Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoPhones are handheld computers now. Why aren't laptops phones? I know you can use VoIP or tether to a phone, but why don't laptops have LTE or 5G modules and SIM card slots as a standard?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down19
arrow-up1124arrow-down1message-squarePhones are handheld computers now. Why aren't laptops phones? I know you can use VoIP or tether to a phone, but why don't laptops have LTE or 5G modules and SIM card slots as a standard?Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarecreamlike504@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoSomething like a removable “mobile chip” for a laptop could address this problem. Framework could probably pull it off, but I don’t know if the market incentives it.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-214 hours agoFramework already released the specification for the add-ons. So some other folk can also make it if they want.
Something like a removable “mobile chip” for a laptop could address this problem. Framework could probably pull it off, but I don’t know if the market incentives it.
Framework already released the specification for the add-ons. So some other folk can also make it if they want.