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[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 9 points 2 weeks ago

unlocked bootloader and id be sold. throw lineageos on it with like 2 apps and experience bliss

[–] markz@suppo.fi 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was wondering how they got past apple's patents.

The Sundial tile isn’t really an iPod-style wheel: it’s really just a set of 9 buttons with a circle cover layered on top.

They didn't. It's the same as every bootleg ipod.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't Apple's patents regarding the touch scroll wheel of the iPods be coming to an end sometime around now?

[–] markz@suppo.fi 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't know. The first models didn't use a touch wheel, so maybe not just yet?

Either way, this thing doesn't have it. The wheel is just for the looks with no function, making it pointless.

[–] Maiq@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Is the one on the right iPod navigation and rotary dialer?

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It would be fun if it was a C64 type Joystick... 🕹️

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I have never used such a device without eventually just sticking to a single configuration. If you're going to have to switch them while you're on the road it's just gonna be annoying. If only they would have made those 2 modules into one piece that you could just turn around. Imagine if you're listening to songs using your iPod like controls and you get an SMS so you have to check all of your pockets for some keyboard module and start juggling it just to answer.

Besides that I think the price is way too high.

[–] baconmonsta@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I would like a phone with a keyboard but this looks like a gimmick

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is it useful or just ewaste?