I have done programming work, for 'real things' (...) on a gpd pocket 1 for years fulltime. Works fine; that 'more productive' is just something you have, maybe for what you do. For me the pocket was (it broke) productive as I could just take it anywhere and it had 15 hours of battery life. My Macbook air I have to take out of my bag instead of my pocket, i have to bring my charger (battery life is good, but nowhere near 15 hours), I need a large enough table (in the airplane it's already quite annoying if you don't fly business), etc etc. I type as fast on that thing as on my macbook and i hardly use a trackpad/mouse anyway.
I would basically murder for an Apollo 3+ powered device with rLCD running on AAA batteries (the apollo is very battery friendly) with a keyboard. So like a modern Psion.
Now I use the Nreal with my phone + a MS foldable keyboard as laptop; still beats carrying a backpack with a laptop + charger (phone goes for 15+ hours) and it's a productivity win focus wise. Still would want something as described above as a companion OR powering the glasses.
I would basically murder for an Apollo 3+ powered device with rLCD running on AAA batteries (the apollo is very battery friendly) with a keyboard. So like a modern Psion.
Now I use the Nreal with my phone + a MS foldable keyboard as laptop; still beats carrying a backpack with a laptop + charger (phone goes for 15+ hours) and it's a productivity win focus wise. Still would want something as described above as a companion OR powering the glasses.