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This looks cool, but I'm wondering who the target market is for this. To properly use it, you need: 1) An Android phone (easy to satisfy) that you're comforta
by drusepth 9y ago
This looks cool, but I'm wondering who the target market is for this.
To properly use it, you need:
1) An Android phone (easy to satisfy) that you're comfortable enough installing another OS on (so... a more technical user)
2) An HDMI monitor (which could actually be a TV)
3) A SlimPort USB-to-HDMI cable
4) A bluetooth mouse and bluetooth keyboard
5) No desktop (since using it and this seem to be mutually exclusive for most casual setups)
Most people don't have a bluetooth keyboard/mouse lying around, so the time/cost investment to set this up is not only just installing a new OS on your phone, but also buying hardware (keyboard, mouse, and potentially monitor if you don't already have a computer) [and potentially also waiting for it to arrive if you buy online]. And, after this investment, the target market seems to be people that'd be comfortable doing the above while _not_ also buying a desktop to go with it. So... either technical hobbyists/tinkerers and/or people that want a $50-100 machine (and are savvy enough to set it up).
I would _love_ to use something like this, but I move enough that it doesn't make sense to have a desktop (and, therefore, the same mostly applies to monitor+keyboard), and if I were to live in one place long enough to have a desktop, I'd just buy a desktop (because I likely wouldn't use it _and_ this). Am I just not the target market for something like this (even though it legitimately excites me)?
- kovek 9y agoI was thinking that you do not necessarily need a mouse if you know your keyboard-fu well, but then realized that you could use the phone screen as a trackpad in place of a mouse.