Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On 5/23/20 9:27 PM, David Seikel wrote: > On 2020-05-22 00:20:06, Rob Landley wrote: >> My wife's experience with that was it's an overengineered solution that >> requires >> a gratuitous wireless router between the phone and the chromecast, and won't >> get >> the volume to become cheap

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On 2020-05-22 00:20:06, Rob Landley wrote: > On 5/21/20 9:49 PM, David Seikel wrote: > > So yep, we can prototype the idea now, but I have my doubts that the > > world is ready for it yet. After all, why sell a cheap phone with a > > single USB-C port that can do everything via a cheap docking

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On 5/21/20 9:49 PM, David Seikel wrote: > So yep, we can prototype the idea now, but I have my doubts that the > world is ready for it yet. After all, why sell a cheap phone with a > single USB-C port that can do everything via a cheap docking station that > can be bought at your local

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On 2020-05-18 23:49:49, Rob Landley wrote: > On 5/18/20 4:47 PM, scsijon wrote: > > Have a look for this, it may do for you. > > > > Hyper HyperDrive SOLO 7-in-1 - Silver > > https://www.hypershop.com/products/hyperdrive-solo-hub-for-usb-c-macbook-pc-devices > > > Turns a single USB-C port into

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On 5/18/20 4:47 PM, scsijon wrote: > Have a look for this, it may do for you. > > Hyper HyperDrive SOLO 7-in-1 - Silver https://www.hypershop.com/products/hyperdrive-solo-hub-for-usb-c-macbook-pc-devices > Turns a single USB-C port into 7 ports (4K/30Hz HDMI, USB-C Power Delivery, > 2 x USB-A,

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On 5/18/20 9:21 AM, Jarno Mäkipää wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 3:41 PM David Seikel > wrote: >> >> On 2020-05-17 20:42:05, Rob Landley wrote: >>> Hey Elliott, USB-C to HDMI adapters are going for $5 now. If I grabbed >>> something >>> like https://www.ebay.com/i/312982429778 or >>>

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On 5/17/20 9:03 PM, David Seikel wrote: > On 2020-05-17 20:42:05, Rob Landley wrote: >> Hey Elliott, USB-C to HDMI adapters are going for $5 now. If I grabbed >> something >> like https://www.ebay.com/i/312982429778 or >> https://www.ebay.com/i/302957153131 >> or any of the dozen others, and

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

Have a look for this, it may do for you. Hyper HyperDrive SOLO 7-in-1 - Silver Turns a single USB-C port into 7 ports (4K/30Hz HDMI, USB-C Power Delivery, 2 x USB-A, Micro SD, SD, 3.5mm Audio Jack), works for MacBook, PC, Chromebook, Android laptop and phones. About $A99 at full price,

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 3:41 PM David Seikel wrote: > > On 2020-05-17 20:42:05, Rob Landley wrote: > > Hey Elliott, USB-C to HDMI adapters are going for $5 now. If I grabbed > > something > > like https://www.ebay.com/i/312982429778 or > > https://www.ebay.com/i/302957153131 > > or any of the

Re: [Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

On 2020-05-17 20:42:05, Rob Landley wrote: > Hey Elliott, USB-C to HDMI adapters are going for $5 now. If I grabbed > something > like https://www.ebay.com/i/312982429778 or > https://www.ebay.com/i/302957153131 > or any of the dozen others, and plugged that and my pixel 3a into the same >

[Toybox] Phone docking stations for general purpose computing.

Hey Elliott, USB-C to HDMI adapters are going for $5 now. If I grabbed something like https://www.ebay.com/i/312982429778 or https://www.ebay.com/i/302957153131 or any of the dozen others, and plugged that and my pixel 3a into the same usb-c hub, could I get the display on my TV and if so what