Great idea! I've seen several presentations on "gizmos and gadgets" for work. Many indicate that eventually your home computer and laptop will essentially just be a fancy docking station for your phone. Looking forward to all the kinks getting worked out!
Shag On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed on both counts. I liked using Ubuntu so I'm hopeful for their > mobile OS. If they wanted to make it *really* modular they should do it in > stages- handset as base, dropped into a tablet for a larger screen which > connects to a keyboard for a more laptop-like experience (Id imagine it > would be more like a Chrome laptop than a full desktop OS). There could be > a dock similar to what laptops use to provide desktop-like functionality > along with multimedia connections: a video and audio-out jack in a base > that would keep the device powered while using bluetooth for > keyboard/mouse/trackpad connectivity and a slot for USB or SD cards. > > On Apr 9, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Jennifer Walker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > But if they can work around that, it really would be wonderful to have a > multi-use device like that. > > The one thing that bugged me from the prototype image, though, was that > the "tablet" feature just gave you more to hold onto, not a bigger screen > (which, to me, seems to be the whole point of a tablet vs smartphone). > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting idea, but it's not entirely new. A phone-drive laptop was >> made a couple years ago but wasn't very popular. The hurdle here is due to >> the device interface- touchscreen and desktop/laptop inputs are very >> different (just look at the problems Microsoft has had trying to force the >> same Windows 8 interface across all devices). >> On Apr 9, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Jennifer Walker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Device is a smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop and smart TV in one >> http://feedly.com/e/srlj8lDj >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Jennifer "Scraps" Walker > > The Helper Monkey Network > http://www.jenniferwalkeronline.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
