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Mecha Comet is a modular Linux handheld coming soon to Kickstarter for $159 - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Relevant XKCD

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

There’s always one

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I have absolutely no use for something like that. But I'll probably end up buying one anyway, provided the final price is still reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Last Linux Kickstarter I bought was 4 years ago and I never got it. Not getting scammed again

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Gigabit ethernet port sounds like an easy vector for a adding a cellular modem for an inexpensive phone

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Reminded me slightly of another project about to seek funding, the Raspberry Pi 5 powered Pilet.
https://soulscircuit.com/pilet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Great, a whole new form factor and OS to spend ~~hours~~ months getting to work with my emacs config.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Thats actually pretty cool, they say they are going to make the the files to build your own extensions open source so i wonder if more complex controllers can be attached, stuff like twin sticks and such for better emulation compatibility, i dont know tho how the specs are for emulation

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Looks pretty neat for tinkering

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I’m guessing it will ship 8 years from now and suck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Seems to be a decent amount of hardware for the price.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I wonder how well I'd get by with one of these if it connected to my cellular provider's network?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Could just get a Pinephone with keyboard. Plus you get a cellular modem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

reminds me of the M5 Stack, but with a much more portability friendly profile