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  • Rabbit R1 AI box is actually an Android app in a limited $200 box, running on AOSP without Google Play.
  • Rabbit Inc. is unhappy about details of its tech stack being public, threatening action against unauthorized emulators.
  • AOSP is a logical choice for mobile hardware as it provides essential functionalities without the need for Google Play.
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[–] [email protected] 132 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The AI boom in a nutshell. Repackaged software and content with a shiny AI coat of paint. Even the AI itself is often just repackaged chatgpt.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

perplexity for this device. still, excited to get my pre-order if only to add to my teenage engineering collection

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It certainly looks sleek. Too bad that's all it has in its favor.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

must be a cool device to jailbreak and mess around with just for the sake of it tho
it has a very unique form factor after all

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Unless you have tons of money, why preorder? Just wait for the company to inevitably go under and people start reselling their now-useless devices, and then scoop as many as you want from Ebay. Even if the company survives for a while, the functionality is so underwhelming they might start getting rid of them way sooner.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

The company makes other things I don't think they will go under of this fails

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What's interesting about this device is that it (supposedly) learns how apps work and how people use them, so if you ask it something that requires using an app it could do it.

So while it might be "just an android app", if it does what's advertised that would be impressive.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Apps are designed to be easy to use. If this device works as advertised (and that's a huge if), then it wouldn't offer much in the way of convenience anyway. From what I've been reading, it doesn't work well at all.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Reviewers are saying it is not able to do this, along with several other promised features.