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Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by PaulRobinson »

jojobas wrote: post #224
bastien2 wrote: post #68

Oh look, carcinisation for Apple products. ipodisation: the tendency for non-iPod Apple products to evolve iPod-like features over time.

Implying apple products are not cancer on their own right.

Cancers are serious conditions that are the cause of 25%-30% of all deaths. 1 in 2 people will have a form of cancer in their lifetimes. Cancers can have devastating long-term consequences beyond the illness itself, even if you survive. Treatment, recovery and sometimes remission is physically and mentally damaging.

But perhaps I'm the one who is wrong. Please, explain what you meant exactly so I can understand your perspective.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by dvdkon »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #187
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…

I don't think this is silly in the slightest. There are lots of folks like me who deliberately want to break our phone addictions, which is why things like www.thelightphone.com exist. My problem with the Light Phone (owner of version II) is that it's too limited. I don't want to be distracted by notifications or social media or doom scrolling on the browser, but I do need things that are essentially task-oriented to…

I feel like once you set third-party apps like Uber, bike rental or banking apps as requirements, the only possible solution is sadly a mostly standard cut-down Android phone. The third parties won't support any bespoke OS, so you're stuck with iOS or Android, and moreover they won't support exotic configurations like a tiny display.

Thankfully on Android it's easy enough to remove/disable any distractions, and there are phones like the ones from Unihertz that are just different enough to be worth trying.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by TeMPOraL »

dghlsakjg wrote: post #221
jader201 wrote: post #213

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> but I do need things that are essentially task-oriented tools: Uber/Lyft, Weather apps, Maps, Authenticator Code apps > because it's exactly what I'd want. I’m not sure it is. Most of the things you list aren’t that functional on Watch, in my experience. It’s ok-ish to pull up on Watch after you’ve set it up on your phone, but without a phone, Watch is much more limited, IME. You can definitely use Watch for a numb…

But that is a function of apple doing their best to make the watch an extension of the phone rather than its own device. There is nothing inherent in the hardware limiting you from doing these things, but my understanding is that Apple makes it hard to do.

For better or worse, that is the inherent assumption - that a smartwatch is a companion device to a smartphone. The idea of ditching the phone entirely is, arguably, an unintended consequence of releasing smartwatch variants with built-in LTE connectivity. Giving the app developers the benefit of doubt, it's understandable they don't want to make a standalone app for a fraction off the smartwatch models, where they can do with one simpler extension app for all smartwatches.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by TeMPOraL »

lloeki wrote: post #235
highcountess wrote: post #214

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So we are going full cycle? Pocket watches?

> pocket watches Which, when you think of it, (smart or dumb) mobile phones kind of have been for a while already for people that don't wear (smart or dumb) watches. Tangentially I sort of lament the progressive disappearance of wall and street clocks, presumably caused by the constant availability of time in one's pocket (before that not everyone wore a watch but everyone soon had a mobile phone with time)

I remember from my kid/teenage years that there used to be a lot of clocks in the environment, both analog and digital, both public and private (e.g. digital clock scrolling between ads on a LED billboard over a store). I do also remember you couldn't exactly trust them - often enough, they would be broken, or they would show the wrong time for weeks after switching from/to DST. Analog clocks were the worst, because they rarely had a second hand, so you couldn't easily tell if they're working at all.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by TeMPOraL »

iszomer wrote: post #253
Naracion wrote: post #247

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I think their point is pocket as opposed to against wrist the whole time.

Or hanging around your neck with a lanyard.

Isn't the biggest danger to your reproductive organs anyway? That would make the pocket the worst location.

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Post by yoz-y »

misiek08 wrote: post #147
throwaway55110 wrote: post #144

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A taxi with pre-calculated price, driver and vehicle rating, that actually arrives on time and the driver can't take you around the city with a boosted taxameter to overcharge you. Amazing indeed.

On time? Here in europe (Germany, Poland, CZ) you get ETA 7 minutes, but real time is 10-12 minutes every time. It's going down and only the cost agreement is now better than taxi. Money, as always, is the only matter working here.

Same in France. The initial ETA is always a lie.

What’s even worse is the ETA they give you before booking the ride. Still better than taxi in general , but that’s a low bar.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by ragazzina »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #251
jojobas wrote: post #224

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Implying apple products are not cancer on their own right.

Cancers are serious conditions that are the cause of 25%-30% of all deaths. 1 in 2 people will have a form of cancer in their lifetimes. Cancers can have devastating long-term consequences beyond the illness itself, even if you survive. Treatment, recovery and sometimes remission is physically and mentally damaging. But perhaps I'm the one who is wrong. Please, explain what you meant exactly so I can understand your…

I am not the OP, but "cancer" is used as, and I quote, "(figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else". In that sense, the commenter could be implying, for example, that Apple products damage the electronic gadgets industry with their closed and anticompetitive policies, spreading silently (because users buy more of them to use the whole ecosystem).

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by dools »

MrJagil wrote: post #125

I really like this product, but I have been on this journey, and will repost a comment i made to a recent thread about replacing your phone with an apple watch. — on: One year of using an Apple Watch Ultra as a phone ... I have done this as well, but with series 4. Some notes: - Apple Watch receives calls forwarded from your phone which creates a bunch of weird problems: 1) Imagine you’re at a bar and get a phone cal…

You can set up your watch using a phone, and then turn the phone off and the watch still works. What doesn't work is SMS messages from non-apple users, because they are forwarded from the phone.

I set up my daughter's Apple Watch SE which we got her because phones are depression machines for teen girls (according to the Biden controlled MSM anyway) and I just set it up using my backup phone. I then backed up her setup, restored my setup, and when I need to update her watch or do something else administrative I just restore her backup to the phone, do what I need, then restore my backup to the phone, ready to fill in at a moment's notice if my phone needs to be repaired or gets lost or whatever.

I also take calls on my airpods connected to my watch pretty frequently because I exercise without my phone. I've never really had a problem with it.

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