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  • The Pockit modular, handheld computer

    From LundukeJournal@1337:1/100 to All on Mon Mar 14 00:45:04 2022
    The Pockit modular, handheld computer

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    Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:40:17 GMT

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    ... looks friggin' awesome. I want one.

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    Im a sucker for modular computers, with swappable parts.

    Im an even bigger sucker for hand-held, pocket sized computers.

    With that in mind, feast your eyes on this bad-mama-jama:

    That, right there, is the Pockit . A modular, pocket computer concept that looks to have been in development (in one form or another) since 2019.

    And. when I say modular, I mean crazy modular.

    You can power it with a Raspberry Pi compute module and swap out individual components that are magnetically attached to the base. The developer currently claims to have 80+ such modular blocks that each has different functionality. Keyboards, sliders, lights, buttons, cameras, secondary displays, sensors the works.

    When will this little beauty ship? No idea! Theres a spot on the website where you can add your email to an announcement mailing list. Other than
    that theres no ability to order (or pre-order) as yet.

    To tide us all over, the developer put this video together showcasing what the Pockit is currently capable of. And I tell ya its quite a lot. Ranging from whole-house sensors and automation to hand-held computer or game
    console.

    And, yeah, it runs Linux.

    So rad.

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