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I don't miss the world of a million purpose-built gizmos like this. Smartphones are a very good thing, so long as android is still mostly free. Fun exercise no
by aeblyve 1y ago
I don't miss the world of a million purpose-built gizmos like this. Smartphones are a very good thing, so long as android is still mostly free.
Fun exercise nonetheless
- CommenterPerson 1y agoSorry disagree here. I use a Garmin for driving. Don't wish to contribute to the surveillance economy. I love what the OP has done and look forward to more such.
- bayindirh 1y agoWhile smartphones are good all around devices, and Apple showed that a smartphone with a good camera, DAC, screen and sensor suite can exist, purpose built devices still beat them. They have longer battery life, more predictable performance, and a wider range of operation parameters. I’ll always prefer my specialized equipment for serious music listening, my ebook reader for longer reading and honestly pen and paper for serious note taking. They perform better and I get more performance with less effort.
- aeblyve 1y agoI had a nice ebook reader at one point, but now I prefer Zotero on Linux and Android for reading.
- bayindirh 1y agoWhile I use Zotero for research, nothing beats an e-ink display for long reading (for me, at least). I don’t like to overdrive and burn an OLED screen under sunlight and strain my eyes at the same time.
- raudette 1y agoMounting a modern phone to a bicycle will damage the cameras - they can’t handle the vibration - see https://support.apple.com/en-ca/102175 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/102175 I have an iPhone that I believe was damaged in this way. So you’d probably want a purpose built bike computer, an older phone that you don’t care about the camera, or perhaps there are fancy vibration dampening mounts that could work.
- mbirth 1y agoAnother way would be a CarPlay/AndroidAuto screen. These are available for cheap from e.g. AliExpress and can run off a power bank. This way, the phone does all the processing but can stay safely in a bag or pocket as all the display and control is done via the CarPlay/AA screen.
- kjkjadksj 1y agoWaterproof? Able to sit in uv light all day without fouling the screen or melting the internals?
- mbirth 1y agoYep, there are models specifically made to be permanently mounted on a motorcycle. I’d hazard a guess that they’ll work just as fine on the handlebar of a bicycle. You’ll just have to waterproof the power source then, e.g. wrap the powerbank in a ziploc bag or tupperware container.
- kjkjadksj 1y agoChiming in as n=2 for users who destroyed their smartphone camera system by riding with it on a handlebar mount.