using my smartphone feel so incredibly limiting after using my steam deck on the go. I think the main thing is that it's so much harder to customize and to use keyboard shortcuts that having to find the push and swipe all the time. especially now that I have my speech to text set up to a point where it's more useful. like, I had speech to text on my android at one point it's such a huge pain in the ass to make any customization to it. whereas on my deck I can just edit my python script
one thing that this thing is sorely missing though is a gps and a cellular modem. I still wish I could use map software to navigate around and I also wish I had more pile internet connection and access to my text messages without having to have a separate device for it
@mauve part of the reason I wanted a Linux phone was for the customization options that I knew Android lacked.
Shame how limited companies choose to make their software.
@unmellow It's tough cause TBH even linux phones aren't as usable as the steam deck is.
Outside from Linux apps not supporting the mobile form factor, the options you have for customization are still kinda finnicky, and actually typing the code for customizing the phone on the tiny keyboard is hard.
The deck's on screen keyboard is a step up in usability, but that also comes at the cost of the device being kinda big and not having a SIM slot for mobile internet.
@unmellow Also I guess I should try to get the pinphone keyboard now that it's a thing and see if that helps with the UX?