- Rabbit R1, AI gadget, runs on Android app, not requiring “very bespoke AOSP” firmware as claimed by Rabbit.
- Rabbit R1 launcher app can run on existing Android phones, not needing system-level permissions for core functionality.
- Rabbit R1 firmware analysis shows minimal modifications to standard AOSP, contradicting claims of custom hardware necessity by Rabbit.
Technically, every Android phone uses a “very bespoke AOSP”, because the Android kernel is customized for the hardware of every single phone model, which can include things like hardware drivers and carrier services.
This is the reason that there is no universal Android ROM that works across every Android phone, unlike Windows or normal GNU/Linux distributions.
warm@kbin.earth 5 months ago
This is one of those shitty products that you can see being shitty from a mile away, yet all the coverage and discussion around it gives it a life it otherwise wouldn't have had.
magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 5 months ago
It’s probably only because it’s co-designed by Teenage Engineering. Usually their devices get quite the fuzz.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
They have so much quality audio equipment, it’s understandable why people would stump for this because of the TE involvement alone.
Funnily enough, despite being a TE enthusiast, this is my first time hearing that they had anything to do with this joke of a product.
…which kind of does make me sort look at TE like… wtf were you thinking?
realharo@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Which is exactly like the “camera collabs” that phone makers sometimes do that end up being nothing more than marketing gimmicks.
Like the OnePlus camera “by Hasselblad” that is quality wise the same as any other smartphone camera in that price category.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They’re being given leniency because the hardware designers have a great reputation.
Unfortunately the software team has fallen flat.
ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
The hardware team made a device that just couldn’t be turned into a good product no matter what the software team did. None of those AI-in-a-box devices are good products because they simply don’t have a reason to exist. Everything they can do, phones can do. If you have a phone, you don’t need one of those AI boxes, however if you buy one of those AI assistant things, you’ll still need a phone (which, again, can completely replace the AI box with no loss in functionality).
db2@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Camera shutters aren’t new…
bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Some phones and PDAs from decades ago had a “jog dial” on the side, like a mouse scroll wheel.
It was so easy to roll through menus and just push it to click.
The separate roller and button arrangement this has seems such a poor choice in comparison.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
if you’d give me 17€ minimum to use it, I’d for sure be using it.