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TBH, I'm not even sure it's a great idea at the time of writing, as such. The few technical details they mention seem to indicate that it's some kind of VM run
by danielbarla 11y ago
TBH, I'm not even sure it's a great idea at the time of writing, as such. The few technical details they mention seem to indicate that it's some kind of VM running on your phone. This brings a bunch of limitations with it; I use my desktop not only for the nice screen, but also the i7 processor, 1TB+ SSD, ridiculous amounts of RAM and gigabit network card. So assuming the VM guess is correct, you're getting a 5+ year old PC in your pocket.
I suspect there are some people who could make great use of something like this, but I don't think it's for me. If it truly solved the multiple device problem in a perfect way, it'd be a different story. As it is, I suspect it's a lot more niche than the marketing says.
- NoGravitas 11y agoIt's more likely to be a container/chroot than a VM. Debian chroots on Android are nothing new -- whether this is anything new depends entirely on the execution. Autodetecting when to spin up the container, handling the external display, safely suspending the container somehow, those are all nice new things, if they work as promised.
- danielbarla 11y agoYeah, I get that. I'm taking a step back and asking "but is it really a good idea?". E.g. I remember how everyone was really excited about the Intel Compute Stick - for about 5 minutes, and then they realised that it's actually not particularly useful. I'm getting a similar vibe here, while it might be occasionally super useful, I'm not seeing the mainstream appeal.