A setup like this but in phone size would be ideal. The free software mobile world has really been a dumpster fire from the beginning.

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daledavies 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, whoever can shrink this down to the size of something that would fit in your pocket would make a killing. Imagine not only being able to make phone calls, but use productivity software and even browse the internet.

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mmh0000 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

May your wish be granted:

https://www.amazon.com/GPD-Pocket-LPDDR5X-Bluetooth-Handheld...

plus this: https://gpdstore.net/gpd-pocket-4-4g-lte-module/

	▲	tarpitt an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I have been following this one for a while, but I have never seen anyone report on its status in linux.

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emerongi 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A big issue is that the keyboard would take up valuable screen estate.

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mypalmike 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I can imagine it! It should be called the Imagine Phone, or iPhone for short.

	▲	fuzzfactor an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Nope they just called it a smartphone when you could hook it up to your laptop and connect the phone by infrared, USB, or later Bluetooth when it appeared. Using the phone manufacturers software that was naturally free for Windows 98 but also W2K, XP and even Mac sometimes. You really want the headphones when you're using the laptop as a phone because it can have audio feedback otherwise, especially if using the built-in laptop mic. iPhones just weren't that smart when they finally arose, you did have to use your imagination but it wouldn't get you far in actual computer interaction like smartpones are supposed to, compared to a Motorola or Sony-Ericsson true smartphone. You can only imagine how much better it would have been if more choices would have maintained their leadership and there were still other options besides only the relatively shoddy Android and iOS.

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adrian_b 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That modem or a few others can be used with some of the small SBCs, which have a smartphone size or even a smaller size.

If you connect then to some battery pack with a USB charger, you have a mobile solution, though one more cumbersome than a real smartphone.