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Re:Ubuntu Edge by scholia on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @08:00AM (#6089449)
Old idea that has never taken off, and is probably less likely now that chips are really cheap. This graphic shows MCC’s Modular PC idea http://jkontherun.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/solutions_hq.j...

IBM's MetaPad was a similar idea.

Today, the Asus PadFone probably comes closest.

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Re:Ubuntu Edge by fpgeek on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @09:09AM (#6089748)
Yeah, the PadFone is quite attractive. If only they'd kept the Transformer-style keyboard dock from the original...
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Re:Ubuntu Edge by scholia on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @11:17AM (#6090506)
Tried it for a while but Android software is pretty awful on a 10in or larger screen. For the size/weight, you get much more power with Windows 7/8 (pus AirDroid and Dropbox etc).
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