PeachMan

@PeachMan@lemmy.one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would these grips make the steam deck easier to hold?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of the things like this on Amazon are TPU, which is softer than PLA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would these grips make the steam deck easier to hold?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was about to argue with you and say it might be TPU, but this looks like hard PLA to me. Soft TPU wouldn’t have a hinge in the middle. And the fact that the description doesn’t say the material is discouraging. OP, look elsewhere for a TPU grip.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the Steam Deck as a Phone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It might technically work, but it would be difficult to set up and the experience would be poor. The Steam Deck is HUGE, and its touchscreen is not very sensitive or accurate compared to a modern smartphone. Plus, using it to emulate Android would be very janky, and it doesn’t have 4G/5G radios so you’d need to stay connected to Wifi.

  If you’re just looking for voice calls, a simpler solution might be to use a VoIP service that you could access in the built-in browser, no weird installs required. But then you’d have to leave it on in Desktop Mode all the time to receive calls reliably, so it’s not a great experience. If you’re looking for a full replacement for a smartphone…no.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the Steam Deck as a Phone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You wouldn’t necessarily have to install windows, it might work through Proton. But this still doesn’t seem like a good idea…