I sell set ups with android tv boxes that do just this Greg
On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:14 AM Greg Swallow <[email protected]> wrote: > The idea is a modernized M100 and DVI setup. An Android phone/tablet can > be plugged into a television via USB to use the TV as a display. I have > done this with my Tab3 and a Samsung 3 device BT keyboard. My Android phone > is a $20 LG that does not have the "smarts" to pass the display via USB to > the television. The problem is using the data with the phone while away > from the TV. > > mComm does provide a solution to the portable storage issue, but Google > "contributions" to Android are just plain annoying. Both my Android devices > are 4.4.2 and dated. A lot of apps need at least 5.0 and been conveniently > outdated. The devices still work, but you have to use the browser instead > of apps. Modifying/Rooting either would void warranty (at least on my > phone) and I'd rather not enjoy Google's "help" much in the same as I would > prefer to avoid "help" from Microsoft or Apple. The ZeroPhone is a rather > inexpensive build that one could control OS and apps. > > There was once the Asus PadFone that allowed you to slide an Asus Android > phone into the back of a larger display/tablet (a matched set). It never > caught on as, I think, it was a late entry into the Tablet market. My > thinking is to use the ZeroPhone as storage with mComm, or the like, while > out in the wild. Then, once returned to office/home, plug the ZeroPhone > into a larger display (TV) with BT keyboard et al. This would give a real > keyboard while out that I know and love while also providing a somewhat > comfortable experience later at home. All without having to fiddle with SD > sticks or too many cables and wires to plug one computer into another just > transfer the data between the two. It would be especially inconvenient > when/if the data needs to go back to the M100 again to carry it out. Backup > storage could be attached at home/office to the ZeroPhone. In the end the > ZeroPhone would be the "CPU" of the main desktop (DVI) and run mComm or the > like when out. > > > God Bless, > > GregS <>< > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian White" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [M100] (M100] ZeroPhone > > I think dlplus looks for YY to offer either loader.ba (teensy installer) > or > a login prompt on the host, depending on other parts of the packet after > the YY prefix. > > -- > bkw >
