This is neat, but what I really need is just a Linux phone that supports calling and texting, slack for work, and google maps because other maps are pretty unreliable in my area. Every time I look...
This is neat, but what I really need is just a Linux phone that supports calling and texting, slack for work, and google maps because other maps are pretty unreliable in my area.
Every time I look for linux phones they're only supported in the EU
Yeah, there is a "given" that doesn't really get addressed, and that's weather or not the actual phone part works in all three operating systems. Beyond that, the multi-boot part actually makes...
Yeah, there is a "given" that doesn't really get addressed, and that's weather or not the actual phone part works in all three operating systems.
Beyond that, the multi-boot part actually makes the whole worse than the sum of it's parts. The phone has 12GB of RAM, which is OK for Android and many configurations for Linux, but it's pretty abysmal for Windows - which for that matter, is not likely to work that great given that Windows on ARM still has plenty of flaws even on Qualcomm's flagship chips purpose-built for it.
Worse, with only 256GB of storage, having 3 operating systems will likely take up between a quarter and half of that space. And why does the MicroSD expansion only allow access to 512GB? 1TB MicroSD cards are still expensive, but they're still fairly readily available and there are already 2TB options on the market.
I realize creating a product is hard, but I have very little confidence that Nex can make this work. I've tried multiple versions of their lap docks in the past and they always have major issues....
I realize creating a product is hard, but I have very little confidence that Nex can make this work. I've tried multiple versions of their lap docks in the past and they always have major issues. Quality control has been a major issue for them.
I'd absolutely love to be wrong and have this thing work flawlessly and be the one device to rule them all we all want though.
Canonical and others tried to make this a thing like 10 years ago. I get the idea, it just doesn't seem terribly useful to me, even back then. Laptops are just too small to make the trade-offs...
Canonical and others tried to make this a thing like 10 years ago. I get the idea, it just doesn't seem terribly useful to me, even back then. Laptops are just too small to make the trade-offs worthwhile (my take on it). This is the first link that came up when I searched, but I know there was quite a bit of press on it at the time: https://newatlas.com/ubuntu-for-android/22400/.
This is very cool, but I'm scratching my head to understand who it's actually for. I guess if I was somewhere with just my phone, and there was a USB c dock with a mouse, keyboard, and monitor...
This is very cool, but I'm scratching my head to understand who it's actually for.
I guess if I was somewhere with just my phone, and there was a USB c dock with a mouse, keyboard, and monitor there, and I really needed to do some work that could only effectively be done at a desk, maybe I'd use that functionality?
But android already has a desktop experience where I could do 90% of the work I'd want to do anyway in that situation.
If I had some weird business specific app that only ran on windows, I could see that use case, but that app is unlikely to work well on ARM anyway.
It's a cool thing to think about being able to do only if you don't think about a specific situation that you'd ever want to do it.
I will admit, the idea of only owning a single computing device that fits in my pocket which I can game on, work on, and communicate on is appealing, but cycling through three different OSes to do it is the opposite of appealing.
Cool to see all these alternative phones coming out. That nexDock is so fascinating. It's basically a headless (or maybe bodyless?) laptop. I feel like there's no way this has sufficiently...
Cool to see all these alternative phones coming out. That nexDock is so fascinating. It's basically a headless (or maybe bodyless?) laptop.
I feel like there's no way this has sufficiently powerful compute to not drive me crazy. Being in a desktop environment would put my brain into "expect responsiveness" mode whereas on a phone interface I expect some hanging or sluggishness every now and again. I tried to look up details on the chip but couldn't find the traditional cores+clock speed that I look for.
I also struggle with the need to boot into different OSs. I suppose it's not like you have to use it that way but it seems like a major selling point.
The rugged construction is appealing and the price is very reasonable but unfortunately you can get a MacBook Air for less than the phone+dock. That's not really on them but it's a reality as a consumer.
This is neat, but what I really need is just a Linux phone that supports calling and texting, slack for work, and google maps because other maps are pretty unreliable in my area.
Every time I look for linux phones they're only supported in the EU
Yeah, there is a "given" that doesn't really get addressed, and that's weather or not the actual phone part works in all three operating systems.
Beyond that, the multi-boot part actually makes the whole worse than the sum of it's parts. The phone has 12GB of RAM, which is OK for Android and many configurations for Linux, but it's pretty abysmal for Windows - which for that matter, is not likely to work that great given that Windows on ARM still has plenty of flaws even on Qualcomm's flagship chips purpose-built for it.
Worse, with only 256GB of storage, having 3 operating systems will likely take up between a quarter and half of that space. And why does the MicroSD expansion only allow access to 512GB? 1TB MicroSD cards are still expensive, but they're still fairly readily available and there are already 2TB options on the market.
I realize creating a product is hard, but I have very little confidence that Nex can make this work. I've tried multiple versions of their lap docks in the past and they always have major issues. Quality control has been a major issue for them.
I'd absolutely love to be wrong and have this thing work flawlessly and be the one device to rule them all we all want though.
Canonical and others tried to make this a thing like 10 years ago. I get the idea, it just doesn't seem terribly useful to me, even back then. Laptops are just too small to make the trade-offs worthwhile (my take on it). This is the first link that came up when I searched, but I know there was quite a bit of press on it at the time: https://newatlas.com/ubuntu-for-android/22400/.
This is very cool, but I'm scratching my head to understand who it's actually for.
I guess if I was somewhere with just my phone, and there was a USB c dock with a mouse, keyboard, and monitor there, and I really needed to do some work that could only effectively be done at a desk, maybe I'd use that functionality?
But android already has a desktop experience where I could do 90% of the work I'd want to do anyway in that situation.
If I had some weird business specific app that only ran on windows, I could see that use case, but that app is unlikely to work well on ARM anyway.
It's a cool thing to think about being able to do only if you don't think about a specific situation that you'd ever want to do it.
I will admit, the idea of only owning a single computing device that fits in my pocket which I can game on, work on, and communicate on is appealing, but cycling through three different OSes to do it is the opposite of appealing.
Cool to see all these alternative phones coming out. That nexDock is so fascinating. It's basically a headless (or maybe bodyless?) laptop.
I feel like there's no way this has sufficiently powerful compute to not drive me crazy. Being in a desktop environment would put my brain into "expect responsiveness" mode whereas on a phone interface I expect some hanging or sluggishness every now and again. I tried to look up details on the chip but couldn't find the traditional cores+clock speed that I look for.
I also struggle with the need to boot into different OSs. I suppose it's not like you have to use it that way but it seems like a major selling point.
The rugged construction is appealing and the price is very reasonable but unfortunately you can get a MacBook Air for less than the phone+dock. That's not really on them but it's a reality as a consumer.