Yea nothing has replicated the feeling of the bb10 devices I tried like the classic and passport sadly. Hopefully someday someone nails it and it'll probably stick as my daily driver for a long time. Seems like you are like me trying to find something that did replicate it. Search continues lol.
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The never ending quest. But if vinyl records made a comeback, I have faith the pbk along with privacy can as well.
Forgot for a second, got this too(Pinephone Pro and have the OG as well but think it died) but more for tinkering than using.
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That looks pretty sick yea sadly I looked into and like you said more of tinker device then a daily driver. I tried Ubuntu touch on a pixel 3a before. I went into it with low expectations but Ubuntu touch is decent. Close to functional enough to almost be a daily driver.
I got a one of these for mobile laptop running linux its pretty sweet but not a phone.
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Tried Ubuntu touch on the OG, but didnt like it. It still wasnt smooth on the pinephones at the time so went with Postmarket. Which I loved until whatever happened to it happened. Arch on the pro is nice though.
That laptop thing looks slick too. Never heard of it but checked the site and interesting device for gaming from the looks of it.
Yea I was surprised how well it ran on the Pixel 3a on their site it says it s the most supported device for ubuntu touch. Never tried PostMarket or Arch but I should give Arch a try thanks.
Another company that makes these cool little laptops is GPD. GPD Win Max 2 is a pretty sweet device for a small laptop plus gaming. Has oculink port which allows fast external gpu support. 2 ssd slots can run windows on one for gaming and linux on other for computing. Even has a 4g modem attachment
OneNext and GPD have been making some cool devices.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-win-max-2-handheld-gaming-pc-7840u-64gb-ram#/
Not even a gamer but would grab something like this if the budget allowed. Total nerd with this stuff.🤓