You own it.
You can repair it.
You can modify it in anyway you like.
There is NO DRM
There is NO "Cloud service" to fail in the future.
You learn by building it.
its 100x cheaper than the latest Phone.
It doesn't require updating, unless you want to.
@greycat@ExtKits Hi, I was thinking along those lines… but that’s perhaps too far a step… I’m thinking of a minimal pocket CyberDeck(tm) kit.. how about an iPhone-sized kit with decent resolution touch-screen, USB-C for power & data transfer, say Raspberry Pi Pico internals, WiFi, Bluetooth, speaker & mic. OS … well, Build It And They Will Come :) (something new, minimal, not Android obvs)
I cant see that this would be possible with a pico. Maybe without the OS, apps and browser. e.g just a phone...
Otherwise you would have to develop a new browser AND OS AND try to fit it on to a pico sized processor. The first two are years of work each, and the last one is pretty much impossible. There are reasons modern phones have big fast (expensive)processors
@ExtKits@greycat yes I’m aiming a bit high :) I’m thinking of this with my retro sunglasses on… Palm Pilot level of OS / hardware simplicity but with a bit of an upgrade. Browser: was considering something like https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/faq.gmi
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