I can't see any justification for an AI device. Smartphones are already a perfected form factor developed over decades. They consolidate many other devices people carried in the past. Now most people only need to carry a phone, and maybe they'll wear a smartwatch too. Trying to sell people on a third device that they have to carry around and keep charged just doesn't sound like it will work to me.
I suspect the device is some kind of necklace that actively listens to the environment, records and summarises conversations, and has Siri/Alexa-like capabilities. I don't think this is groundbreaking enough to make people comfortable with an always listening device that transmits to the cloud.
KurSix 18 hours ago [-]
The problem with "screen-free" isn't the chassis design, it's information bandwidth. Eyes intake information orders of magnitude faster than ears. Reading a list of 5 restaurants takes 3 seconds, whereas listening to it via a voice assistant is 30 seconds.
Unless Ive has invented a fundamentally new interface (neither voice nor screen), this device is doomed to be another beautiful but useless accessory, like the Humane Pin. Design can't beat the physiology of perception
yladiz 2 days ago [-]
> they said they are currently prototyping the device, and when asked about a timeframe, Ive said it could arrive in “less than” two years.
I'll believe it when I see it. Making hardware is much more complex than making software, and 2 years is a long time given the iffy market circumstances right now, so let's see if it's materializes, and if it does...
> but it’s rumored to be screen-free and “roughly the size of a smartphone.”
Let's see if it turns out to be another Humane situation.
sharts 1 days ago [-]
who cares?
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I suspect the device is some kind of necklace that actively listens to the environment, records and summarises conversations, and has Siri/Alexa-like capabilities. I don't think this is groundbreaking enough to make people comfortable with an always listening device that transmits to the cloud.
Unless Ive has invented a fundamentally new interface (neither voice nor screen), this device is doomed to be another beautiful but useless accessory, like the Humane Pin. Design can't beat the physiology of perception
I'll believe it when I see it. Making hardware is much more complex than making software, and 2 years is a long time given the iffy market circumstances right now, so let's see if it's materializes, and if it does...
> but it’s rumored to be screen-free and “roughly the size of a smartphone.”
Let's see if it turns out to be another Humane situation.