• plm00
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    I’m intrigued. And although I read the article, I’m not entirely sure who or what this is for. It’s cool, but… what?

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      I feel like this would fit in some unexpected areas of mobile computing. Music, interfacing with other equipment (e.g. industrial computing), or other places where people might normally take a full laptop where that’s kind of overkill.

      I’m not really sure, and I kind of wish I had a need for one.

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      I think it’s for the Hacker News crowd that’s always clamoring for smaller phones, or phones with a physical keyboard. Potentially for parents to give to their young children, to be able to contact them without getting them addicted to screens right away.

      Not sure how big those markets are though.

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      I feel like if the people who make raspberry pis made a phone (or phone components, mainly the board) I would buy the hell outta that removed. This sounds kiiinda like that but idk that I actually trust it.

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        I’m thinking about crafting a phone out if a raspberry compute module (so I can upgrade my device easy with new computing modules released)

        I want to add a battery, a modem, a touchscreen and a usb-PD port with video out compatibility

        Maybe a little cam to scan documents as well…