Re:The 'Egg' Laptop
by thomasfl on Saturday October 01, 2022 @06:05AM
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This is basically a really good compact keyboard, with a web browser. This could be an awesome product if the edges around the screen were smaller, and the whole thing was a bit thinner. It would be even more awesome if the keyboard came in different flavors, like for instance a mac layout, and was easy to connect via bluetooth to an iPhone. Yeah, and a trackpad would be nice as well.
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Re:The 'Egg' Laptop
by seltzered_ on Saturday October 01, 2022 @06:32AM
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I curate more 'everyday use' examples of these ideas at https://reddit.com/r/ergomobilecomputers/ . Theres a few examples of ipad-based setups a bit closer to what you're talking about.
How many browser tabs could you open on it? Today's web is often very unforgiving.
tab hoarder? /s
What are you looking for when you say mac layout? I'm sure it's trivial to swap super and alt around. Handwired keyboards like this often run QMK which makes it easy to reprogram.
Re:The 'Egg' Laptop
by augusto-moura on Saturday October 01, 2022 @07:51AM
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So, a Raspberry Pi 400 with a integrated display? I'm almost certain someone did this at some time
plenty at http://reddit.com/r/cyberdeck
In a laptop form factor? Maybe but that’s still a novel concept to 99.9999% of the world.
> In a laptop form factor?
Yes, in commercial form available at online retailers even. In fact, they’ve been available for many years dating back across multiple prior versions of the rPi.
I have been hunting for some kind of cyberdeck of this sort.
Ideally with a trackpoint rather than touchpad.