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Re:Kodak Ektra by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday October 20, 2016 @09:55PM (#12757650)
Here's a neat idea: a smartphone, with a great camera, that doubles as a recharging brick. For itself.

So basically a high-end smartphone like we have today that isn't "Half a millimetre thinner TM" but a full centimetre thicker.

Now that would be innovative!

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Re:Kodak Ektra by piyush_soni on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:35AM (#12758788)
You say, and it's here (Moto Z mods)

https://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-mods/incipio-offgr...

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Re:Kodak Ektra by cft on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:49PM (#12758021)
Another one would be a 6" slider with a decent keyboard, like the original Droid. There are people actually composing serious documents on the go (e.g. lawyers, journalists), that would love it
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Re:Kodak Ektra by viraptor on Friday October 21, 2016 @05:35AM (#12759175)
So basically like n900... I miss it so much.
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Re:Kodak Ektra by morganvachon on Friday October 21, 2016 @07:25AM (#12759501)
I should have kept both of mine, but the platform was essentially dead and I had to move on. These days there are two potential replacements for such a device, one is a continuation of the platform, the Neo900[1], the other is the Pyra[2]. I'm going to save up for a Pyra since it's half the cost of the Neo900 and looks like a more capable platform. I don't need a device like that anymore, given how good smartphones have become, but it would be nice to have a pocketable true computer with a keyboard for certain situations. The mobile retro-gaming aspect also appeals to me.

[1] http://neo900.org/

[2] https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/

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