The first iPod was lacking and the first iPhone was lacking. This, too, is lacking, but it only has to be good enough to be profitable and allow them opportunity to iterate over time. At least they’re trying something, which is more than I can say for Epic
sure, initial iPod/iPhone were lacking features, but that is what, 15-20 years ago? So will more people subscribe to Spotify because of this? doesn't every Spotify subscriber today have a smartphone already? what's is the appeal for this device? better sound quality? no. more choices? no idea, I do not subscribe to Spotify (nor to Apple Music for that matter). I don't get it ...The first iPod was lacking and the first iPhone was lacking. This, too, is lacking, but it only has to be good enough to be profitable and allow them opportunity to iterate over time. At least they’re trying something, which is more than I can say for Epic
But if you have CarPlay, this would add very little. You could just play Spotify on CarPlay.
By that logic Toyota should sue Ford for not letting me put an Accord engine in a Maverick.
Actually, there is a narrow range of cars made around the early 2010s that had BlueTooth but not a display. And I bet most cars with a display made until the CarPlay/Android Auto era of the late 2010s doesn't have Spotify apps. Furthermore, many cars made since the early to mid 2000s have Aux ports but nothing else smart.
Exactly. As a concept it intrigues me - I just want to be able to easily control my music safely while driving. I have Spotify now, but if I ever switched I would want it to work as a generic bluetooth receiver. Since it only works with Spotify I'll pass.
I literally do this with my iPhone throughout the day. I find it simpler than running Apple Music in a space on my Mac and my AirPods Pro seamlessly switch between my Mac and iPhone for audio. I'm looking forward to using my iPad Pro for this once that new Universal Control feature once it comes out of beta. I want to have Apple Music open on one side, and Slack open on the other. Although it will be interesting to see how Slack handles drag and drop files from the Mac...
Wonder how long before this is hacked to use it for whatever you want? I'm interested to see how the computing power of this compares to something like the latest Raspberry Pi, and with a decent capacitive touchscreen included as well as control knobs...I could see this being an interesting peripheral hack.
15 years ago, did anyone look at an iPod and predict “This will lead to Macs not using Intel processors!” No, but there’s a pretty straight line from the iterative successes of the iPod, to the iPhone, to their own iPhone silicon, to the M1 Mac. The point is, they’re making an effort (and Epic isn’t) which may pay off in ways that no one right now could possibly be aware of.
Seems like a better use case. I don’t understand clipping a piece of hardware to a place where hot air comes from.
