Mobile Computing Doesn’t Have to Be Bland
What happened to the good old days when mobile computing was still in its infancy? You know, back when everyone was sure we needed to carry computers around with us everywhere, but no one knew what that meant. The mid-1990s through the early 2000s spawned all sorts of memorable personal digital assistants, music players, and other odd (by today’s standards) computing devices. But those experimental days are now gone, and we have been left with a little rectangle that does it all. Yawn!
Fortunately, we have a big maker scene today that is rejecting the idea that all we ever need is a cookie-cutter phone. YouTuber MVLab, for instance, just finished building a portable computer called the Orion PDA. It gives off strong early-2000s design vibes, but it is packed with enough power to get some real work done. The Orion PDA excels at note-taking, voice recording, and playing music...
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