Thread: Nokia Booklet 3G
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2009-08-26 , 21:11
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
I'm dreaming into the distant future, of course, but it seems to me the best solution for form factor issues is to have a "netbook" that is just a docking station for your handheld device. It has a big screen, a big keyboard, some extra expansion ports and a big battery, but that's about it. You have to snap in your handheld to actually use it. Your handheld is the "brains" of the netbook.
Well I'd still rather have a standalone lightweight netbook, with nice sized screen and keyboard, but with ARM-like power-sipping brains and just enough SSD for storage.

However it'd be nice if I could "tether" my handheld (phone or other devices) easily and automagically to share its cycles (and storage of course) with the active device. And vice versa. Obviously smaller devices would gain bigger benefits from such instant Beowulf clustering!

Who's gonna patent that? Here would be something for the OSS gurus to figure out, using e.g. UWB and some D-BUS, Avahi etc. smarts.