That thing is sexy and I have a romanticized view of cyberdeck-like devices, but what do people who do this kind of work actually need and use? As cool as this type of device is, are they actually useful?
I remember my team hired a dude that would walk around with one of those old Nokia things. We were giving him a tour and he was logging into each box as we went along. I got the sense he was pretty comfortable with it.
Personally, I don’t get it. I really don’t want to thumb type out anything more than a couple sentences.
Also, probably unrelated, but that dude lasted only a few days.
It made him so efficient that he finished work in a few days.
Amazing.
Maybe, I would pay decent money for something that’s comfortable to thumb type on for coding/terminal work from bed
The extreme portability is attractive. If I’m on holiday and only have to work over ssh to restart some services and edit configs, it’s awesome. I have actually done it with a pi, with a separate screen. It’s great.
No, you just dont work while on holiday and that’s that
I agree in principle, but shit happens, e.g. scheduling conflicts. In smaller organizations, sometimes it’s the only way to unblock the team.
Anyway, I could think of also checking out my personal servers.
What I need is just a de-googled phone with hardware keyboard.
Jolla phone + the other half?
I tried Sailfish years ago and it was pretty bad. Everything from screen unlock to the keyboard was not great. From what I’ve read the latest version still has a lot of issues like that.
I’m waiting for this: https://clicks.tech/powerkeyboard
If the reviews will be good I will try it. Another option is some Titan phone but my Pixel still has a lot of life in it.
Idk why people are so into the trackpoint. I could never get the hang of it.
The idea is that you can move the cursor without leaving the keyboard. For some very keyboard-centric workflows, this is very handy! I don’t personally use one, I’m fine with my trackpad, but I know a lot of people who love the trackpoint nub.
for small devices half the appeal is that you don’t need a big fucking rectangle taking up space on the device.
Personally i think a GOOD trackpoint (one that isn’t miserably stiff, and is well-calibrated) plus a touchscreen is perfection for something like a laptop. The trackpoint lets you do most things without taking your hands off the keyboard, and the touchscreen is a touchpad but… Borderline objectively superior in every way.
Like… There’s a reason phones have touchscreens, the idea of using a phone with a touchpad is insane.
basically a stubby joystick.
I don’t understand this form factor. It’s too small for any serious work, both in terms of screen size and typing, and it’s too big to fit in your pocket. So you might as well carry a small laptop around, since it would actually be usable. Feels like a novelty that is just meant to satisfy a cyberpunk aesthetic, if you’ve got the money to burn on something that you’ll probably only use a few times, or occasionally at best.
It fits the aesthetics of my other niche unusable electro junk just fine, thank you very much
An ARM computer? When most devs develop stuff for x86_64? Sure…
I hope that, with Steam selling the Frame VR headset soon, it will be like the Steam Deck with Linux where lots of money is focused towards making the ARM experience better overall! And indeed, they are supporting fex, which is a bit like Wine or Proton, but for ARM to x86.
Sorry but you will never get me to enjoy writing or even reading code on a tiny display.
Wasn’t this the pitch for the Pilet? Only they originally targeted rpi5 only to switch after significant delays to the cm5, which pissed everybody off that already bought one.
