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TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by tills13 »

sqeaky wrote: 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…

clearly built on a macbook with smooth scrolling. My mouse has a discrete scroll-wheel -- it snaps to the next position -- it makes this site a stuttering, jittery mess.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by snapcaster »

RIMR wrote: post #11

Wow, this pitch really hooks you, and then halfway through the glitch-heavy presentation you're made aware that this is just a cheap controller for your Apple Watch, and that literally every feature they are advertising is a feature of the Watch, not their product. I would never buy this because it sounds like drop-shipped garbage. The marketing should be more straightforward and tell you what this thing actually is…

Were you actually confused? Did you not read the title of the article but still somehow clicked it? really baffling comment

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by serial_dev »

sqeaky wrote: 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…

There are lots of things wrong with that page, but I didn't expect getting dizzy, motion sickness was going to be one of them.

I guess it's my fault for putting up with such a garbage website because I was curious enough about the product...

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by Kirby64 »

flemhans wrote: post #60
orenlindsey wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has to be mechanical, there are no input ports on the (current) Apple Watches.

Wonder if the diag port would allow for it. > It's basically Lightning minus the PWR and ID1 pins, because those are for satellite accessories.

There's no diag port any more on anything Watch 7 or later. They switched to a 50 GHz non-contact protocol for diagnostics on the Apple Watch.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by macintux »

nicce wrote: post #36
gnicholas wrote: post #26

This claims multi-day battery life, since wrist detection can be turned off. I’m curious to know how much of a difference this one change makes. I haven’t bought an AW because the battery life isn’t good enough for a “watch” in my book, but if it can get multiple days of life, and it’s more like a phone replacement, then I’d be more likely to give it a try.

My charged watch (series 6)on the table without any use runs out of battery in 24 hours… My main reason why I don’t use my watch anymore is that it needs to be charged all the time.

I've found the Ultra comfortably lasts for two days if I don't wear it overnight, but that might change if I used it more actively in this form factor.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by simonklitj »

chant4747 wrote: post #79
0vermorrow wrote: post #22

It's funny how we went from using iPod Nano as a watch with a third party case, to using an Apple Watch as an iPod Nano with a third party case.

We did? I don’t recall an accessory like that for the nano. Seems it would have been too tall (wide?) to function as a watch. Happy to be proven wrong though.

Yeah, my cousin did this years ago. Wore it religiously too.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by Etheryte »

alentred wrote: post #90

I love the concept! I think TinyPod is an outcry over the sizes of the smartphones today. The smallest most recent iPhone you could buy was iPhone 13 mini and it was discontinued. Don't know about other brands, but from what I am seeing nothing fits the pocket anymore. There must but a niche for those who don't read or watch movies on their hand-held devices, and if the apps are well designed a smaller screen is just…

Not even the pocket, all modern flagship phones are so large that I can't use them well with one hand. I'll stick with the mini till the day it does and just hope there's a better something out there by that time.
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