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I had an Atrix and it was awesome. I could fire it from the dock and get a full featured Linux desktop right from my phone! And keep clicking through until I go
by guhcampos 9y ago
I had an Atrix and it was awesome. I could fire it from the dock and get a full featured Linux desktop right from my phone! And keep clicking through until I got bored and turned on my laptop.
Same thing with the built-in Linux desktop on a Asus motherboard I had, I don't even remember the name of the thing.
I believe the concept is here to stay, but like tablet PCs back in 2003 it did not find its niche yet. There aren't just too many occasions you'd have a mouse, a keyboard, a monitor, but not some kind of x86_64 computer near.
Still, it's likely the breeding ground for a number of innovations and it may finally catch up...it just does not make so much sense to me to include only on the flagship products: why would you cut so much people on the mid range out of a feature you don't even know if and where will catch up?
- petecox 9y agoThe obvious use is laptop bans on flights and docking your phone to your hotel room's TV. Why so hung up about a keyboard and mouse? Even the local supermarkets here sell them dirt cheap these days.
- boobsbr 9y agoSplashtop? https://gizmodo.com/393861/asus-notebooks-getting-splashtop-instant-boot-linux-os-web-browsing-skype-in-seconds https://gizmodo.com/393861/asus-notebooks-getting-splashtop-...