The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
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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
#2You should not be surprised. If you look at most of the jobs in the careers page for example [0], they mention the need for "Experience with framework-level customization of AOSP" and that the app is in "Flutter".
So this was immediately obvious that it was running Android. It is just that this was a nice and perfectly packaged scam, but not as expensive scam like the Humane AI Pin.
and yes. Humane is also using Android for their AI Pin devices. Unsurprisingly. [1]
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#3You should not be surprised. If you look at most of the jobs in the careers page for example [0], they mention the need for "Experience with framework-level customization of AOSP" and that the app is in "Flutter". So this was immediately obvious that it was running Android. It is just that this was a nice and perfectly packaged scam, but not as expensive scam like the Humane AI Pin. and yes. Humane is also using Andr…
The kind of SoC that you would put into something like this often only has official support for Android, too. If you're making any kind of mobile thing then Android is almost certainly the path of least resistance nowadays.
The Playstation Portal is another good example, it's a single-purpose device just for streaming games from a PS5 but it runs full blown Android, locked down so you can't use it for anything else.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#4You should not be surprised. If you look at most of the jobs in the careers page for example [0], they mention the need for "Experience with framework-level customization of AOSP" and that the app is in "Flutter". So this was immediately obvious that it was running Android. It is just that this was a nice and perfectly packaged scam, but not as expensive scam like the Humane AI Pin. and yes. Humane is also using Andr…
Using Android doesn't make it a scam.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#5As others have commented - this is unsurprising - and makes a lot of sense from a technical perspective. Don't see this as scammy at all. And as for the product - the main qualm seems to be the lack of utility vs cost - which again does not seem scammy to me.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#6You should not be surprised. If you look at most of the jobs in the careers page for example [0], they mention the need for "Experience with framework-level customization of AOSP" and that the app is in "Flutter". So this was immediately obvious that it was running Android. It is just that this was a nice and perfectly packaged scam, but not as expensive scam like the Humane AI Pin. and yes. Humane is also using Andr…
The AI Pin is at least a wearable that puts a camera and a projector on your chest. That's not much, but it's something vaguely novel.
The Rabbit thing is literally just a terrible phone.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#7You should not be surprised. If you look at most of the jobs in the careers page for example [0], they mention the need for "Experience with framework-level customization of AOSP" and that the app is in "Flutter". So this was immediately obvious that it was running Android. It is just that this was a nice and perfectly packaged scam, but not as expensive scam like the Humane AI Pin. and yes. Humane is also using Andr…
Using Android doesn't make it a scam.
The scam is they are selling it as anything other than "phone with fewer features"
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#8As others have commented - this is unsurprising - and makes a lot of sense from a technical perspective. Don't see this as scammy at all. And as for the product - the main qualm seems to be the lack of utility vs cost - which again does not seem scammy to me.
The scam is that the hardware is unnecessary, expensive, and strictly worse than just using your phone.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#9As others have commented - this is unsurprising - and makes a lot of sense from a technical perspective. Don't see this as scammy at all. And as for the product - the main qualm seems to be the lack of utility vs cost - which again does not seem scammy to me.
The scam is that the hardware is unnecessary, expensive, and strictly worse than just using your phone.
That doesn't make it a scam though, just a waste of money. A scam would be something like, you order it and what turns up is a photo of the device with a QR code on the back linking to a download for the app.
Re: The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app
#10As others have commented - this is unsurprising - and makes a lot of sense from a technical perspective. Don't see this as scammy at all. And as for the product - the main qualm seems to be the lack of utility vs cost - which again does not seem scammy to me.
The article says nothing about the R1 being “scammy” - only that its functionality is overlapped by devices you likely already own. Also unsurprising for a $200 device, which is only even marketed to be a novel interface. Honestly if it’s less addictive than a smartphone due to being more limited, that could be reason enough to carry one.