if sometimes you could just… leave your phone at home? With all the essentials to stay connected, tinyPod makes that actually possible. But that’s a feature of an Apple Watch, this case doesn’t impact this in any way - I already leave my phone at home like this and I don’t own this case.

I also thought it was funny that they are listing features like apple pay and magnetic charging as if these features have anything to do with the case.

It also tells the time.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

#67
Damn... I know it won't happen, but imagine Apple building out a device in a form factor similar to this case, using the extra internal space (compared to an apple watch) for a really nice DAC + headphone jack... I'd buy it. A streaming iPod! WatchOS would need some tweaks, but really most of the software is there.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

#69
What a fun and cool idea on such a horrid web page. I am curious what it can do, but whatever is going on is illegible and busted for me. I literally couldn't read any text on the left half of the page.

I managed to scroll down to a price and for what appears to be a tech toy $80 isn't the worst price, people burn more on a 3d only to make 1 toy boat that doesn't float then stuff it in a closet.

EDIT - Why the rollercoaster of upvotes and downvotes?

Their page is busted, the toy seems neat. If you are downvoting can you explain why? Do you disagree about the toy? Did the webpage work for you?

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

#70
post #69

What a fun and cool idea on such a horrid web page. I am curious what it can do, but whatever is going on is illegible and busted for me. I literally couldn't read any text on the left half of the page. I managed to scroll down to a price and for what appears to be a tech toy $80 isn't the worst price, people burn more on a 3d only to make 1 toy boat that doesn't float then stuff it in a closet. EDIT - Why the roller…

I absolutely loved the page. Had a lot of fun scrolling up and down and thought it was cleverly designed. Similar, but better, than what Apple does on their own pages.
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