Cheaper is not happening, sorry
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Of course it could be... Just remove keyboard and avoid shell form and you have a cheaper device.
GPD has a great profit in that 700$
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I was against keyboard at the beginning, but after using it, for me keyboard is just basic, and the touch keyboard is not as comfy as it should be. And I was against the use of keyboard, but now is a must for me. Anyhow, if you look something without a keyboard, smachZ is your choice (if it's released someday....)
I use it in my Win1, but I could use a virtual keyboard perfectly. It's not "natural" now because of the shell form, but think about PSP/Vita/Swith/tablet/smartphone... If you want a device game, keyboard is not a must.
SmachZ is not an option beacuse it's not a product, so I expect a Win3 wo keyboard.
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I agree with Skelton. A physical keyboard is a MUST for a Windows gaming device. You just need it for playing old Windows games and emulators. A good example why a virtual keyboard isn't a good idea is ScummVM for the Dingoo. It still gets updated and you can still use it except for the virtual keyboard. That part is broken and developers didn't know it and now nobody cares to fix it. That makes playing a lot of ScummVM games on the Dingoo impossible because you can't save your progress without a keyboard.
That's just one example but I'm sure there's going to be a lot more and no developer is going to care if you can't use your virtual keyboard on a Windows device.
For the GPD Win 3. I wouldn't mind if it's more like a GPD Win 1.x as long as they keep it affordable. I like my GPD Win and I would like to upgrade it but for me the GPD Win 2 is too expensive.
I play ScummVM games in a mobile. Also in a GPD XD. No problem at all. It works just fine.
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Windows isn't Android. Android is build to run without a keyboard and although Windows can it isn't. I'm pretty sure that if for some reason you won't be able to call the virtual keyboard when you need it for the application you're running the answer is also going to be "Use a physical keyboard".
The GPD Win is a great device as it is. All it needs is improved battery/charging and improved cooling. Everything else isn't imported. It doesn't need to be as powerful as the GPD Win 2 as long as it doesn't cost a lot more than a GPD Win.
Are you talking about Windows 3.11? It's 2018 now... We've Windows smartphones and tablets. Do you mean they are totally unusable w/o keyboard? o_O
If you want to play a game that need a keyboard, you have right analogue to simulate a mouse, left analogue to simulate wasd, dpad (4), ABXY (4), L1/L2/L3 (3), R1/R2/R3 (3), Select/Start (2)... 16 buttons you can map to keys/mouse!! Add a back button and you can map 32 keys with Controller Companion! How many games really need more than 32 keys to be played? 0.01%? none?
I understand you guys feel comfortable with a keyboard. I'm sure you also use Win1/Win2 as UMPC. I don't. I use it to play Steam games (GUI gamepad compatible) and RetroArch (also gamepad compatible).
It's not so difficult to understand someone has different needs.
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