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

Post by datpiff » Thu, May 02, 2024, 8:53 AM UTC

dTal wrote: post #255

Bjartr wrote: post #191

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I would love to know about any other device that ticks the boxes the OP-1 does: * Battery powered * Easily backpack portable * Standalone DAW * Piano layout * Physical knobs and keys * Sequencer * Screen (and accompanying UI) large enough to not feel incredibly cramped That's plenty of stuff that beats the OP-1 on plenty of these, but there just isn't much out there that hits all of them at once.

A Synthstrom Deluge arguably ticks those boxes, except perhaps for the "piano layout" (not that I think that makes much difference when you can't play either device like an actual piano, and at least the Deluge has a luscious isomorphic keyboard) and the large screen (though the screen isn't really the primary interface on the Deluge, taking a more supporting role of dynamic visual feedback to the real interface, whi…

Post by whywhywhywhy » Thu, May 02, 2024, 9:02 AM UTC

WeylandYutani wrote: post #225

starky wrote: post #194

I saw this news and my reaction was, "Of course it is, doing anything else would be stupid." But that on its own doesn't mean it could just be a phone app if the hardware adds something useful to the way the user interacts with it. For example, old Sony mirrorless cameras just ran Android under the hood but the specific hardware is what made those products, not the OS. As a hardware person, both the Rabbit R1 and the…

There was an attempt with folding phones. Is that taking off beyond the "I have too much money" crowd?

Post by whywhywhywhy » Thu, May 02, 2024, 9:39 AM UTC

dmitrygr wrote: post #201

> Rabbit has reached out to Android Authority with a statement from its founder and CEO, Jesse Lyu. The statement argues that the R1’s interface is not an app Followed by a demo of someone copying the APK and the whole thing more or less working... I think Lyu forgot that the statement was for androidauthority.com (where people who understand android hang out) and not for his 80-year-old-uncle...

Post by flexagoon » Thu, May 02, 2024, 10:09 AM UTC

jazzyjackson wrote: post #180

wmf wrote: post #155

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Are these privileged system-level permissions in the room with us now? What specifically are they?

why are you so incredulous that android might have some annoying privacy restrictions that a custom AOSP can sidestep? I would google rabbit's reasoning for this but I don't care enough

Post by tasuki » Thu, May 02, 2024, 11:04 AM UTC

aquova wrote: post #212

gipp wrote: post #69

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That's their reason to make it a stand-alone device. What is my reason to want it to be a stand-alone device?

While I'm not interested in this device either, you could make this argument for many standalone devices. Why does Nintendo keep selling their own devices rather than putting their games on phones and PCs? They think having it as a physical, distinct device offers something that a phone app doesn't, which is pretty on brand for them. Now, whether or not the buyers will agree with their thinking is another story.