That is an interesting use pattern. Like carrying a dvi (and all your disks) with you instead of leaving it home on a desk.
The difference being that when home, it becomes the whole computer rather than just a docking station. It can even run M100 apps, so when at home, it's not strictly limited to working with the data. -- bkw On Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 1:14 PM 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 outdated.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 > On Oct 4, 2018 1:14 PM, "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
