I miss phones with physical keyboards
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Check this out!
It even has options for what os you want (including Ubuntu Touch)
@grendel84 Yes, this! Then there were Gemini and Cosmo communicator by Planet Computers: https://www.www3.planetcom.co.uk/cosmo-communicator
And there is an attachable keyboard for PinePhone.
The demand isn't there for devices like that I guess. Which is odd, considering how phones became primary communication devices for so many people 🤷
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@grendel84
HP Lapdock was just that. You could connect you Windows 10 Mobile phone with a USB-C cable and enjoy a laptop-like experience. Full desktop edition of Windows 11 was adopted for some Lumia phones by the community and I think it works with HP Lapdock.
Razer tried that with their Android-based phone, but I don't think they've went beyond the conzept: https://www.razer.com/concepts/project-linda
@researchfairy
Ah I had the Lumia Icon. I'm a camera collector and the camera lens in that phone was made by Ziess. The phone was named after a Zeiss camera from the 1940s.
I'm not typically a windows fan but I really like that phone. Their mobile OS had potential if it ever could have gotten off the ground
@grendel84 Yeah, it's sad that that OS didn't take off 😢
I really liked W10Mobile. And I like my 950 XL better than the phone I have now. It now runs Win11 Pro. It is hooked to a TV, keyboar/mouse, it's a nice portable computer, unresponsive at times, but, considering how old the hardware is, it's better than it could be. There is Firefox for Win on ARM so it has its uses.
It could've worked had MS not decided to give up on Windows phones.
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@m0xee
What I really want is an empty laptop shell with a battery that my phone can slide into.
Nice size keyboard and screen, great battery life, and some Linux phones support desktop environments when docked.
I'd pay quite a bit of money for that.
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