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The tinyPod transforms your old Apple Watch into an iPod-like minimalist phone

The tinyPod is a case for your Apple Watch that makes Apple’s wearable look and feel (at least in marketing) like the company’s first breakthrough product of the 21st century: the iPod.

However, its unique angle — a click wheel that controls the watch’s Digital Crown — makes Apple’s wearable look and feel (at least in its marketing) like the company’s first breakthrough product of the 21st century: the iPod. Whether the tinyPod lives up to its billing as a minimalist, distraction-free and nostalgia-laden “phone” or not, its creator appears to have put significant thought into aesthetics, clarity of purpose and consistency in marketing. Its website demonstrates an eye for detail that relishes in its iPod inspiration, including era-appropriate Apple fonts and a teaser video in a classic 4:3 aspect ratio.

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