A new AI-fuelled gadget has fallen foul of the tech world's expectations.
  • xodoh74984@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Who exactly was hyped about this?

    Personally, I typically want my interactions with technology to be quiet. I don’t want it talking, and I don’t want to be talking to it.

    Not to mention the privacy implications of an always-on camera and microphone connected to the internet

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Do keep in mind the microphone is only on when you touch the touchpad, this device doesn’t use “wake words” like Alexa, Google Assistant, etc

      • DdCno1@kbin.social
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        3 months ago

        One of few good aspects about it, but only if you don’t think about it too much. The question remains is if you can actually trust this, because there is no physical button disconnecting microphone and camera. It’s all just in software and could be unsafe.

  • JeffreyOrange@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    “much hyped” lol I have seen not one person who was positively looking forward to this. I don’t really know why such dead in the water stupid idead even get any media attention at all.

    • yuri@pawb.socialEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I thought it sounded neat, but I’m actively looking for a fun way to ditch regular smartphones. As soon as that rotary cell phone works on regular networks, I’m there.

      • JeffreyOrange@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I guess if the AI works well, it could have some niche uses. But as far as I have seen it doesn’t. It is also more marketed as a smartphone replacement, which for the vast majority of people it just wouldn’t be. Also the demo examples like booking flights are just moronic.

        • yuri@pawb.socialEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Yeah the product they delivered is clearly not what was promised. I lost interest as soon as the subscription model was made obvious.

          Personally I’d just like my phone to allow others to contact me and search the internet, that’s all. I don’t need to text constantly, and other than lemmy I have no social media presence. Laser-display voice-control smart-broach actually fits the bill for me, provided it actually fucken worked at all lmao

          Also I just really like weird or novel tech. I was an early supporter of pebble and the only thing I regret there is not buying doubles.

          • JeffreyOrange@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I honestly dislike voice control very much. Would be pretty annoying to constantly have people around who are talking to their devices. It’s already jarring enough when you are a gust at somebodys home and they scream at their alexa every couple minutes, ruins the mood a little bit.

    • TurboDiesel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Marques is right. I’m sorry, for $700 goddamn dollars I refuse to be some random startup’s R&D. I can’t wait for the DiSrUpToR model to die a painful death.

      And to all the people crying because MKBHD was mean, I say: STFU. I watch him for his integrity. Your product is bad and you should feel bad.

      • engineer@infosec.pubEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Only if you had tried to hide what Streisand effect is, we could’ve had Streisand effect of Streisand effect.

        Edit: Don’t watch much review videos, hadn’t even heard of the guy. Looked up the video, and ended up subscribing to his channel 😀 At least he is getting free publicity with it.

  • blattrules@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I could have told them this was a dumb idea from the start; creating something that doesn’t fill a need, is just another device to carry around and could just be an app on a phone that we already carry around, just to cram it down people’s throats “because AI,” is probably not a good business plan.

      • blattrules@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Wow, I didn’t even realize that it requires a $24.99 per month plan from T-Mobile for voice, texting and data. These companies are getting really brazen.

    • toofpic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      If you add a strap to it, it will be smartwatch. So there’s a need and a niche, just not for one more way to do the same stuff

        • toofpic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          This is exactly what I meant: they’re selling a watch without a strap, and saying it’s something new