This keyboard seems worse than any virtual keyboard ๐
this post was submitted on 22 May 2024
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I have a Rii mini keyboard as a remote control for YouTube, when I sit back. Typing anything on such a keyboard is a struggle and usually don't type on it. The integrated keyboard from the handheld in the picture doesn't look particularly good either. But I have to say, with such a small screen and especially with Windows not optimized for this task, such a keyboard is probably better than having none.
Alternative would be using a virtual keyboard on a small screen, which overlaps parts of it and does not have the greatest touch input screen. Look how small the screen is. Such a small 6" screen is only an option for smartphones, but not for an operating system like Windows with a regular desktop to play games on it. Therefore, such an integrated keyboard is probably a good idea. Even if it sucks.
I got a onexplayer for like $600 and it has the 7840u in it. No matter how you slice it, the 7840u is much more powerful than the steam deck. However, it doesn't do well in low tdp. That's what the steam deck is best at - low tdp gaming and battery life.
But so long as I'm near an outlet, I can play more AAA games and on much higher resolution and graphics than the steam deck for however long I'd like. On battery, only about 3-4 hours vs 6-8 hours on a steam deck.
I've never had resolution complaints on my handheld screen. There's been scaling troubles and other graphics shortcomings, but resolution has never been a problem, how close are you holding the deck to your face?
Its about the same difference, but you can definitely tell the difference between 1600p and 720p.
Where are you getting 1600p screens that are 9 inches diagonal?
And what hardware are you using that puts 1600p into a 9 inch screen? Sounds a lot like overkill, or bigger numbers for the sake of having bigger numbers.
I like the keyboard. If this could be incorporated in SD2 that'd be great. Improved upon, of course.
Edit: actually idk. Looks super unwieldy and a pain in the ass to use.
It's gotta have a massive battery unless it's running AAA games for like 15 minutes...