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Under "Features": > If you can dream it, you can do it. Yes, the website has giant images and minimalism and everything that's all the rage recently, but in t
by Netcob 11y ago
Under "Features":
> If you can dream it, you can do it.
Yes, the website has giant images and minimalism and everything that's all the rage recently, but in the end all it does is make me scroll endlessly and hunt for the tiniest bits of information. There are multiple full-screen-spaces that only show fancy monitors and marketing speak.
I really like the idea of this small computing device that basically turns into whatever you need it to be, but I'm still not sure about what's the use case exactly with phones that turn into desktop PCs. I could have a big screen and bluetooth peripherals at home, fine. But when I'm traveling there's no way to know where I'll be able to switch to "desktop mode" again. At the hotel, hoping I can attach my HDMI cable to the wall-mounted TV? At a friend's house - and then what, maybe they only have a laptop or they'd rather not have me rip out their cables and use their monitor. At work where I don't get to use my own hardware?
I think that ASUS Transformer concept makes more sense on the hardware side. I remember this one device where you'd have a phone, put it into a tablet, and then attach a keyboard effectively turning it into a laptop.
The only interesting thing about this is exactly what you said, the execution. It's a custom Android (with Debian added to it somehow... containerized maybe?) so they'll either need to make their own hardware or partner up with someone. Or maybe it's just someone's Android custom ROM project.
- ekianjo 11y agoThe upcoming Pyra Handheld is addressing some of these issues. It runs Desktop Linux by default, and can connect to an HDMI display to benefit from larger screens. At the same time, you should be able to boot ANdroid on it if you prefer an OS made for a small form factor. All in a single device equipped with a keyboard. It's certainly not perfect, but it's getting close to what I want to do when I am on the move.
- solnyshok 11y agoatm its just a proof of concept, a bit too early in terms of interfaces, and a bit underpowered in terms of cpu/memory/storage. In couple of years from now, though, you might have a phone with 4-8gigs of RAM and 256gigs of storage, and plug it into display/keyboard dock at work and at home.