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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 crazygringo »

Wow, I just assumed this was going to be another "design concept" page.

But it actually has a price at the bottom and says "Shipping this Summer".

As a design concept, I think this is funny and clever.

But as a "business", I'm a bit confused. It's hard to imagine that more than a few hundred people might ever actually buy this, if even that. So then how does the hardware manufacturing work? This seems way too mechanically complex to just be 3D printed, but this seems far too niche to be manufactured at scale.

I mean it's very cool if this is a kind of hobby project made out of love. I just don't understand how a hobby project can sell this at $80, and 3 size variants no less. Is it some kind of 3D printing of all the individual plastic parts, and then each one is hand-assembled by the creator on demand? But it looks way too smooth with exact tolerances for 3D printing.

I just don't get how the financial aspect here works at all -- not even to make money, but just not to lose money. Can anyone enlighten me?

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by nehal3m »

lokimedes wrote: post #59

I bought an Apple Watch to get away from the “screen” but of all evils, Apple don’t let their watches pair to my car, not even for hands free coms. If only they would allow for regular stereo bluetooth and handsfree I would ditch my iPhone. Perhaps that is what they fear?

I just wear one AirPod, good enough for podcasts and phone calls.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by callalex »

I’m unable to scroll this website on a stock iPhone running the latest software. It just says “Say Hello to tinyPod”. Why do people think it’s ok to hijack scrolling? You’re never going to get it right and now I have no idea what your product is even though I’m the exact target audience.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by nsxwolf »

ykl wrote: post #39

I unapologetically love this thing. It's of course very silly, and I'm sure commenters here are going to talk about all the ways that it isn't practical or that it's a niche idea, but I love whimsical silly niche hardware ideas that make it into actual hardware. I love that they put in all of the effort to figure out a mechanical linkage between the clickwheel and the digital crown! I don't think all hardware needs t…

Does it at least do anything well? An iPod replacement would be fun, but the best thing about an iPod was the wired headphones.

This would only work with my AirPods, which almost never work without fiddling with something either in the UI or by taking them in and out of their case.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by petsfed »

callalex wrote: post #107

I’m unable to scroll this website on a stock iPhone running the latest software. It just says “Say Hello to tinyPod”. Why do people think it’s ok to hijack scrolling? You’re never going to get it right and now I have no idea what your product is even though I’m the exact target audience.

If its any consolation, their scroll hijacking is also hot garbage on desktop firefox.

Granted, its a hardware company, so I'm not that upset that their web design is atrocious, but the fact that a minimal level of review would've told them this was a problem suggests to me that the product itself won't be as polished as the videos suggest.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by euvin »

ujeezy wrote: post #85
chant4747 wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It was called the TikTok: https://ujeezy-blog.tumblr.com/post/2869125971/unboxing-the-...

I thought you were making a joke about TikTok the social media app at first. I wonder how many other products were named TikTok.
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