The tinyPod Apple Watch case is each the most effective and worst concept ever

Typically I come throughout a tool that I really like or need to love, however I am undecided if it even is smart. Expensive readers, the tinyPod is a type of units.

The tinyPod (above MacRumors) is a small system – basically a case – that encloses your Apple Watch and turns it right into a miniature iPod. As a substitute of sporting the watch in your wrist, you carry it in your pocket and use the iPod-like scroll wheel to regulate it.

The thought, in response to the venture’s web site, is to “flip the world’s strongest minicomputer into one thing new.” And that truly is smart; the Apple Watch can do lots, however I principally use it to verify the clock, observe exercises, and infrequently verify the supply time of meals. By placing it (with out the strap, in fact) in an iPod-like type issue, you is perhaps extra inclined to unlock extra of its performance, and when you’ve got a mobile model, you might even use it as a super-tiny cellphone.

Whereas that is all nicely and good, the Apple Watch is a wrist-worn system, and as soon as you’ve got unlocked it, for instance, it is going to keep unlocked so long as the again of it’s touching your pores and skin, which is clearly not sensible with the tinyPod case. Meaning you need to flip that characteristic off and manually unlock the watch each time you employ it, or depart it unprotected (additionally not a good suggestion).

Additionally, in my view, the tinyPod solely is smart when you’ve got an outdated, unused Apple Watch mendacity round and need to do one thing with it. Shopping for an Apple Watch simply to make use of it as a small cellphone or iPod-like music participant would not seem to be an excellent funding.

Fortunately, charging it’s fairly easy. For the reason that tinyPod leaves the again of the watch uncovered, you cost it with the identical charger and in the identical method that you’d usually cost your watch (until you’ve a very oddly formed charging dock).

It’s also obtainable in Apple Watch Extremely dimension.
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If you’re prepared to make these compromises, you may Get the tinyPod for $79.99and there is additionally a tinyPod Lite model, which does not have a scroll wheel, for $29.99. The tinyPod is available in three sizes to accommodate completely different Apple Watch sizes. Sure, you may even have it for the 49-millimeter Apple Watch Extremely, however that bumps the value as much as $89.99/£39.99.