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Samsung DeX Now Runs as a Windows and macOS App

12 points by 1023bytes 7y ago

noja 7y ago
I've tried Dex and I really like the ability to run the apps on my phone on a PC (your data and credentials stay on your phone). This article is about not requiring a screen switch to your phone but using your phone apps within a window on your mac or windows session.
esturk 7y ago
I'm still waiting for the dockable phone that doubles as a PC to be viable. Motorola tried it with the Atrix but it was too ahead of it's time. I feel that we are close though. With the iPhone Ax chip being comparable to low end laptops, this is going to be a game changer.
senectus1 7y ago
anyone know where you can get a copy of this app?
compsciphd 7y ago
Years ago, I proposed using our research on Zap (https://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/zap/ https://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/zap/ - arguably the spiritual ancestor to CRIU) to create simple mobile devices (say a tablet that provided a consistent storage environment) and enable the "desktop environment" to migrate from the tablet to a more powerful PC when docked with it (and migrate back to the tablet when one wants to undock). We demonstrated it using a portable hard drive migrating desktop environments between PCs (https://systems.cs.columbia.edu/archive/pub/2006/09/highly-reliable-mobile-desktop-computing-in-your-pocket/ https://systems.cs.columbia.edu/archive/pub/2006/09/highly-r... - with the portable hard drive providing the consistent storage environment). We demonstrated being able to checkpoint a desktop (in this case with the fs as well) very quickly (http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/archive/pub/2007/10/dejaview-a-personal-virtual-computer-recorder/ http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/archive/pub/2007/10/dejaview-...) I argued that Microsoft's work on their Metro interface (i.e. UI elements introduced with win8 - the touch friendly stuff) could actually enable this model with tablet. If developers were able to write UIs for their apps that were able to switch between touch optimized modes and WIMP optimized modes (as lets be honest, they aren't the same and we haven't found anything better for desktop use as of yet than WIMP to the point that Samsung tries to make android play well in a WIMP environmnt with DeX).

12 points by 1023bytes 7y ago

noja 7y ago

I've tried Dex and I really like the ability to run the apps on my phone on a PC (your data and credentials stay on your phone). This article is about not requiring a screen switch to your phone but using your phone apps within a window on your mac or windows session.

esturk 7y ago

I'm still waiting for the dockable phone that doubles as a PC to be viable. Motorola tried it with the Atrix but it was too ahead of it's time. I feel that we are close though. With the iPhone Ax chip being comparable to low end laptops, this is going to be a game changer.

senectus1 7y ago

anyone know where you can get a copy of this app?

compsciphd 7y ago

Years ago, I proposed using our research on Zap (https://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/zap/ https://systems.cs.columbia.edu/projects/zap/ - arguably the spiritual ancestor to CRIU) to create simple mobile devices (say a tablet that provided a consistent storage environment) and enable the "desktop environment" to migrate from the tablet to a more powerful PC when docked with it (and migrate back to the tablet when one wants to undock). We demonstrated it using a portable hard drive migrating desktop environments between PCs (https://systems.cs.columbia.edu/archive/pub/2006/09/highly-reliable-mobile-desktop-computing-in-your-pocket/ https://systems.cs.columbia.edu/archive/pub/2006/09/highly-r... - with the portable hard drive providing the consistent storage environment). We demonstrated being able to checkpoint a desktop (in this case with the fs as well) very quickly (http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/archive/pub/2007/10/dejaview-a-personal-virtual-computer-recorder/ http://systems.cs.columbia.edu/archive/pub/2007/10/dejaview-...) I argued that Microsoft's work on their Metro interface (i.e. UI elements introduced with win8 - the touch friendly stuff) could actually enable this model with tablet. If developers were able to write UIs for their apps that were able to switch between touch optimized modes and WIMP optimized modes (as lets be honest, they aren't the same and we haven't found anything better for desktop use as of yet than WIMP to the point that Samsung tries to make android play well in a WIMP environmnt with DeX).