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by ajiang 10y ago
Generally agreed.
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by ajiang 10y ago
Great question. The Superbook is charged using a standard micro-b cord. A regular charger works fine. To charge the phone however is a little complex. We have a custom USB-OTG cord for that. The reason is because we need to send data one wa
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by ajiang 10y ago
Likely not for our product. Our focus is bringing device convergence to Android smartphones - everything else to be honest is kind of a nice to have
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by ajiang 10y ago
We see coding as a key use case for our product. The current IDEs for Android are ok, but we can make it better with partners and potentially some good Cloud IDEs. Still not there though
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by ajiang 10y ago
Haha..keep it a secret: http://imgur.com/PViKxMD Actually have only sneaked this to our commenters. Will do an update to everyone soon...
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by ajiang 10y ago
Totally. We will absolutely love to get as pretty and as functional as Remix, with just downloading an app. I think that's the key - it needs to live on the phone and it can't require installing a new OS.
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by ajiang 10y ago
Haha don't pull the trigger! It doesn't work with Continuum. Windows mobile is hard to support -_-
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by ajiang 10y ago
Current plan is to launch at $129 post-Kickstarter
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by ajiang 10y ago
Yea it works with Termux just fine. We're working on getting a better solution for programming though :)
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by ajiang 10y ago
Yep - spot on
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by ajiang 10y ago
YES we really want that to happen.
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by ajiang 10y ago
USB hub + a display link chip + power circuitry. Yes you can! Check it out: Surface + Superbook: https://vimeo.com/176370847/ddd187ceab Mac + Superbook: http://imgur.com/a/oZwwN PC Stick + Superbo
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by ajiang 10y ago
YES! We want to. Please reach out to us Atom guys. We're working with some friends working on a cloud IDE, but this is an area where we admit theres a gap in software. We intend to close this gap.
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by ajiang 10y ago
We're definitely considering 13" for our next version. But we want to deliver this version out first. 13" would require us to design a new shell and also source a few more components, including new packaging. Gets a lot trick
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by ajiang 10y ago
Remix is unabashedly better of a user experience right now. It has to be. They rewrote Android to be a desktop OS - you can't get more integrated than that. However, two things: 1) they had to break Android, which means no more access
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by ajiang 10y ago
You could, buuuut Android phones are so fragmented that it would be really really hard to do it for every phone and have it be aesthetically pleasing. That's why we opted for the universal side mount option.
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by ajiang 10y ago
Yep, it's marketing - can't deny that. You wouldn't believe how easy it is to fail at Kickstarter and how important preparation and good marketing is. Yes, we've gotten a ton of good feedback that people are willing to p
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by ajiang 10y ago
100% possible and in the roadmap for v2. We couldn't add it to this version and keep it at $99, but trust me - I've touched the screen more than a few times.
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by ajiang 10y ago
Haha yes! But when it came out, the laptop shell was $500-$600. Unsupported hardware has a tendency to get cheap ;)
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by ajiang 10y ago
Final question: Closed source right now. Having spoken to some early Mozilla employees, considering open source. Full list of permissions can be found on the app page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=
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by ajiang 10y ago
It works fine without Andromium, but it is just a larger version of your phone screen. The answer is Yes. As long as the device you're working on as a displaylink driver, you can use it. In fact: Superbook + Surface tablet: https:&#x2
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by ajiang 10y ago
You don't need to, but the mirror of your smartphone display sometimes ends up being a fully portrait screen - not the best experience.
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by ajiang 10y ago
None at all! Although we've gotten in touch with the founder, who is a super nice guy. He mentioned about the challenges of software - near impossible on iOS. And actually of all of the various attempts at this, the primary failure was
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by ajiang 10y ago
By the way, the one thing I will say if you want to use your Android phone as a laptop is that there's a major difference in using USB vs. using casting. Aside from the latency issues of casting, you can only send video screens in cast
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by ajiang 10y ago
I'm serious about the offer to visit our office. We know Kickstarters have a bad rap for vaporware that takes forever to deliver. You can visit and play with our working prototype. You can try our software beta on your Android phone. A
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by ajiang 10y ago
That's cool! We're big fans, and Nexdock is great for Windows mobile phones. We are not compatible with Windows mobile phones at all. The slot is interesting, but makes it hard to fit with every phone. One of the biggest challenge
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by ajiang 10y ago
Right now, landscape mode versions of the phone apps. Part of the work we need to do as a company is to build out our developer ecosystem, so companies can allow the Tablet versions of their apps to show in multi-window mode when plugged in
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by ajiang 10y ago
Great question - and spot on in your assessment. The answer right now is not always on 1080p at 60Hz depending on what's happening on the phone, but generally not noticeable to the user.
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by ajiang 10y ago
Yes totally for 3D games. We see the Superbook as more of a productivity tool. You would most likely still play your games on your phone. But for video watching, no. There's virtually no lag. See our Surface demo to get a sense of how
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by ajiang 10y ago
Real talk on limitations: really intensive apps will be hard to run in Andromium. Also, phones with <2GB RAM will run into latency issues. Most apps will currently run in full screen mode, with only those with our SDK included having res

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