Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100

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• FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What the hell? They are delaying their new watches left and right and cancel pre-orders because they ran out of parts, and now they’re doing this, just out of the blue?

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So, classic Eric Migicovsky. There was a reason I was staying away from this entirely.

    This is the same guy who offered integration between Beeper and iMessage and had it broken by Apple in under a week, and then… just stopped trying after promising it to customers.

    Then when he got bored with Beeper he sold it to Automattic.

    It’s so much like his original run with Pebble as well, where he fucked over the devs on their way out who were promised jobs with the sale of the company, to find out late in the game that wasn’t actually happening.

    I think Migicovsky being allowed to startup companies and then throw them in the bin when he gets bored while pocketing the profit should be outlawed.

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• Carnelian@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Genuinely, is this rage bait?

  $100, non replaceable battery, does absolutely nothing besides stream audio recordings to an llm on your phone that is 100% guaranteed to produce a worthless error ridden transcript,

  and my personal favorite,

  Unlike recording notes with a phone or smartwatch, you don’t need both hands to create voice notes with the Index.

  Is this a joke? Why do I need both hands to record a voice note with a phone?

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  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hey chatgpt, I accidentally made a product to solve a nonexistent problem. What should I say?

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    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Honestly this feels like a product that Chat GPT probably came up with in the first place.

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  • EvilBit@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is this a joke? Why do I need both hands to record a voice note with a phone?

    Why, obviously you need one hand to hold the earpiece to your ear, the other to tap the cradle and get the operator, whom you can ask to write something down for you. What a maroon.

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    • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      One wonders why young people are so slow on the uptake these days, doesn’t one?

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  • socsa@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Are you not jerking off when making notes?

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• etherphon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  OR I can use a pencil and paper for pennies.

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  • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What are you, some kind of Luddite?

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    • etherphon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m practical I suppose. I have a tool that does this already cheaply, why do I need a product likely made by slaves in a sweat shop, with materials people are going to wars over, that will end up in a landfill because it broke or is deprecated in less than a few years?

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  • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Here is a one handed service that does all of the things this ring does except it also can charge itself. Oh and it coats $18

    a.co/d/9O8bgub

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• ih8ppl@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The article says that you can send it in to be recycled. Idk, but if you get a voucher for sending it in to use for buying the next one (or another product) people might actually do it and it is not as bad as throwing it away. A rechargable battery would also degrade over time and since it can only be a tiny one… Also there is a chance people might use it to tinker.

  However, I agree that this design choice (resulting in the low price) is very questionable to say the least.

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  • deHaga@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The expensive ones also have batteries that can’t be replaced.

    I saw news about a Samsung one swelling up and catching fire. Not great for fingers

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    • unphazed@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I have always wanted to be a fire mage, but yeah, not worth the consequence.

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    • hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The incident in question: androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-ring-battery-…

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• tau@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If only we could replace the battery, then I’d be on board. Supporting MCP is actually really cool, it could interface with home assistant or anything else.

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• ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The non rechargeable battery is a bummer but I can see this as an accessibility tool for people with ADHD. Even if it only works half as well as they promise as long as it creates reminders and alarms with 80% accuracy it could be a game changer. My son can’t remember his head half the time and refuses to create notes and reminders. If he can somehow get it down to just quickly speak to his ring he might be ok. But I think he would totally use it more than 10-20 times a day so that 2 year battery life is not gonna fly.

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  • avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yup, there’s definitely use cases but the battery is a no-no. It has to be replaceable even if it compromises the design a bit.

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• CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Damn, I saw the headline, thought “Did someone finally…” But no, it’s not a YubiKey (or similar) in the form of a signet ring.

  It’s a finger mounted microphone with a non are chargeable non-replaceable battery.

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• Codilingus@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I get the upset over the battery, but it seems everyone missed this:

  No charging: The battery lasts for up to years of average use. After the end of its life, send your ring back to us for recycling.

  I’d hope they offer a discount on a new one if you send in your old.

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  • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nobody knows if this company will be around in a year. The watches will continue to be usable and versatile. The ring won’t.

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  • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’d hope they offer a discount on a new one if you send in your old.

    Eh. If they did, they’d probably mention it somewhere.

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• E_coli42@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No IoT is a win for me! I might buy it just for the fact that I can save notes and reminders locally on my phone. Just waiting to see if the app or a compatible one will be on F-droid…

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