First a little aside - this has been brought up and discussed like a billion times already so it's not so much an unknown new idea.. Don't have any links to give off hand but if you dig around you'll probably find a bunch of stuff.
Do you mean on these boards? Can't say I remember seeing this concept mentioned even a mere million times before.
I don't want to clip iCP2 to something because it's too small and gives a sub-optimal distribution of weight and features.
The ICP2 would clip in to an ergonomic grip making it comfortable to hold for long usage sessions. Something
A BIT like
this.
I don't want to have two batteries in different locations, that's a less efficient use of space.
A good point but I think the Pros outweigh the obvious Cons, totally understood that others will feel differently.
I don't want to have all the ports and slots on the top, and I don't want to have sound coming out of the back of the screen. I don't want headphones coming out of the screen.
More good points, A connector dock integrated with the bottom section of the grip would be included to reroute headphones & USB (from top to bottom) & Power (from bottom to top)
I don't want all the weight to be on the part away from my hands.
As mentioned, my solution for this would be an ability to remove the battery from the tablet section and then connect it to the bottom section of the grip.
The holder for the iCP2, while novel, still looks like a compromise vs something integrated. A hinge arrangement has to be seriously heavy duty to prevent the top from being too heavy for it. Getting a standalone tablet with a 5" screen that matches the iCP2's dimensions is going to be pretty much impossible.
It does not have to match the dimensions, just be something that when closed up will fit in a large pocket like the Pandora. I'll try and knock up a sketch but my artistic talent is pretty woeful. As for hinge durability, make a metal hinge that can be locked with a thumbscrew.
Now, all of this notwithstanding, if you think OPT will be willing or able to do the tablet part for $250 you're dreaming. Samsung has economies of scale and vertical integration advantages that even a major third party company couldn't even think of matching, much less a very low volume outfit with minimal resources. And for a lot of reasons it's intrinsically cheaper than what you'd need for a much smaller form-factor - for instance it uses several DDR3L chips instead of one LPDDR2 module, doesn't use PoP, and has a larger and therefore probably lower layer PCB. Also is missing stuff like motion sensors and GPS, not sure which of those would be considered must have on the next Pandora.
If the
JXDS7300 was made without the gaming controls do you think it would become more expensive or cheaper to make? The Dragonscale concept would be a device that when the battery was removed from the top section it would be perhaps a little thinner than the JXDS7300.
Now I fully appreciate that economies of scale apply strongly to tech development & manufacture, but think about what you can get for $250 now compared to 1 year ago. Can you really see P2 being released before Q2 2014? What would $250 look like as a price then? I've been a computer user for over 35 years and it still amazes me how your bang for your buck keeps on increasing at such a relentless pace.
As for GPS that would make the mini tablet viable as a Satnav, a good selling point IMHO, the motion sensors are to give the full Android experience.
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As said, this is all spam & 'blue sky' concept at the moment, what I'm looking for is a USP for the P2. My fear is that the power of Chinese handhelds & smartphones in general will make the P2 a lot harder sell than the P1 unless it can stand out from the crowd in some way or other.
