NexPhone: A crowdfunding smartphone with many docking options

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The idea is something to be proud of. An Android smartphone as the basis for various application models. Your own desktop PC, notebook or tablet have therefore had their day. The smartphone can be connected to appropriate dockings and then works with the Ubuntu operating system. The NexPhone is a crowdfunding project from America.

Felix Sold, Posted on 9/12/2012

The idea is certainly not a new one for large corporations and computer manufacturers, but it is interesting in any case. The industrial designer Emre Kosmaz from California has started a crowdfunding project with the NexPhone, which is intended to make the constant synchronization of one's own data with USB sticks or cloud services a thing of the past.

The idea: An Android smartphone, which has not yet been defined in more detail, is the new main device. The previous classes and devices can still be used via various docking stations. In a video about this project, various possibilities are presented. One of them is the NexLaptop. A clamshell housing with a viewing screen to which the smartphone is connected via an interface. The NexLaptop, as well as the other solutions, do not have their own hardware with an operating system. In addition to the mobile Google Android OS, Ubuntu is to be used as another system. The portfolio also includes the NexTablet, the NexMonitor and the NexDock for your own screen or TV.

In principle, the NexPhone reminds us of the Padfone offered by Asus, although the startup NexCrea shows even more possibilities. The project can currently be found on the crowdfunding platform IndieGoGo. There are still 60 days left to reach the target of 950,000 US dollars. Until then, it remains exciting to see whether the amount will be reached or whether a larger company will be interested in the idea and possibly buy it up. We are keeping an eye on the project.