[antirez]

This lacks the sharp idea the Zero had. I have the feeling that in order to do something different, and not an evolution, the result will be borderline useless: a portable ARM computer with Wifi / satellite connection / ... And, then? What I can do with it? The evolution that I could like is a Zero with more CPU power, SDR and LoRa. Then let's implement all the cool protocols that it is possible to implement.

[Aurornis]

I agree, but on the other hand I think most people who bought a Flipper Zero didn't really have a use for that either. The most commonly cited use case is doing something with RFID tags, which was already achievable with much cheaper hardware.

There's a big category of tools that people buy because they're cool and feel like they come with limitless possibilities, but then end up in a drawer. Raspberry Pi became this for a lot of people. It took a lot of years and a lot of market saturation before everyone realized that they're not a good deal if you have a specific need for a general purpose computer, despite their usefulness for specific applications.

The Flipper Zero felt like a tool with infinite possibilities, but it takes a while for most people to admit that they don't have infinite use cases, or that application-specific hardware can often do a better job for less. Exactly like when everyone was buying Raspberry Pis as general purpose computers. But it's a cool product and it had a lot of viral marketing going in its favor.

[arm32]

I wish they took the Zero, added the Linux, SDR and 5G and the fancy case upgrade. Leave the AI out. That'd be sweet.

[pstuart]

The AI is effectively free with the NPU/GPU just sitting there. I could see the possibility of models that are tuned to network/radio analysis that could enhance the value proposition.

[peter-m80]

That sounds amazing to me

[rrvsh]

Do you look at your desktop and think what can I do with it? What an odd statement to make about a computer

[mixtureoftakes]

So they made a phone?

[idle_zealot]

More evidence of the Smartphonification theory. Much like how all life trends towards crab, or all software towards reading mail and including a bespoke Scheme implementation, I posit that all hardware eventually becomes a smartphone.

Examples: - the cellphone (obviously) - my TV - my refrigerator - my oven - music players - tablet computers - laptops (well on their way) - cash registers->PoS sales machines - handheld game consoles

[Balgair]

> Much like how all life trends towards crab

Carcinisation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation)

The same seems to be true for trees too (arborescence).

[jayd16]

A full Linux phone with an M.2 slot, Ethernet, hardware buttons, SDcard etc.

This is what you've all been asking for, right?

[MadrasThorn]

I have to agree baby steps.

They design a completely new product and suddenly announce a collaboration?

Not a fan but the new project looks cool.