TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel • Hacker News Board

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by rtkwe » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 9:46 PM UTC

praisewhitey wrote: post #49

Would be cool if it also had a headphone jack

It's a fully mechanical shell with no electronics so you're asking for a jack in the watch itself which would be pretty comical. For this to add a jack you'd need Apple to have put in a port for 3rd party accessories and provide an API for using it.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by rtkwe » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 9:47 PM UTC

tantalor wrote: post #3

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It's been around for a half decade or more I think it's here to stay. If it really impacted sales you'd expect people to have figured it out and stopped using it by now.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by amelius » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 9:57 PM UTC

chankstein38 wrote: post #139

HumblyTossed wrote: post #118

The device is really neat. The web site is shit. Good grief, I can't even put into words how much I hate having UI/UX like this.

Agreed the pages that override scrolling are horrible.

That's because you don't have the tiny scroll wheel ;)

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by idle_zealot » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:07 PM UTC

I love this thing! Phones are so huge nowadays. This nails hand feel and covers all the essentials (provided you pair it to an iPhone, ugh). Though at this size, it has me thinking... if it were just a little smaller, maybe if they moved the wheel to the side, you could probably wear this on your wrist, and then you wouldn't even need a pocket or bag for it! Imagine that, a little portable computer on your wrist. Pretty futuristic.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by ClassyJacket » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:08 PM UTC

HumblyTossed wrote: post #118

The device is really neat. The web site is shit. Good grief, I can't even put into words how much I hate having UI/UX like this.

I despise the flickering, it's intensely distracting.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by localfirst » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:08 PM UTC

HumblyTossed wrote: post #118

The device is really neat. The web site is shit. Good grief, I can't even put into words how much I hate having UI/UX like this.

was just gonna mention this it feels annoying having to scroll multiple times to see a fancy animation

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by meroes » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:14 PM UTC

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…

Pockets? So 20th Century. I’m seeing people wear their massive phones on lanyards around their neck all day.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by ClassyJacket » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:18 PM UTC

If only the Apple Watch worked without an iPhone, I would buy this today.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by sssilver » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:23 PM UTC

ClassyJacket wrote: post #158

If only the Apple Watch worked without an iPhone, I would buy this today.

You’re in luck because it does and that’s exactly how my daughter uses it at school.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by adamwong246 » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:23 PM UTC

Good grief, just make me a smaller phone. Like, the size of pack of playing cards would be perfect. Just big enough to be useful, not big enough to be distracting.