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NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by mediocregopher »

MattBearman wrote: post #5

I'm concerned about the laptop mounting design. If you were using the laptop in a public place, what's to stop someone swiping the phone from the back of the screen and running?

When you prop up an ipad on it's corrugated cover-case thing and use a bluetooth keyboard with it, what's to stop the same?

(Not hating on ipads, just saying this is not a problem that's been "figured out")

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by jsz0 »

I think they should ditch the idea of docking devices and just focus on making good low power / inexpensive computers. If you're already paying for the screen, battery, enclosure, etc why not just throw in the cheap SoC and make it a standalone device?

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by eitally »

The only thing interesting about this to me is that they are going to finally try and force Canonical's hand at making Ubuntu for Android a reality. It's already tempting to leave the laptop at home when traveling for business, but there are always a couple of times when I'd be dead in the water if all I had was Android itself. Theoretically I could RDC/SSH into a remote PC, but that's a pita when all you need to do is make a couple of edits on a document or perform a similarly minor function.

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by tapsboy »

jsz0 wrote: post #15

I think they should ditch the idea of docking devices and just focus on making good low power / inexpensive computers. If you're already paying for the screen, battery, enclosure, etc why not just throw in the cheap SoC and make it a standalone device?

I would like to see it taken a step further. While devices could have SoC to act standalone, Operating Systems should be able to utilize both the SoCs (the one on host Device and one on the docked device) to expand its computing power, besides sharing state and data

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by brittohalloran »

Do not sink your money into this vaporware (it's a flexible funding campaign, so he gets any money that is pledged, even if he doesn't hit the goal). There's a reason why the Apples / Samsungs / Motorolas / Sonys of the world have hundreds of people working on new phones. This single dude doesn't have a prayer in the world of pulling this off.

The two red flags:

    1. No functional device. Just some renders and a physical block of aluminum with glass over it.
    2. No "here's my team of 50 people with loads of experience"

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by jiggy2011 »

brittohalloran wrote: post #18

Do not sink your money into this vaporware (it's a flexible funding campaign, so he gets any money that is pledged, even if he doesn't hit the goal). There's a reason why the Apples / Samsungs / Motorolas / Sonys of the world have hundreds of people working on new phones. This single dude doesn't have a prayer in the world of pulling this off. The two red flags: 1. No functional device. Just some renders and a physic…

It wouldn't hugely surprise me if there was a manufacturer pulling the strings here to do market research and gauge public reaction.

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by imperialWicket »

rjv wrote: post #12

I have no issues with syncing my stuff across devices. Works quite well, actually. And "NexPhone"? Really? Nexus + iPhone. Quite original.

It's still not original, but one might assume that a native English speaker elected to combine "Next" and "Phone" - two somewhat common-place terms that appropriately define his concept.

But you are right, Apple would probably sue him for use of their term "[i]Phone".

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