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Re:The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by toodlebunions on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @12:12AM (#12252576)
I'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.

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Re:The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by onion2k on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:03AM (#12252878)
Android has a cursor. If you connect a mouse using a USB On-The-Go cable (essentially a micro to full-size USB adapter) you'll see it appear. Keyboards and game pads work too.
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Re:The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by sporkwitch on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:08AM (#12252891)
Can use bluetooth as well. I've helped mates replace their windows laptops with android tablets for (non-STEM) uni coursework. Pick up a cheap bluetooth keyboard and mouse, a tablet, and you're good to go. The keyboard and mouse will last you a decade, easy, and buying US$100 tablets every 2-3 years, you're looking at nearly a decade before it would cost the same as a laptop.
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Re:The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by chadfurman on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @01:00AM (#12252706)
Andromium OS, the App that detects the connection to the Superbook, gives you a Cursor, a file system, a window manager, task bar, etc.
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