Hold on… if you turn off wrist detection then doesn’t that leave the watch unlocked all the time unless you manually lock it which is quite a hassle? For me that’s the only fly in an otherwise pretty delightful jar of ointment.
TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel
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#292That's awesome. Can someone please make a wristband for it?
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#293Not sure if this a bug or an Easter egg but when I go to the buy form and choose the Ultra version the price always jumps by $10 when I pick it ($89.99 vs $79.99, $39.99 vs $29.99) ;-. Is this tiny surge pricing?
Edit: I only get this behavior on my phone.
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#294How long until Apple releases firmware update that will brick this?
How could they?
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#295Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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…
Yes, the watch GUI for apps is pretty limited. If you are okay using Siri you’ll find a lot of functionality is actually available.
Great point, and when AI integration makes Siri useful, this might be a game changer for watches.
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#296This got me to charge my watch.
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#297I absolutely love this, but I hate websites like this so much, especially on mobile. I’m haphazardly scrolling hitting breakpoints trying to get to content that either lags well behind my gestures to animate a device spinning around, or zips past everything I wanted to actually read. If you want to show a video, please just show a video.
Wouldn't be hacker news without a comment shedding the bike to talk about the design of the page and make no mention of the actual product.
The scrolling worked fine for me for what it's worth, and is obviously a knockoff of apple product pages. Satirical even I'd say.
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#298I absolutely love this, but I hate websites like this so much, especially on mobile. I’m haphazardly scrolling hitting breakpoints trying to get to content that either lags well behind my gestures to animate a device spinning around, or zips past everything I wanted to actually read. If you want to show a video, please just show a video.
Wouldn't be hacker news without a comment shedding the bike to talk about the design of the page and make no mention of the actual product. The scrolling worked fine for me for what it's worth, and is obviously a knockoff of apple product pages. Satirical even I'd say.
Bike shedding is bike shedding because the color we paint the bike shed at the nuclear power plant doesn't matter. If people can't use your scroll-jacked website to even learn about your product, that matters.
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#299I'm curious how, in this configuration, the Apple Watch handles things that require the various sensors? Obviously the ECG won't work, since it's not on your wrist. I'm assuming the "Stand" notifications won't work either, among other things. If you're buying this, I'm sure you're willing to make those tradeoffs. It just has me thinking what features of the watch you're losing that you might not realize at first.
I guess the nice thing is, you just take it out of the case, snap on the band and put it back on if you need to.
Pretty nice concept.
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#300I 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.
Really? What city or part of the world do you observe this? That is a wild fashion statement.