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How can you so badly fail at even saying what the hell this is on your shitty glossy web site? What is this? The page is just a list of hardware 'features' with large but unclear pictures.

"push to talk button" ok, so?

"far-field mike" ok, so?

"360 degree rotational eye" so what?

"analog scroll wheel" that does what?

"usb-c plus sim card slot" which gives me what?

There's a video but I shouldn't have to watch a video.

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I totally agree. The video does actually show the product, and it looks interesting, but the other parts of the website are a big turn off.

well, it tells me enough: the only input method is the mic, so you cannot silently enter any input into this device. I don't need everyone around me to hear my Kagi searches or text messages dictated to my device. So, it's not for me.

Since it's all cloud-based and has a far-field mic, I would also ask people around me not to use this device, if they had one, and turn it off if they are around me.

As far as I can tell, this product is just a bugging device.

There's actually a touchscreen keyboard you can use instead, which they mention in the keynote.

Seems like AI generated garbage

This is a bit harsh. I feel that you can figure out what the device is before even scrolling. It’s a companion device that you can interact with to get assistance with various things, and the features you mention are how it gets instructions and information.

I wasn't able to figure out what this device is or what it's for from their home page. I did get a better idea by reading the HN comments though.

Yea I didn't want to watch the video and had no idea what it was, my best guess was it was a quirky non-smart phone, never occurred to me it might be a "companion device" whatever that is exactly.

What is "assistance with various things?" That's incredibly vague and unhelpful. What is "a companion device?" Again, vague and unhelpful. You haven't explained anything, and the web site fails to explain anything, and I'm being too harsh?

There is zero information on the web site except an overly long video badly aping Apple's product announcement style. Including as-seen-on-TV "doing things is so hard" crap.

Hell, the FAQ is entirely about purchasing, not about the "product." It's therefore also meaningless. Rather than harsh I'm being generous. This web site is useless.

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