This was the most interesting device that I found from CES 2024.
A bit of an iPhone for AI assisted tasks. I think this could be big, as Perplexity AI is offering a 12 months free subscription for the first 100,000 devices sold and even Satya Nadella from Microsoft is talking about it.
Whirlpool has a recently created thread on this device also.
From what I understand, it will integrate with multiple other Apps to do things; so it is a task oriented device. Apparently it does not require specific API access to Apps either (I am skeptical about this though).
This is a very new device that is not yet in consumers hands, so my info is just what the Tech sites are reporting.
Wait for a legit reviewer who isn't desp to pay the bills + whatever else, to do a proper review. Until then it's a bit of an unknown. I had a lot of questions from the overview video Rabbit posted on YT…. too many Q's in fact. They also turned off all the comments there. Strange
Yep, all the comments on Instagram keep saying to watch the video on the website but it's so vague
It's brilliant when a product's website doesn't even tell you what it actually does.
Skimming through the keynote, really don't see what's revolutionary about this. It takes some current smartphone features and puts it into a new device to use. Likely remains niche among early adopters.
Edit: He actually just admitted that himself: "Your iPhone can do any of this… we're not replacing your smartphone… it's just a different generational device…"
"It's brilliant when a product's website doesn't even tell you what it actually does."
Phew, I thought I was getting too old there for sec.
The specifications of the device seem to indicate it's just a phone that runs a custom operating system
Rabbit r1 Specifications
2.88″ TFT touchscreen
Up to 2.3GHz MediaTek MT6765 Octa-core (Helio P35) processor. This is a 12nm, 8 core SOC announced in 2018.
rabbit OS
8MP (3264 x 2448 pixels) night vision camera
4GB RAM | 128GB ROM
Sensors: magnetometer, GPS, accelerometer and gyroscope
USB-C connector
dual microphone array, and speaker
4G SIM card slot
Bluetooth 5.0 / Wi-Fi with 2.4GHz + 5GHz / 4G LTE
Dimensions: 78mm x 78mm x 13mm; Weight: 115g
1000mAh battery
From what I can gather from reading online:
* this could have been an iOS or Android app, I guess the reason it's not an app, but a standalone device running custom OS is because they don't want to comply with Apple's or Google's TOS and avoid the revenue sharing that comes with using their platform
* The device doesn't seem to have any specialized hardware that does any AI processing, it just sends data to cloud servers running Perplexity Ai. You get one year of Pro membership but after that you'll be paying (possibly AUD $300/year) out of pocket.
* Redditors noted the model likely just interprets natural language into selenium execution using vision processing.
* The company behind Rabbit Inc used to be a bunch of crypto / NFT bros.
OHHH, it's a glorified smartphone.
I thought it was the uh, other kind of battery operated device.
lol that what I thought as well
Shutup AND TAKE my MONEY!
Just a suggestion, buy sealed and never open for 15 years and resell for 100K with first AI software
I think the selling point is it has a form factor that might be easier to use, and it deliberately tries to segregate information from different services.
So yeah, you can do this with apple/Android, but then your data gets added to the apple/Google pile.
This is potentially important if you are seeking to use services together you don't want all in one basket, or where different platforms have different advantages and you want to use them together.
I'll wait and see.
Looks dumb.
I'll share my thoughts when mine arrives, but all the comments above have completely missed the point of what the device is. And why.
Excellent. I did not buy one myself, but would be interested in how it performs.
Genuine question on what you think it will bring you?
I've looked and looked and I feel like Google Lens does 90% of what this does but faster?
It seems like another thing I have to carry around?
Can it ring/message etc etc for me?
This is well worth a few minutes to read https://www.rabbit.tech/research
I'm intrigued by less interaction with my phone screen. And training it to do some bits of my job that I've not already automated. And to tinker/play with. Heck, massive homework help for my kids too. Comes with a year of perpexity pro which is almost worth the cost in itself.
Has a SIM slot, but I don't believe it will, on release, have SMS or call functionality. I will be exploring messengers like WhatsApp, Telegram etc. And maybe some sort of alternate solution to get SMS to it. Even just having it for heaphone audio books on the commute would be a use. Ordering food and Ubers. Adding items to note lists like Google Keep or OneNote, take a picture of something and have it search Amazon for it. Shazam type stuff. Finding recipes based on what it can see in my fridge. Smart home integration.
Some of that won't come on release day. But as people train the LAM it's going to be really interesting to see what they come up with.
What is it meant to do that a modern phone can’t/won’t be able to do?
Why do the renders look so basic for an AI company?