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This has all the trappings of something that sounds like a good idea in theory but will most likely falter in the marketplace. Considering how cheap you can ge
by jiggy2011 14y ago
This has all the trappings of something that sounds like a good idea in theory but will most likely falter in the marketplace.
Considering how cheap you can get a laptop or tablet these days with a much faster CPU, more memory etc than a smartphone.
Also considering that it's going to be a pain in the ass to go around hooking/unhooking your phone from every device that you want to use. The software for each device is likely to need to be different too or provide a farily sub-par experience, leading to a lot of confusion.
Also , if you lose your phone you're not just losing your phone but also the brains behind all your other devices.
- mitchellhislop 14y agoAlso, syncing things is not as much of a headache anymore - circa 2006/7/8, this is a great idea. In the time of Dropbox, GMail, Netflix, and Github, there is no pain pushing me away from just using 4-6 different devices. I have not run into the "I need a file but it is only on my laptop which is 50 miles away" issue in several years now. Also, seeing what a MASSIVE flop the Moto Atrix was (which was this exact idea, to a T - at least it was in the demo at CES), I have little hope of seeing this work. If a top-5 phone company fails at it, why should I think a crowdfunded version should do any better?
- MartinCron 14y agoIt reminds me of the Amphicar. It was both a car and a boat! What a great idea! Only it wasn't a very good car, and it wasn't a very good boat. This project seems to want to be a car + boat + airplane + truck.
- jiggy2011 14y agoIt's probably worse than that. It's more like saying "hey, you have a motorcycle, here's a trailer that adds a row of seats so you can use it as a car. And here's another trailer that you can add to turn it into a haulage vehicle."