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by gaelow 4395 days ago
I wouldn't use it: my phone is too tiny and my china tablet sucks. I think is a good idea for people on the move, though. I currently use my tablet as a portable second screen when I travel. I use a usb share KM app to control it from the laptop and just keep a ssh there, mainly to tail -f logs or debug output (it charges through usb so I don't even need an extra charger and the whole set is compact enough to set up in a coffee table and fit in a laptop bag, plus it takes only 2 of the allowed 10kg handbag when I fly). I could easily see myself reading docs using your app on the next tablet I own every time I'm in a work trip, specially in the very few but still existent cases where online is not an option (even right now the wifi I'm in has a 5-10 second latency on any page I load and that's a pain in the ass when browsing the docs so I'm just using an offline version). That may not be a huge target audience group, but if you make a great product I'm sure you can sell it at a price high enough to make a good profit. Good luck :-)
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Thanks for the feedback! :)