alt Hacker NewsSo would it make sense to sell a folding plastic shell with screen, keyboard and trackpad in it that you can bring in your bag and pull out to plug your phone into it?
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This exists, it is called the NexDock[0]. I have never tried it.
Portable monitor + mouse + keyboard makes more sense to me.
But this can also be cast to a tv, for example. I assume you can use the phone itself as a trackpad. So the only extra hardware you need is a cheap Bluetooth keyboard which you can get for $15.
As mentioned in TFA, Android has had a "desktop" phone projection mode for years and it doesn't seem to have caught on. This seems to be a distro for dedicated desktop devices, I’m not sure what the point is when its main competitor would be the other OS Google already makes for those devices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Jm8IiwURQ
That's 14 years old. Kind of crazy this concept hasn't developed more in the meantime.
I've always wanted a keyboard+screen with a slot for a phone as the trackpad. Saving any money over a regular trackpad? No. Cool as hell? I think so at least...
This form factor was tried before and it didn’t stick. Why should it be brought back now?