[TheUnelisted]

With a Bluetooth headset i think it would be okay for calls, and infact the keyboard might make it much nicer for texting.

As for notifications: You can't see notifications from apps on the PinePhone anyways unless you disable suspend, as the crust suspend firmware only detects wakeup events from signals sent by the hardware. So while the modem can send a signal to wakeup the device when there's a call or text, and the RTC (Real Time Clock) can wakeup the Phone when there's a alarm going off, there's currently no solution for waking it up when say you have a new Telegram or Matrix message while in sleep. More than likely people will figure out a way to solve that in the future with custom wifi chip and modem firmware that can handle push server wakeup events.

With that said though, the 6,000 MaH battery this keyboard addon will have should make up for that. You could disable suspend and have all the apps constantly watching for new messages and sending notifications, and probably wont have to worry about battery life even still. This is exactly what i will be doing personally.

The only problem i forsee is how big and bulky this is, meaning it will probably not be feasible to use one handed, and it also will be heavy in a pocket.

[jraph]

> With a Bluetooth headset i think it would be okay for calls

I don't think so, for the reason that I won't necessarily have the time to pull the headset from the bag and pair it to the phone when receiving a call. Assuming I even have a bag on my back… with my headset in it. A headset or earpieces with a jack cable would probably be slightly better but that still makes me rely on such a thing, and on being able to quickly pull it from the bag and connect it. That adds to time of one ring the Pinephone already takes to wake up before actually ringing.

I guess it is feasible to answer a quick call by just opening the keyboard, but it still seems a lot of trouble and not very convenient.

> You can't see notifications from apps on the PinePhone anyways unless you disable suspend

Indeed, but I happen to only use texts and calls so it is okay for me.

> More than likely people will figure out a way to solve that in the future with custom wifi chip and modem firmware that can handle push server wakeup events.

I hope so! :-) It seems quite feasible at least on mobile data since one can run arbitrary programs on the modem.

[TheUnelisted]

As for the headset, i would suggest looking into a pair of bone conducting bluetooth headphones, such as the Aftershockz, as they have a built-in microphone and also are open ear design as they obviously aren't normal headphones. So you can use them in the car or anywhere, and keep them on wherever you go. I personally just bought a pair and used them already to listen to some music off my PinePhone.