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by dylan604 849 days ago
how much code do you enter into a mobile device? these aren't the devices to do that with. they just run apps that serve the purpose at hand dictated by the script.

when ever you want to send a text, you don't enter the code for that. neither did anyone on an away team that needed to take air samples, or scan someone's health.

seems like you had an idea not fully thought out

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> neither did anyone on an away team that needed to take air samples, or scan someone's health.

You're thinking of tricorders[0], GP is talking about PADDs[1]. Tricorders are mostly read-only sensors that need to be pre-configured (with some ability to switch between configurations during use), while PADDs are basically modern tablets with some physical inputs around the screen.

[0] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tricorder

[1] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Personal_Access_Display...