The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
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The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
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Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#2Didn't a number of major vendors (Motorola, Microsoft..) already do this and failed to find a market for it?
Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#3But I already have a laptop..
Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#4Didn't a number of major vendors (Motorola, Microsoft..) already do this and failed to find a market for it?
There's been a few all right. I remember the Celio Redfly for one. None of them worked so well.
That said, tablets didn't work so well when Microsoft tried them out 15 years ago, but they blew up later. Same with a number of other techs that weren't ready. Is this the time for smartphone computers? Nah, but keep an open mind!
Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#5Chromebooks start at $149. This is just a Kickstarter price claim, not a real price. It will probably increase after launch, after which it will no longer be competitive.
Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#6Didn't a number of major vendors (Motorola, Microsoft..) already do this and failed to find a market for it?
I currently carry around a bluetooth keyboard and have to awkwardly use it on the train etc, with my phone at awkward angles. I would absolutely get this if it were production ready.
Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#7I'd rather connect a display, keyboard and mouse to my phone. But the UI needs a cursor, and a file system.
If I recall correctly Ubuntu wanted to try that, as did Microsoft. Too early to market perhaps.
Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#8Well this is very similar to what Ubuntu Phone is providing, and Ubuntu does have a rich rich set of linux applications but not as rich as Android.
Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#9It's kickstarter which means it won't actually ship until at least a year after it claims. And there's no way they're going to provide a decent keyboard, touchpad and screen for $99 and still make a profit.
It'll ship late and be probably 2x that cost at which point you should just get a chromebook. Or, ya know, use the laptop you already have.
Re: The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99
#10Middle of the page, there's an image below the caption, "Multi-Touch Trackpad & Keyboard - With Android Navigation Keys". What is the mechanical pencil shown in that picture?