This seemed like a good candidate for a little computer that could do it all for a low price. It is to bad that this is not charged via USB or it would be the perfect travel computer (I like the idea of only bringing a 2 port USB charger on travel).
I got an ASUS Chromebook Flip - it is an interesting little computer. I like the keyboard, importantly it includes an escape key which is critical for using vi. I like the idea of using Android on the Chromebook but since most of the web based sites have offline modes there are few apps that are really critical to have Android versions of itself. The flip is a bit of a gimmick - they may want to disable the keyboard when it is in flipped mode. BTW as of this writing you need to install the developer release to get the Android mode.
Android apps that I found to be of use on the Chromebook
- Keypass - Store the passwords you need in a non-online version
- Termux - Interestingly this revealed that the android is running in kind of a VM on its own internal NATed network so servers that are started on Termux are only accessible by the local Chromebook web browser and can't be hit from a remote computer (this is probably a good thing really).
- Kindle - The only reason that I ever place it in flip mode
One of my kid's Chromebooks failed a gravity test so the Flip is now serving as an instant replacement. One of the things I like about Chromebooks is that they are so interchangeable (I just did not anticipate having to use the Flip for that purpose)
