mesamune@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoMecha Comet is a modular Linux handheld coming soon to Kickstarter for $159 - Liliputingliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down112cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.world
arrow-up1369arrow-down1external-linkMecha Comet is a modular Linux handheld coming soon to Kickstarter for $159 - Liliputingliliputing.commesamune@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square119fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.world
minus-squarew3dd1e@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·2 days agoI see a lot of negativity in the comments. And yeah, this thing probably isn’t something I’m going to get, but at least they are trying something that isn’t a generic rectangle of glass like all the others. I miss the days of fun gadgets.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 days agoFun useful gadgets. A gadget for the sake of a gadget is just another word for “e-waste”.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYeah I’m just tired of seeing projects like this get abandoned quickly
minus-squarenetvor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI get it, but a gentle reminder, often the best way for society to have an awesome projects is to have a lot of projects.
minus-squarehumble peat digger@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoI like the generic rectangle block of glass. Don’t understand why they insist on a physical keyboard.
minus-squareDeaDvey@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI much prefer physical keyboards and find it difficult to use touchscreen, so a mobile, qwerty keyboard sounds great to me.
minus-squarehumble peat digger@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWhat phones u guys been using for the last 15 years? I haven’t seen slide out keyboards for about that long
minus-squareDeaDvey@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoNokia 105, Wish it had qwerty though.
minus-squarew3dd1e@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI don’t mind it, but I also don’t hate that people are trying something new! Maybe it fails, but maybe it’s awesome!
I see a lot of negativity in the comments. And yeah, this thing probably isn’t something I’m going to get, but at least they are trying something that isn’t a generic rectangle of glass like all the others. I miss the days of fun gadgets.
Fun useful gadgets. A gadget for the sake of a gadget is just another word for “e-waste”.
Yeah I’m just tired of seeing projects like this get abandoned quickly
I get it, but a gentle reminder, often the best way for society to have an awesome projects is to have a lot of projects.
Fair point
I like the generic rectangle block of glass.
Don’t understand why they insist on a physical keyboard.
I much prefer physical keyboards and find it difficult to use touchscreen, so a mobile, qwerty keyboard sounds great to me.
What phones u guys been using for the last 15 years? I haven’t seen slide out keyboards for about that long
Nokia 105, Wish it had qwerty though.
I don’t mind it, but I also don’t hate that people are trying something new! Maybe it fails, but maybe it’s awesome!