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I wonder if simply adding one of these ESP with GSM builtin would turn this into a practical linux phone.
Also battery life would probably sink.
This form factor is so tempting. I’ve gotten close to pulling the trigger on the minimal phone like 5 times but just don’t know if I can actually reasonably switch from my iPhone and not end up annoyed with the change ( https://www.minimalcompany.com/ ). But a calm, keyboard oriented device just seems great.
There was a team trying to bring it back to life (neo900)
If not, this might be a good second option for hacking together a chat device for LLMs with notes
I had been thinking about using https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-deck as a base - but prefer using Linux to microcontrollers
It is a shame, though, to use an RPi and not exploit the GPIO pins a little more. Maybe add a slot on the side to fit some probes or something?
I guess the Pi is all digital anyway so maybe the pins are not as interesting…
This is one of the very few Cyberdeck kinda things that looks like it could be actually useful. I love it!
One of those super-wide small screens, 1920x720 or thereabouts, with the screen split into 2 terminals. Since I'm wishing, I'd also like that screen to have a 300 to 600ppi e-ink screen built in to a layer, so that when the colour screen is off, the e-ink is visible.
A PC, x86_64 or arm64, built into the screen, with lots of ports, IO, compatible with Pi hats/shields. For extra coolness, a pluggable system like Framework so if someone wants a real RS232 port, they can get one. With USB-C power so I can use any powerbank or other compatible power supply.
A Keychron lightweight Alice-style keyboard, folding a bonus, QMK mandatory, standard bluetooth and/or USB.
It looks neat. It is a shame, though, to use an RPi and not exploit the GPIO pins a little more. Maybe add a slot on the side to fit some probes or something? I guess the Pi is all digital anyway so maybe the pins are not as interesting…