The Three Device-keteers

Bonjour!

"Gasp! French?" You say? Sure, why not.

Alright folks, just popping in here for a little update on my second post: The perfect device, that one I've dreamed forever.... I wanted to update you all on my quest to discover a near perfect flow between a single or multiple devices. I've decided to take a plunge. I'm going to customize 3 devices: A Samsung Galaxy Note II, a Microsoft Surface Pro, and a custom Ubuntu All-in-one or tower.

Huh? How do those three devices work together in anyway you asked for in your second post. True, not YET! Here, let me help: Cyanogenmod on the Note II with Holo Cards theme, the Surface Pro dual booting Ubuntu with Cinnamon Holo theme and a custom android build running Cyanogenmod w/ Holo Cards theme, and a self-built Linux box running a desktop-ier (Yes, I know it's not a word) or desktop friendlier version of the same Ubuntu with Cinnamon Holo theme.

How would this look? Well check it out.

First up is the Note II:

Why the Note II? The Stylus! The Stylus! God almighty it is the stylus! You don't know how long I've missed them. I used to have a little pda that had a stylus that allowed me to (quite crap looking) write notes a lot quicker that typing or pulling out my notepad like I do now and flipping to a fresh or finding an empty space I could use. With the big screen it limits the need (read: want) to go over to a tablet when all you want (read: need) is a few extra inches or space to read or use. With reviews of long battery life, this phone will last all day if not longer! The great looking Dark Holo Theme satisfies my Google and minimalism hunger. I only need a quick glance to see the time, upcoming events, and weather, while also checking on system info. I only use a few apps religiously so I could dedicate pages (almost full screen app size on this huge phablet.) to certain app widgets and information. I can't wait to get my grubby little hands on my perfect pocket assistance.

What made me choose the Surface Pro? The easy tablet and ultrabook metamorphosis. It can easily go from a lightweight (read: moderate-weight) tablet to a powerful and thin ultrabook. Because it's a real computer, I can easily change OSes. Which makes it easier to mod into a perfect Android tablet turns Linux powered "awesome-book." The type cover is a cover for the face and a great usable keyboard. Toss a little wireless mouse in the bag and you're good to go. Not only does it remove my original need to find a perfect VNC client on a regular android tablet or iPad, I can now set it down on a table and it instantly becomes a full powered media production machine. It's gonna be some fun late nights staying up to perfect this mod.

And since we've already got the Linux ball rolling (Android being built on Linux kernels) it's common sense to get a nice really work horse to get the big video and photo projects done while at home. Looking to dock/linking solutions it would be fantastic to use my Surface as an extra monitor. Or maybe to actually keep the Surface as the only real "computer" and just a sort of docking solution that lets the Surface's OS take advantage of some better hardware while at home. So instead of that i5 and only 4 gigs of ram, the Surface could take advantage of an array of ssd's for storage, triple the ram, a Core i7, double 2 gigs graphics cards, along with the regular extra large monitor(s), interfaces, speakers, etc.

So what are you thoughts. Leave me a comment. If you could choose 3 devices to mod to work together, what would they be and how would you do it? Would you need more than 2? 3? 4? What would be your perfect all-in-one device. The one device that could do everything?!