I loved the iPod shuffle, so I used it as inspiration. Cool that you noticed.

Not really, but I found Humane's AI Pin to be grossly overpriced. It will cost far less.

Heyho – yes, I'll assemble it where I live... in Germany. However, most of the electronic components will come from other countries.

The product won't work without a smartphone.

Thank you! If you sign up for the waitlist on the aibutton.io landing page, I'll send you an email with answers to your questions once I've set up a product page and start selling.

I expect the product to be available in mid-August. A demo, along with information on price, battery life, etc., will be available in mid-July. I'll then email it to everyone on the waitlist.

You're right, a real demo would be better. The reviews aren't fake, though; they're from my friends who were fiddling around with my prototype, which has no hardcase yet. The response has been good so far, so I'll post an update with a demo of the product soon. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll work on it :)