Guess I am the only one but I heavily depend on my smartphone's ssh client and a fast and close VPS. I use it all the time and a phone's keyboard is actually the perfect interface for console apps like vim.
Building a Raspberry Pi 3B+ full keyboard handheld
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#62Soooo ... pocket-sized CPU, works with standard-sized KB and monitor ... sweet.
Soooo ... where do I reach to unplug the optional hand-held phoneset with all the baseband HW/SIM/snoopy-shit built into it?
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#63I built a Raspberry Pi handheld, just a little different type of handheld: https://www.simplecove.com/597/wooden-handheld-game-console/
Not as interesting as the OP though.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
But a hardware keyboard takes up a lot of potential screen space, even when it's not in use.
This doesn't apply to devices which have slide-out keyboards or a clamshell design. The linked design is more "Blackberry-style" as far as I can tell, but those are not the devices I primarily had in mind.
This is why I pre ordered the Fxtec Pro1, a landscape slider android phone with microsd card and FM radio. Oh, and yes it does have the increasingly mythical headphone jack.
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#65Definitely going to be following this, as it's something I've thought of doing for my "next" phone - for basically all the reasons you've stated. I'm sick and tired of not being in total control of my current phone. I've thought about rooting it, but even if I did (it's a Samsung S7 from T-Mobile - which has a different processor and other stuff than the S7 that is easily rootable - and there are other "games" Samsun…
If you're talking about ES File Explorer, I spent the last month trying out other apps and in the end just downloaded an old ES apk lol
I used Astro, Es, Solid, and finally settled on Amaze file explorer from F Droid store fwiw.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
What I'd really wanted to see, and not sure why it's still not a thing, is some standardized laptop that would allow upgrading it's core SoC. Latest Pis are quite capable for basic tasks and will only get more powerful.
What I want more than anything in the world is a Psion-sized portable computer where the brains are provided by the Rasperry Pi compute module: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/compute-module-3-plus/?... I’m genuinely surprised that this isn’t already a thing, since it would make upgrades trivial.
The pins of the compute module change between versions. It's not as plug and play as it seems.
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#67I've been looking for a screen like the one shown in this article for years now. I've been trying to build something like the "Freewrite", a mechanical keyboard with barely a computer built into it, with long battery life. This gets me closer!
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#68or you can run termux on android with a bluetooth portable keyboard https://termux.com/
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#69I'd like to build a keyboard computer akin to the Amiga 1200 with a RPI4. Any one else thinks that would be cool?
Pi4 Amiga project YES. I'm in. Custom floppy driver required for authenticity. Checkout the ARMiga Kickstarter project.
Nice project. It's out of production and out of stock as so many of these projects almost always are.
Maybe I'll just make some clasps and instructions on how to tape it to a proper keyboard such as the king of all keyboards for all time: Keytronic KT-2001.
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#70This is really inspiring I have been dreaming of building my own little portable notebook, powered by PI4 and a hefty USB-C battery. With the beautiful, small HDMI LCD panels available today and a 3D printer, its within reach!
100% inspired by https://habr.com/en/post/437912/ which I first saw here on HN