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The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by adgjlsfhk1 »

jibe wrote: post #129
tb1989 wrote: post #87

Doesn't surprise me. In my opinion, many companies try to achieve outrageous premiums by taking the route of teen engineering (the originator of hype). In addition to rabbit, there is also a series of nothing products. This doesn't convince the tech fetishists. In fact, I think te's contribution to music is very limited, even harmful, especially when I see the latest Yamaha even imitating te, which feels a bit funny…

I don't why it should surprise, or bother, anyone that it is running android. Totally reasonable choice. What does it say that it is treated like some sort of gotcha? Were they supposed to build their own AIOS?

because if it's just an android app, you have to wonder why it's not just an app

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by kajecounterhack »

shwoopdiwoop wrote: post #12

I ordered one since it cost exactly as much as a 1 year stand-alone perplexity license that it comes with. I don’t know how they can possibly make money with this but i’m looking forward to having a new toy on my desk and I really like the teenage engineering vibes of it.

Same here. $200 for an artifact of the times / more or less a little piece of decoration. Occasional question answering, maybe.

Definitely not hooking it up to Spotify or any personal accounts after hearing how they handle security.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by kajecounterhack »

rfwhyte wrote: post #112

I'm 100% convinced the Rabbit R1 and the Humane Pin are in fact not AI "Assistants" but rather "AI" spying / user data harvesting devices. This is the reason their batteries deplete so fast. They're constantly sending your data back to some shady company to be sold to the highest bidder and / or given to foreign governments.

Humane actually worked really hard to do security the right way fwiw. They have to send your queries to OpenAI etc but they aren't straight up harvesting passwords. They probably save your queries and pictures to train their models but what else would you expect.

Rabbit on the other hand...don't give them your passwords!

Saying this as someone who won't waste money on the Humane pin but ordered an R1 for fun. Wish Humane got the price point (and a lot of other things) right. Like focusing on device latency and integrating Spotify instead of trying to boil the ocean and integrating only Tidal.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by giaour »

kstrauser wrote: post #63
tasuki wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the main question remains unanswered: why do they sell a whole device rather than an app?

What whole app could completely take over for Siri or whatever Google’s version is, with a single button press launching the app and putting you directly into command mode, at any time, without unlocking anything first? I don’t blame Rabbit for wanting to control the hardware they run on.

Android lets you choose which digital assistant app to use. Settings > Apps > Default apps > Digital assistant app. Stock Android will have this preconfigured to Google Assistant, but it's designed to be swappable.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by bagels »

adgjlsfhk1 wrote: post #131
jibe wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't why it should surprise, or bother, anyone that it is running android. Totally reasonable choice. What does it say that it is treated like some sort of gotcha? Were they supposed to build their own AIOS?

because if it's just an android app, you have to wonder why it's not just an app

I thought that before I knew it was running android.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by paxys »

omnimus wrote: post #126
jsheard wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Teenage Engineering aren't the ones who would be acquired, they just did the industrial design work on contract for Rabbit. The same way TE designed the Playdate but it's not a TE product.

Its amazing TE has such a brand that people think these are their products.

I doubt anyone outside of a handful of HN commenters knows Teenage Engineering.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by kstrauser »

constantcrying wrote: post #70
mixedCase wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So it's not really something intended to be efficient and useful, it's a conversation piece.

Have you looked at other teenage engineering products? None of them are in any way the most practical way to accomplish something.

And then there's the K.O. II, which is somehow inexpensive, nice, and useful.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by bagels »

jayd16 wrote: post #58
tasuki wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the main question remains unanswered: why do they sell a whole device rather than an app?

The eye catching hardware is what made this project interesting. Would we be talking about this at all if it was just an app?

Possibly not, but is this thing a sales success? I haven't seen any compelling positive discussions of it yet.

Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app

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Post by kube-system »

iancmceachern wrote: post #64
__m wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is it not an ai assistant?

This reviewer seems to think it wasn't all that "assistanty" https://youtu.be/ddTV12hErTc?si=WGJLu6TwzYVgQ5wE

So? A scam is a scheme to profit by using dishonesty. Making something poorly, or cheaply, or not to anyone's liking has absolutely no bearing whatsoever as to whether something is a scam.

Things can be (and many things are) gimmicky, early development, cheaply made, or made to someone else's preferences in a completely honest way. This is that.

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