Solu: Pocket Computer

Solu: the Finnish pocket computer that wants to take over the world

Three Ambitious Engineers from Finland are Bidding to Change Personal Computing with a New Portable Computer and Operating System

Olivia Solon | October 16, 2015

Personal computers, says entrepreneur Kristoffer Lawson, haven’t changed much in 20 years. It’s still a box, a screen and, if you’re using a desktop, a keyboard.

Your content is automatically stored in a multi-GB local cache of the Solu cloud. Source: http://www.listhunt.co/solu-rethinks-the-idea-of-a-personal-computer-builds-a-beautiful-cloud-device/

But Lawson thinks that the era of cloud computing deserves its own kind of computing device. Portable, but more powerful than a mobile, designed to be plugged into any desktop screen and with a new kind of operating system that connects more fluidly to your contacts. And at a launch in San Francisco on 15 October, that’s what Lawson and the rest of the Solu team unveiled.

<more at http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/16/solu-the-finnish-pocket-computer-that-wants-to-take-over-the-world; related links: http://www.listhunt.co/solu-rethinks-the-idea-of-a-personal-computer-builds-a-beautiful-cloud-device/ (Solu Rethinks the Idea of a Personal computer & Builds a Beautiful Cloud Device. October 19, 2015) and http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/22/some-finnish-engineers-would-like-you-to-put-this-tiny-square-computer-in-your-pocket/#.a2gocd:FnaW (Some Finnish Engineers Would Like You To Put This Tiny Square Computer In Your Pocket. October 22, 2015)>