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1278 points random_moonwalk | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 14:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.194s | source
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fainpul ◴[17 Nov 25 14:25 UTC] No.45953833[source]▶
> A 3D-printed enclosure is fine for a prototype, but a real product likely needs injection-molded parts, which require expensive tooling.

For kid-friendly toys, yes. But for older users not necessarily:

https://teenage.engineering/products/po

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NoSalt ◴[17 Nov 25 15:43 UTC] No.45954587[source]▶
How are these, are they worth the money? I have seen these before, but thought they might be crappy "jokes". However, if they are decent, I would love to play around with them.
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mock-possum ◴[17 Nov 25 16:14 UTC] No.45954937[source]▶
It’s pretty capable hardware, but in my personal opinion the UI sucks. It falls into the category of “why did you make this hard on purpose” and I resent it.
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1. joemi ◴[17 Nov 25 21:14 UTC] No.45958385[source]▶
Yeah, I agree. The size and price are attractive and they are pretty capable, but the UI is a bit more complex than ideal. It either needs better labeling of functions/combos (which is hard to do with the size) or more buttons/knobs to reduce the number of combos. On that note, the cases do a bit to aid with the labeling, but they also increase the price by more than one might expect. With better UI, they could have been truly amazing.