I agree with many of your opinions here!
Same here, the few minutes I was able to play with my MNT Pocket I was astonished by the sharpness of the display!
With my Thinkpad Transnote it’s definitively one of the coolest I own too, I can’t wait to dig enough in the schematics to learn how to tweak it and make it truly mine.
My Pocket Reform died after 5 minutes of usage and I’m still troubleshooting the issue so it’s a bit frustrating not being able to use it, but I’m really glad that it exists and after months of waiting it’s only a little stepback.
In the meantime here’s what I think could be nice in a Pocket Reform v2 :
- A PWR_OK LED around the charging port to be able to see if there’s power coming to the computer will be great to see if the charger is compatible and working. Bonus if the LED would change color depending of the battery state (charging and charged 100%)
- Some flexible padding (ESD foam or the like) for the batteries to prevent them moving would make the Pocket Reform safer
- A stronger power switch that could be actuated with the finger would be a nice addition too. The current one is too small and seems fragile
- Some small symbols/markings around the ports especially the charging one) would be a nice addition
- Providing screws on the M.2 ports would have been nice because not everybody as them (putting a wrong screw could rip the threading and/or not hold securely the SSD/WWAN card). The tiny added cost for providing two screws will be easily justifiable
- A choice of trackballs colors. I’m currently looking for a small custom one in the shape of an eye to replace the trackball, I’m sure there’s a market to take (I could see an Etsy vendor selling high quality custom trackballs)!