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Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

#61

Post by ajiang » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:46 PM UTC

pekingduck wrote: post #57

Works well with Termux (especially with Emacs)?

Yea it works with Termux just fine. We're working on getting a better solution for programming though :)

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

#62

Post by ajiang » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:47 PM UTC

mkaziz wrote: post #54

How much are you anticipating this will cost after launch?

Current plan is to launch at $129 post-Kickstarter

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

#63

Post by ajiang » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:49 PM UTC

mstrblueskys wrote: post #56

Hey - I'm thinking about pulling the trigger - but I have one question - does it work with Continuum?

Haha don't pull the trigger! It doesn't work with Continuum. Windows mobile is hard to support -_-

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

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Post by wiredfool » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

Is it plausible that this could work with a raspberry pi?

Or hell, even as a tty/dumb terminal for a random linux box?

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

#65

Post by leojg » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

outdooricon wrote: post #44

You mention that you can write code on the Superbook, but I've yet to find any good ide in Android. Any plans to create or partner with someone to get something like Atom running in Andromium/Android? Do you have a particular favorite that you always use right now?

I'm also interested in this. Do anyone knows how something like eclipse che would work in this?

Do you think this will be a viable alternative for coding while traveling and dont have a laptop?

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

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Post by ajiang » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:51 PM UTC

cordite wrote: post #48

ajiang wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remix is unabashedly better of a user experience right now. It has to be. They rewrote Android to be a desktop OS - you can't get more integrated than that. However, two things: 1) they had to break Android, which means no more access to Google services, including the play store. 2) you have to install Remix OS, getting rid of your Android Os. Which wouldn't work on a phone. So you still have to stick with multiple d…

Apparently one can still get to the google play store [1], similar to Cyanogenmod missing Play Store out of the box. Is there inspiration or parts you can share with Remix? [1]: http://liliputing.com/2016/01/remix-os-for-pc-how-to-install...

Totally. We will absolutely love to get as pretty and as functional as Remix, with just downloading an app. I think that's the key - it needs to live on the phone and it can't require installing a new OS.

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

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Post by nzjrs » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:51 PM UTC

ajiang wrote: post #46

outdooricon wrote: post #44

You mention that you can write code on the Superbook, but I've yet to find any good ide in Android. Any plans to create or partner with someone to get something like Atom running in Andromium/Android? Do you have a particular favorite that you always use right now?

YES! We want to. Please reach out to us Atom guys. We're working with some friends working on a cloud IDE, but this is an area where we admit theres a gap in software. We intend to close this gap.

I suppose that makes sense. With a 10000 mAh battery you should be able to run atom for an hour or two.

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

#68

Post by ajiang » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:51 PM UTC

wiredfool wrote: post #64

Is it plausible that this could work with a raspberry pi? Or hell, even as a tty/dumb terminal for a random linux box?

Haha..keep it a secret: http://imgur.com/PViKxMD

Actually have only sneaked this to our commenters. Will do an update to everyone soon...

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

#69

Post by ajiang » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 2:55 PM UTC

leojg wrote: post #65

outdooricon wrote: post #44

You mention that you can write code on the Superbook, but I've yet to find any good ide in Android. Any plans to create or partner with someone to get something like Atom running in Andromium/Android? Do you have a particular favorite that you always use right now?

I'm also interested in this. Do anyone knows how something like eclipse che would work in this? Do you think this will be a viable alternative for coding while traveling and dont have a laptop?

We see coding as a key use case for our product. The current IDEs for Android are ok, but we can make it better with partners and potentially some good Cloud IDEs. Still not there though

Re: We're Andromium. Making the Superbook, a $99 Android Laptop Shell. AMA

#70

Post by tmzt » Tue, Aug 09, 2016, 3:11 PM UTC

wiredfool wrote: post #64

Is it plausible that this could work with a raspberry pi? Or hell, even as a tty/dumb terminal for a random linux box?

I'm interested in the second one? Is there any way to run code on the DisplayLink-like chip? Would a dedicated CPU module with 2G+ ram be an option?