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bdonvr thelemmy.club bdonvr@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2023-06-14
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It's mostly marketing hype/fluff. Still interesting.

They said last month that by the end of this month we should have some kind of Hands-On with a working demo - looking forward to it!

Edit: Jeff Gadway said full video on the 21st

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Iced Raktajino startrek.website IcedRaktajino@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-07-15
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I got that email update a few weeks ago and am so excited to see something real that's not all marketing. I mean, the marketing got me to pre-order one but I'm over that and ready to see real world progress.

My Minimal Phone is starting to be constraining in ways I hadn't anticipated and the Clicks is more of where I want to go from that.

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gianni lemmy.ca gianni@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-14
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I got that email update a few weeks ago and am so excited to see something real that's not all marketing. I mean, the marketing got me to pre-order one but I'm over that and ready to see real world progress. My Minimal Phone is starting to be constraining in ways I hadn't anticipated and the Clicks is more of where I want to go from that.

I'm curious, what are some of those constraints that you hadn't anticipated?

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Iced Raktajino startrek.website IcedRaktajino@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-07-15
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I'm curious, what are some of those constraints that you hadn't anticipated?

I found I needed to take photos more often than I thought I would, and the camera on this is pretty garbo. Even if the camera were better, it's incredibly difficult with the e-ink screen so you kind of have to snap one and hope for the best.

My friend group has this group chat, and we share a lot of random pictures and videos. Videos are pretty much unwatchable, so I have to pause them every few seconds to do kind of a slide show to see what it is they sent. Pictures are a little better to make out, but sometimes they're just inscrutable on the e-ink. Reaction gifs are also kind of painful lol.

Those are the two biggest drawbacks I didn't anticipate. Otherwise, it's a great device.

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
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I found I needed to take photos more often than I thought I would, and the camera on this is pretty garbo. Even if the camera were better, it's incredibly difficult with the e-ink screen so you kind of have to snap one and hope for the best. My friend group has this group chat, and we share a lot of random pictures and videos. Videos are pretty much unwatchable, so I have to pause them every fe...

I admire your optimism, despite the difficulties (seriously, I do!)

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