Future Androids may let you dock them and use them as a desktop – as standard
  • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    3 months ago

    Ive never really understood the appeal of desktop modes like this or Dex, like, whenever i am somewhere with a keyboard, a mouse, a monitor with some cables, the likelyhood of there already being a fully working computer are very high, and the chances that the computer works better at what I want to achieve are much higher than my dinky phone with phone apps on it

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Because this pocket computer is your enclave, with your data, and settings. You don’t have to login to someone else’s computer.

    • ValenThyme@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      i’m doing school on a samsung tablet and a lot of stuff just works nicer with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse in dex especially web based tests.

      So i tend to read and do forum posts with it as a tablet and then for online classes and tests i pull out the keyboard and mouse.

    • Quack Doc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I use it a lot, I keep a little dock with me and a small bluetooth mouse and keyboard, when I’m typing on the go, I can just plug in when I come home and everything is there.

      exact same thing with my emulators. I can also chroot into arch and get a full blown desktop environment if needed

    • shalva97@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      because they are powerful. Maybe your phone is slow. My phone can run games at 144fps and does not need to have active cooler, but PC runs at 60C and needs active cooling for a simple YouTube video

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    i use dex but if they can find a way to let this desktop mode work with 3rd party launchers unlike dex it’ll be welcome