I don't understand why in 2020 ability to dock and connect to K&M and display is not supported by most phones. There were attempts to do just that right before Windows Phone died, but hardly anyone tried this again. You now have enough RAM and CPU to run most desktop applications except maybe high end gaming. Why is it not done more?
I don't understand why in 2020 ability to dock and connect to K&M and display is not supported by most phones.
Because people don't use it. It's been there as a feature before and it's hardly driving sales for those that support it. What workflows do you have that demonstrate the value here?
There were attempts to do just that right before Windows Phone died, but hardly anyone tried this again.
Samsung still have it, it's called Dex.
You now have enough RAM and CPU to run most desktop applications except maybe high end gaming. Why is it not done more?
Can you run all your desktop programs on it? Probably not. Also UIs that work well for one input method generally don't work well for the next so you need to also have adaptive UIs. How many examples of this done well are there?
I seem to remember Motorola had some laptop chassis thing that w
>Also UIs that work well for one input method generally don't work well for the next Very true. >so you need to also have adaptive UIs. For the OS, certainly. And there are some decent examples out there. For everything else... that depends entirely on your approach. And I think adaptive UI is generally the wrong one.
Personally, I run very different kinds of software on my phone than on my PC. Even the web browser is very different, with an interface so dumbed down as to be torture to use for anything
For everything else... that depends entirely on your approach. And I think adaptive UI is generally the wrong one.
Yes I mean you need a 'mobile version' and a 'desktop version', but that has its own problems.
Personally, I run very different kinds of software on my phone than on my PC. Even the web browser is very different, with an interface so dumbed down as to be torture to use for anything more than the most trivial tasks. And I wouldn't even consider using a word processor, CAD, IDE, etc,etc,etc - the phone interface is simply not suited to anything that needs more than the crudest input.
Sure but at that point I'll take my laptop with me. I don't want to be carrying my computer in my pocket but not be able to use it's capabilities without a docking station or having to carry around something like the Droid Bionic Lapdock which is effectively a laptop that's just useless unless you your phone is plugged into it. What problem would this be solving?
It seems to me the natural solution is simply to segregate the software rather than try to adapt the software interface to an unsuitable physical interface.
I think the natural solution is what we've reached no
If you have separate devices how to you sync them? Do you really trust big cloud? Do you have the chops to run your own? Do you always have a reliable net connection when you need it?
And you really don't need a special dock. The USB OTG can present as ethernet and let you RDP into it. Really you could pack pretty light and still have quite a few options.
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I don't understand why in 2020 ability to dock and connect to K&M and display is not supported by most phones.
Because people don't use it. It's been there as a feature before and it's hardly driving sales for those that support it. What workflows do you have that demonstrate the value here?
There were attempts to do just that right before Windows Phone died, but hardly anyone tried this again.
Samsung still have it, it's called Dex.
You now have enough RAM and CPU to run most desktop applications except maybe high end gaming. Why is it not done more?
Can you run all your desktop programs on it? Probably not. Also UIs that work well for one input method generally don't work well for the next so you need to also have adaptive UIs. How many examples of this done well are there?
I seem to remember Motorola had some laptop chassis thing that w
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>Also UIs that work well for one input method generally don't work well for the next
Very true.
>so you need to also have adaptive UIs.
For the OS, certainly. And there are some decent examples out there.
For everything else... that depends entirely on your approach. And I think adaptive UI is generally the wrong one.
Personally, I run very different kinds of software on my phone than on my PC. Even the web browser is very different, with an interface so dumbed down as to be torture to use for anything
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For everything else... that depends entirely on your approach. And I think adaptive UI is generally the wrong one.
Yes I mean you need a 'mobile version' and a 'desktop version', but that has its own problems.
Personally, I run very different kinds of software on my phone than on my PC. Even the web browser is very different, with an interface so dumbed down as to be torture to use for anything more than the most trivial tasks. And I wouldn't even consider using a word processor, CAD, IDE, etc,etc,etc - the phone interface is simply not suited to anything that needs more than the crudest input.
Sure but at that point I'll take my laptop with me. I don't want to be carrying my computer in my pocket but not be able to use it's capabilities without a docking station or having to carry around something like the Droid Bionic Lapdock which is effectively a laptop that's just useless unless you your phone is plugged into it. What problem would this be solving?
It seems to me the natural solution is simply to segregate the software rather than try to adapt the software interface to an unsuitable physical interface.
I think the natural solution is what we've reached no
Re:Docking smartphones (Score:2)
If you have separate devices how to you sync them? Do you really trust big cloud? Do you have the chops to run your own? Do you always have a reliable net connection when you need it?
And you really don't need a special dock. The USB OTG can present as ethernet and let you RDP into it. Really you could pack pretty light and still have quite a few options.