Tiny computers aren’t hard, we have PI’s and a dozen alterantives. Efficiency and Power are the real issues.
Android and IOS have been doing power R&D for almost 20 years. When you stop using an android app, even for a short period, it saves a snapshot in memory and stops using it. The radio drivers are on their 20th revision and do everything in their power to save power. We’re just starting off where they did prior to 2010. But we know how they solved the issues, we’ll catch up. It’s going to take time, we need to get everything working and stable first.
The signal problem is a lack of packages for arm-linux it is possible to build it i’m reading, but cross-compiling and keeping it up to date seems like a hassle.
My first thought was to try to find a smallish x86 tablet and carry a portable hotspot. But there’s not a lot of those and power seems like it’ll still be a problem.
I don’t know that there are good solutions just yet, but we’re not alone in wants. Hoping I can eventually craft something usefull or help contribute to someone who is.
I wouldn’t even care if the battery would only last 5 hours or so. I’m never away from a charger for long :)
As for apps I’d be glad if telegram works, a browser and maybe some lemmy-app. But most of all: a good camera. I was already willing to step down to a pixel, but below that? Nah :(
But yeah, I hear you. Yet, if the current ones are that shitty, why are they even sold? who would throw >2000 moneyz at such a phone? Just because?
That $2,200 phone is the Trump phone. Puresim. It’s made “in the usa” with 10-year-old technology. And I guarantee you they paid to be on the top of that list…
Yeah just after posting I actually checked that one out and was like “ah yeah nope”.
Also the main components are still Chinese. And, no insult meant, I prefer Chinese over murican any time. I couldn’t even name one american product that is awesome (“besides the war-machinery”, he said sighingly), that others don’t do better anyway.
But before buying this phone-thingy I’d carry around a laptop for chat.
Tiny computers aren’t hard, we have PI’s and a dozen alterantives. Efficiency and Power are the real issues.
Android and IOS have been doing power R&D for almost 20 years. When you stop using an android app, even for a short period, it saves a snapshot in memory and stops using it. The radio drivers are on their 20th revision and do everything in their power to save power. We’re just starting off where they did prior to 2010. But we know how they solved the issues, we’ll catch up. It’s going to take time, we need to get everything working and stable first.
The signal problem is a lack of packages for arm-linux it is possible to build it i’m reading, but cross-compiling and keeping it up to date seems like a hassle.
My first thought was to try to find a smallish x86 tablet and carry a portable hotspot. But there’s not a lot of those and power seems like it’ll still be a problem.
I don’t know that there are good solutions just yet, but we’re not alone in wants. Hoping I can eventually craft something usefull or help contribute to someone who is.
I wouldn’t even care if the battery would only last 5 hours or so. I’m never away from a charger for long :) As for apps I’d be glad if telegram works, a browser and maybe some lemmy-app. But most of all: a good camera. I was already willing to step down to a pixel, but below that? Nah :( But yeah, I hear you. Yet, if the current ones are that shitty, why are they even sold? who would throw >2000 moneyz at such a phone? Just because?
That $2,200 phone is the Trump phone. Puresim. It’s made “in the usa” with 10-year-old technology. And I guarantee you they paid to be on the top of that list…
Yeah just after posting I actually checked that one out and was like “ah yeah nope”. Also the main components are still Chinese. And, no insult meant, I prefer Chinese over murican any time. I couldn’t even name one american product that is awesome (“besides the war-machinery”, he said sighingly), that others don’t do better anyway.
But before buying this phone-thingy I’d carry around a laptop for chat.