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"Android seems to be designed to run in "I'm an island" mode" Not at all, if anything it is more flexible, as it syncs cloud first, making what's on your phone
by mattmcknight 7y ago
"Android seems to be designed to run in "I'm an island" mode"
Not at all, if anything it is more flexible, as it syncs cloud first, making what's on your phone accessible through a browser on any device, although with numerous sync programs available on the desktop as well. Scan docs into Google Drive (or dropbox) and the file appears in a synced folder on your laptop. Photos can drop straight into Google Photos. I use Android Messages on the web, can drop a chrome app to the Mac desktop if you want, it is seamless with the phone (and Hangouts still works too). I don't have any need for a shared clipboard, (maybe I use things like Google Keep for that?), but I know you can use pushbullet or the like.
- old-gregg 7y agoThank you. Sharing files and URLs is going to work just fine. What about communicating? I tend to avoid typing on my phone, and I heavily rely on the pattern of receiving SMS or iMessage messages on the phone and replying later when I get to my laptop or answering inbound calls on my laptop. These two would be the toughest to lose. Basically, I loathe interacting with the phone if I have a laptop in front of me. An Android will probably constantly want my attention to answer texts and calls.
- mattmcknight 7y agoGoogle has jammed up messaging pretty badly, most by rolling out too many products, and not making one clear choice. I'm going to presume you would use Android Messages, unless you are already using Google Voice or Hangouts. If you use Android Messages, you can receive a message on your phone and respond via the Messages for Web web page (which I have as a Chrome desktop app on Mac).