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by ajiang 10y ago
Yea totally - trust me when I first started on this, I had a lot of the same question. Keyboard: Think of the keyboard of your standard Chromebook. That's the keyboard. We have to use off the shelf, component parts that are fairly comm
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by ajiang 10y ago
Also XDA did a little bit of a technical dive into our product: http://www.xda-developers.com/andromiums-99-superbook-conver... Particularly relevant is the portions on the use of the DisplayLink 4xxx chipset, USB-OTG, and
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by ajiang 10y ago
Btw for $99, we hope in a lot of mobile-first economies it'll replace the need to buy a laptop. Most people in those economies are Android users, familiar with Android apps - and we can extend the OS they're already familiar with
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by ajiang 10y ago
Airdroid is for your laptop to have access to Android apps. We're big proponents of device convergence, that our smartphones are so important and powerful now that we don't need to maintain multiple computing devices. Consider how
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by ajiang 10y ago
Yea. Andromium (our App) makes Android function like a familiar desktop OS, and gives apps with our SDK some additional capabilities (resizing, multitasking, etc.). Every other app simply opens up in full size mode, so you can still use all
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by ajiang 10y ago
It's also why we can work with almost any modern android device. Only USB-OTG support is needed.
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by ajiang 10y ago
No MHL needed. We use a DisplayLink 4xxx series chip that converts video data over USB. Works with Lollipop and above. See: http://www.displaylink.com/downloads/android
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by ajiang 10y ago
A few technical questions also covered in our AMA on Reddit a couple weeks back: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/4ty163/were_androm...
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We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA
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by ajiang 10y ago
We're in SF. Come by our offices and play with the complete, working prototype. andrew@andromiumos.com
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by ajiang 10y ago
Anyone who is in SF is welcome to come by our office and play with the Superbook. A bunch of our SF buddies and old batch mates have already done so - but always glad to turn skeptics into at least slightly less negative individuals ;)
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by ajiang 10y ago
Curious, what is it about our backgrounds that make you feel worried?
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by ajiang 10y ago
Andromium | SF | LA - http://getsuperbook.com . Andromium Inc. is building a future where the only computer you'll need is your smartphone. To date, our Kickstarter has raised $1.3M with 18 days to go. We're looking for
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by ajiang 10y ago
You got it. DisplayLink plus our launcher enables us to be plugged in and run right on the Superbook.
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by ajiang 10y ago
Ah so we are the makers of Andromium, an android app that provides Android in the desktop interface. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromium....
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by ajiang 10y ago
So as long as you can connect the usb port on to the headless server to the Superbook, and install the correct driver first. Then yes, the Superbook can be used as KVM for Windows/OSX and some linux computers. I'll put my disclaim
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by ajiang 10y ago
Oh hey guys, this is us. Thanks for posting! I wasn't going to post our product in HN, since tech-specs wise this tends to be a high-end audience, but I wanted to share a little bit about what we're trying to accomplish and the re
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by ajiang 10y ago
Job hunting ;) In all honesty, I find that when people working full-time jobs look for side projects, either their not happy with the job they have or their job underpays them. (That's not to say that working on fun side projects that
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by ajiang 11y ago
I would not be unhappy if this were actually a thing.
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by ajiang 11y ago
I wish this format would be adopted by more institutions and industries, where there would be open discourse about the problems faced that have potential technology solutions -- it would certainly encourage more entrepreneurs to work on tho
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Civic Tech Needs of San Francisco(startupinresidence.org)
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by ajiang 11y ago
You make a great point. I'll make an update to change the term to something more neutral.
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by ajiang 11y ago
I'm looking into it right now. I just learned how to make Chrome extensions, but if Safari extensions aren't too much harder, I'll definitely release one.
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by ajiang 11y ago
Completely agree that it's a complex issue. After the last few news cycles around mass shootings, I started wondering what someone in tech could do to help, even just a little, as most of the solutions being suggested were on the polic
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by ajiang 11y ago
Replaces known mass shooting gunmen names with '[Name Redacted]'. EDIT: Updating to replace gunmen names with something more neutral / accessible. Japhyr and others make great points on the issue. EDIT 2: Updated.
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Show HN: Don't Name the Shooter(chrome.google.com)
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How Cards Against Humanity Spent Their Black Friday Money(cardsagainsthumanity.com)
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The on Demand Economy Workforce Report(requestsforstartups.com)
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The Internet Thinks You're an Automaton(medium.com)
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by ajiang 12y ago
An incredible idea. Very proud to see new sustainable models for nonprofits going through YC, especially ones that actually save lives.

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