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What is the advantage of this over something like a Chromebook? It seems like throwing a phone-grade CPU in it and giving it a little more capability would be m
by jsight 10y ago
What is the advantage of this over something like a Chromebook? It seems like throwing a phone-grade CPU in it and giving it a little more capability would be more worthwhile than being completely dependent upon a tethered phone.
- thecatspaw 10y agoyou can use it as a normal smartphone as well. This is helpfull when you're in a tight space, or standing in the train. You also have the same data on both 'devices' (quoted since its technically 1 device + periphery)
- jsight 10y agoI have that regardless of whether I have this separate keyboard/monitor thing. I don't really see where it is an advantage in that scenario?
- bigjimmyk3 10y agoIt's also one less device to manage connectivity on (connect to wifi, pay for data plan, etc.).
- jsight 10y agoWell, if that were the primary concern then USB tethering would work just fine as a solution.
- satysin 10y agoAnyone have any benchmarks of a phone CPU compared to a Chromebook CPU (Celeron or Atom I would guess?)
- 0x6c6f6c 10y agoDon't forget ARM vs x86 program compatibility. Even with a chroot environment to run GNU/Linux distros on an Android phone, you won't have compatibility with some programs due to the architecture of the processor.