A tablet still means another small screen and a whole separate computer. It doesn’t replace the phone, it’s just a more portable version of the laptop.
Any software developer worth their qualifications isn’t ‘coding’ with an LLM
Go ahead and tell that to the management of any tech company in the past 18 months. Developers are not exclusively working through agent CLI/TUI, but the majority of the work on tech (regardless of being big corps or small startups) involves code development via LLM-assistance.
the accessories needed to do the function of an actual computer.
That’s what the lapdock was! The lapdock itself provides the base for the keyboard + trackpad + the display connection. All one would need to do is connect the phone. I don’t understand why the concept seems so complicated.
another small screen and a whole separate computer
Like having a lapdock and its associated cable adapters, the rollout screen (unless you want a fragile as hell screen made of thin plastic on your phone, and the associated space within the phone’s frame for the rolling mechanism) doesn’t count as an additional item just because you connect your phone to it.
The lapdock itself provides the base for the keyboard + trackpad + the display connection. All one would need to do is connect the phone. I don’t understand why the concept seems so complicated.
Im not suggesting it’s complicated, I’m saying there’s a reason it didn’t take off; it serves the function of being worse than the device it’s designed to replace by having less features.
Much the same way an LLM does every job you give it worse than a real human being, because it’s not smart, just designed to mimic a human well enough to convince middle management to hand over their wallets lest they miss out on the new tech du jour.
Developers are not exclusively working through agent CLI/TUI, but the majority of the work on tech (regardless of being big corps or small startups) involves code development via LLM-assistance.
And how’s that going for them?
Everyone using it is agreeing that it’s the best thing since sliced bread?
The token system is costing more than human staff would?
Qualified users are complaining they have to do twice the work just checking the outputs?
I’m saying there’s a reason it didn’t take off; it serves the function of being worse than the device it’s designed to replace by having less features.
Another possible explanation: companies are not interested in creating a solution that can cannibalize their laptop line of products.
And how’s that going for them?
I am not defending it, but it’s a separate discussion and for the purposes of the argument it does not matter.
A tablet still means another small screen and a whole separate computer. It doesn’t replace the phone, it’s just a more portable version of the laptop.
Go ahead and tell that to the management of any tech company in the past 18 months. Developers are not exclusively working through agent CLI/TUI, but the majority of the work on tech (regardless of being big corps or small startups) involves code development via LLM-assistance.
That’s what the lapdock was! The lapdock itself provides the base for the keyboard + trackpad + the display connection. All one would need to do is connect the phone. I don’t understand why the concept seems so complicated.
Like having a lapdock and its associated cable adapters, the rollout screen (unless you want a fragile as hell screen made of thin plastic on your phone, and the associated space within the phone’s frame for the rolling mechanism) doesn’t count as an additional item just because you connect your phone to it.
Im not suggesting it’s complicated, I’m saying there’s a reason it didn’t take off; it serves the function of being worse than the device it’s designed to replace by having less features.
Much the same way an LLM does every job you give it worse than a real human being, because it’s not smart, just designed to mimic a human well enough to convince middle management to hand over their wallets lest they miss out on the new tech du jour.
And how’s that going for them?
Everyone using it is agreeing that it’s the best thing since sliced bread?
The token system is costing more than human staff would?
Qualified users are complaining they have to do twice the work just checking the outputs?
It’s gone rogue and deleted entire databases?
Another possible explanation: companies are not interested in creating a solution that can cannibalize their laptop line of products.
I am not defending it, but it’s a separate discussion and for the purposes of the argument it does not matter.