I was thinking a pi 3 in there with its quad 1.2 A7. Only 1 GB ram tho. You could use a Bluetooth keyboard with a touchpad in there though. The new product seems cool but you're paying for a lot of r&d. On May 6, 2016 9:40 AM, "Leander S. Harding" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I thought the Pi 2 was .9GHz? Does it overclock nicely? > > I would expect a 2xA15 to outrun a 4xA7 for most 'smartphone-type' > use, regardless of clockspeed, but to me the real reason for the Pyra > is its 720p screen, inbuilt connectivity, and keyboard - or at least, > I have its predecessor the OpenPandora and the keyboard on that > absolutely demolishes every phone and mini-bluetooth keyboard I've > tried, including my much-loved and now lost Blackberry 8700. You don't > understand thumbboard typing until you've tried it with shoulder > buttons as modifier keys. > > That an it's got an actual fscking dpad. It's always boggled me that > no one will put a real dpad on any of their devices, especially now > that so many of us who grew up navigating Final Fantasy with one have > grown up and got EE and design degrees...Blackberry had an excuse when > they were doing the jogwheel thing, but even they've dropped that now. > > -Leander > > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Nat Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Reminds me of this: > > > http://makezine.com/projects/build-raspberry-pi-powered-linux-laptop-that-fits-your-pocket/ > > > > I wonder if a quad 1.2ghz processor is faster than a dual 1.5? I guess > it > > depends on the application and how it uses the cpu... > > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Leander S. Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Someone is making an actual proper pocket computer with an onboard 4G > >> modem: > >> > >> https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/ > >> > >> -Leander > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
