More gadget fun: the Galaxy Z 
_<A HREF="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Z_series">Fold3_</A> 
(right) next to a Galaxy 
_<A HREF="https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_20">Note20_</A> Ultra.

The 6.9" Note20 was rolled back to Android 10 after 11 took away USB 
_<A HREF="https://learning-python.com/mergeall-android11-updates.html#android11bydesign">access_</A>, 
and so it shall remain until its battery gives up the ghost.
The 7.6" Fold3 shipped with Android 11 initially but auto-updated
to 12 a few months later, so it's been a test machine for both.
From a hardware perspective, the Fold is enough to excite even the most 
jaded of gadget geeks: it unfolds from phone to mini tablet, and the
seam at the fold is hardly noticeable with actual use.

When unfolded, the Fold3 is _<I>almost_</I> a PC stand-in, especially 
with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and screen casting or Dex; and 
_<I>nearly_</I> replaces what was lost when the OQO died (see 
_<A HREF="2006 Doused OQO.JPG.html">2006_</A> and 
_<A HREF="2008 Seagate OQO 02.jpg.html">2008_</A>).
Now if it would only get a real Excel with VBA, and an Android that stops 
locking down devices for whatever point-of-control agendas Google may want to 
_<A HREF="https://learning-python.com/android-deltas-sync/_README.html#Closing%20Thoughts">push_</A>.

Cynical, perhaps, but it's tough to watch yet 
another system being pushed into the might-have-been column by
corporate greed and/or dysfunction.  Of course, there's always
the Fold4...

(See also the Fold5 photo 
_<A HREF="2023 Sync App.jpg.html">ahead_</A>; the gadget show goes on.)