NexPhone: One device to rule them all • Hacker News Board

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by potatolicious » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:12 PM UTC

Every time I see a project like this I'm inspired to create a Kickstarter to bring cold fusion to the world.

Seriously guys, I'm an experienced software engineer with "a strong team in various backgrounds", this totally means I can pull off cold fusion, right?

My experience in the software services space certainly increases my credibility in the massive-power-generation-hardware space.

Sigh.

I think there should be a new de facto rule: at least half of your Kickstarter/Indiegogo/whatever page needs to be about you, your team, and why you think you can pull this off, and why we should regard you as anything other than ambitious, clueless, inexperienced, and tackling someone way above your level.

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by mitchellhislop » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:26 PM UTC

jiggy2011 wrote: post #10

This has all the trappings of something that sounds like a good idea in theory but will most likely falter in the marketplace. Considering how cheap you can get a laptop or tablet these days with a much faster CPU, more memory etc than a smartphone. Also considering that it's going to be a pain in the ass to go around hooking/unhooking your phone from every device that you want to use. The software for each device is…

Also, syncing things is not as much of a headache anymore - circa 2006/7/8, this is a great idea. In the time of Dropbox, GMail, Netflix, and Github, there is no pain pushing me away from just using 4-6 different devices. I have not run into the "I need a file but it is only on my laptop which is 50 miles away" issue in several years now.

Also, seeing what a MASSIVE flop the Moto Atrix was (which was this exact idea, to a T - at least it was in the demo at CES), I have little hope of seeing this work. If a top-5 phone company fails at it, why should I think a crowdfunded version should do any better?

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by mitchellhislop » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:27 PM UTC

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…

3. Motorola tried this EXACT play with the Atrix, and it was a disaster.

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by tvon » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:42 PM UTC

What if you get a phone call while you're on the computer?

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by MartinCron » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:54 PM UTC

tvon wrote: post #24

What if you get a phone call while you're on the computer?

Presumably you answer it via speakerphone? I would expect (in a real product, not this) that the laptop and monitor shells would have speakers and microphones so the whole setup could be a phone.

It's not that different from your iPhone ringing during a game of Plants vs. Zombies.

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by brittohalloran » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:56 PM UTC

potatolicious wrote: post #21

Every time I see a project like this I'm inspired to create a Kickstarter to bring cold fusion to the world. Seriously guys, I'm an experienced software engineer with "a strong team in various backgrounds", this totally means I can pull off cold fusion, right? My experience in the software services space certainly increases my credibility in the massive-power-generation-hardware space. Sigh. I think there should be a…

OR -- have an actual working prototype where you just need money for production tooling

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by MartinCron » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:58 PM UTC

mitchellhislop wrote: post #23

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…

3. Motorola tried this EXACT play with the Atrix, and it was a disaster.

It's too say that this concept is flawed, because the Atrix execution was messed up on so many levels.

Personally, I think that any "problem" this tries to solve will be better handled in software. With iCloud, you can already work with (some) data seamlessly on multiple devices, that experience will only get better.

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by MartinCron » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:01 PM UTC

jiggy2011 wrote: post #10

This has all the trappings of something that sounds like a good idea in theory but will most likely falter in the marketplace. Considering how cheap you can get a laptop or tablet these days with a much faster CPU, more memory etc than a smartphone. Also considering that it's going to be a pain in the ass to go around hooking/unhooking your phone from every device that you want to use. The software for each device is…

It reminds me of the Amphicar. It was both a car and a boat! What a great idea! Only it wasn't a very good car, and it wasn't a very good boat.

This project seems to want to be a car + boat + airplane + truck.

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by inflatablenerd » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:13 PM UTC

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's also a little strange that Indiegogo only allows campaign contributors to post comments, something I learned when trying post a similar warning message to yours in the comments section.

Explains all the positive feedback though.

Re: NexPhone: One device to rule them all

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Post by egknight » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:14 PM UTC

I can't imagine it costs less than $1 million to bring this concept to reality with all these options. How much did Apple spend on development of the first iPhone?