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Are Android tablets a scam too?
No, because the title is honest. An Android tablet means exactly that. An "AI Assistant" does not. That implies it's something much more than it is.
Why is it not an ai assistant?
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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> i’m looking forward to having a new toy on my desk and I really like the teenage engineering vibes of it. I want more companies to try hardware! To quote the title, > a thing that should just be an app, is just an Android app Except the company doesn't own the hardware for distribution by being an Android app! People want developers to be subservient and taxed forever, as if Google and Apple own all of non-desktop…
Yeah Google not allowing 3rd party apps to be used as the voice assistant is 100% reason enough to release as hardware. I don't want to unlock my phone and type and click buttons just to ask about a task I'm working on.
How does Bixby work then?
My point being, they’re already releasing an Android device with cellular. Why not make it a bespoke Android phone and/or partner with someone like One Plus to be a differentiator?
The number of people who’d carry two devices around is vanishingly small when the use cases all can happen on their phone anyway.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#63That makes me feel better about the whole project. If they were wasting their time developing a new OS from scratch instead of working on the programs running on it, I'd think they're nuts. I bought an R1 during the first pre-order and it arrived a couple days ago. In it's current form, it's not the AI from the movie "Her" that's going to manage your life for you. It's neat. It's a cool little toy that does interesti…
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.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
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No, because the title is honest. An Android tablet means exactly that. An "AI Assistant" does not. That implies it's something much more than it is.
Why is it not an ai assistant?
This reviewer seems to think it wasn't all that "assistanty"
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#65I 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.
The math works out because they're most likely paying per API call and are banking on the near-certainty that >90% of devices will end up in a drawer within a week, never to be used again.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#66I 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.
> i’m looking forward to having a new toy on my desk and I really like the teenage engineering vibes of it. I want more companies to try hardware! To quote the title, > a thing that should just be an app, is just an Android app Except the company doesn't own the hardware for distribution by being an Android app! People want developers to be subservient and taxed forever, as if Google and Apple own all of non-desktop…
Agreed, would love more hardware options. But not sure how a gadget based on AOSP helps with the smartphone duopoly.
From the first looks of it those will just end up in the drawers or landfill in no time which is a little sad.
Re: 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
#68That makes me feel better about the whole project. If they were wasting their time developing a new OS from scratch instead of working on the programs running on it, I'd think they're nuts. I bought an R1 during the first pre-order and it arrived a couple days ago. In it's current form, it's not the AI from the movie "Her" that's going to manage your life for you. It's neat. It's a cool little toy that does interesti…
And the main question remains unanswered: why do they sell a whole device rather than an app?
Not this case, but there are cases where convenience of a custom device is nicer compared to a smartphone(custom buttons/instant access, physical feedback of custom controls). For example with cameras, if you want to control shutter speed/iso etc, a camera with custom mapped buttons and wheels will be more convenient compared to a smartphone
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
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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?
That's their reason to make it a stand-alone device. What is my reason to want it to be a stand-alone device?
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
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The eye catching hardware is what made this project interesting. Would we be talking about this at all if it was just an app?
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.