Agreed. I love playing with my Pocket Operators. Felt like a weird divergence from their typical stuff.
@Aphrodite @bjompen @blobcat not quite as far for their design practice if you consider the Playdate.
Playdate appears play*ful*, while like way too much AI crap, the Rabbit looks half-baked.
@Aphrodite @blobcat @bjompen
TE is just the hardware design shop, though. With the Playdate they had to work with Panic on custom innards, while on the R1 they were wrapping an existing board (if I understand correctly).
If your point is that the R1 is a less refined product: sure. But that’s not on TE. They aren’t like one of the big design consultancies selling “innovation” and this isn’t under their brand.