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I think you read this too literally. I want a device which acts like a phone in my pocket and acts like a desktop when plugged into a screen/mouse/keyboard. The

I think you read this too literally. I want a device which acts like a phone in my pocket and acts like a desktop when plugged into a screen/mouse/keyboard. The perfect unison of essentials like ride-sharing with the ability to do serious work. It doesn't have to be /e/.

thawaway1837 7y ago
Isn’t that basically Samsung Dex
- roywiggins 7y ago
  Yes, Dex can more or less do this. I didn't realize my Samsung phone could do it for six months after I bought it, so maybe it's not well advertised. It does work, but I haven't tried to get actual work done with it.
  - misterti 7y ago
    I have, but it doesn't work out or i haven't found adequate tools for my programmer's task. Most of the apps can't be full screen, fortunately there is dexmax app to fix this. Overall experience for some serious work is not good, but for surfing it's fine. I succesfully used rdp to connect to my desktop computer :)
- pjmlp 7y ago
  Samsung Dex is dead, the project was canceled.
  - roywiggins 7y ago
    The Samsung/Ubuntu project is dead, but Dex seems to be going okay, they just rolled it out to the Fold. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-finally-adds-DeX-support-to-Galaxy-Fold-with-November-security-patch.448639.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-finally-adds-DeX-suppo... Android 10 can apparently be coaxed into something like a desktop experience if you have the right phone. It's at least possible Android 11 will have a proper desktop mode built in, but I suppose I'm not holding my breath. https://www.xda-developers.com/make-android-10-desktop-mode-useful/ https://www.xda-developers.com/make-android-10-desktop-mode-...
SyneRyder 7y ago
As others have suggested, Samsung DeX does this. I was forced to use it for a while when my laptop was broken. My older Galaxy S8 required buying a DeX Station to make it work, but that includes some USB ports that let me plug in external hard drives and even my Focusrite Scarlett audio interface for connecting my studio speakers. I used Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but it also worked with USB. For simple HTML editing I ended up using an app called Quoda, the closest I could find to Panic's Coda with an integrated editor and FTP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.henrythompson.quoda https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.henrythomp... DeX isn't something I've used long term, partly because I can't use it in a cafe (there's no laptop DeX form factor), and mostly because much of my work requires Windows software. But I was still very impressed at how much I could get done. For some people it would easily be all they need.
- pjmlp 7y ago
  Samsung DeX is no more, Samsung has decided it wasn't worth the trouble. https://9to5google.com/2019/10/18/samsung-discontinues-linux-on-dex-program-removing-support-w-android-10/ https://9to5google.com/2019/10/18/samsung-discontinues-linux...
  - SyneRyder 7y ago
    Linux On DeX was something different. It was a way to run a virtualised Linux distribution on Samsung phones. DeX is still around and lets you run Android as a full desktop environment by plugging your phone into an HDMI screen. https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/ https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/

thawaway1837 7y ago

Isn’t that basically Samsung Dex

roywiggins 7y ago
Yes, Dex can more or less do this. I didn't realize my Samsung phone could do it for six months after I bought it, so maybe it's not well advertised. It does work, but I haven't tried to get actual work done with it.
- misterti 7y ago
  I have, but it doesn't work out or i haven't found adequate tools for my programmer's task. Most of the apps can't be full screen, fortunately there is dexmax app to fix this. Overall experience for some serious work is not good, but for surfing it's fine. I succesfully used rdp to connect to my desktop computer :)
pjmlp 7y ago
Samsung Dex is dead, the project was canceled.
- roywiggins 7y ago
  The Samsung/Ubuntu project is dead, but Dex seems to be going okay, they just rolled it out to the Fold. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-finally-adds-DeX-support-to-Galaxy-Fold-with-November-security-patch.448639.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-finally-adds-DeX-suppo... Android 10 can apparently be coaxed into something like a desktop experience if you have the right phone. It's at least possible Android 11 will have a proper desktop mode built in, but I suppose I'm not holding my breath. https://www.xda-developers.com/make-android-10-desktop-mode-useful/ https://www.xda-developers.com/make-android-10-desktop-mode-...

SyneRyder 7y ago

As others have suggested, Samsung DeX does this. I was forced to use it for a while when my laptop was broken. My older Galaxy S8 required buying a DeX Station to make it work, but that includes some USB ports that let me plug in external hard drives and even my Focusrite Scarlett audio interface for connecting my studio speakers. I used Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but it also worked with USB. For simple HTML editing I ended up using an app called Quoda, the closest I could find to Panic's Coda with an integrated editor and FTP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.henrythompson.quoda https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.henrythomp... DeX isn't something I've used long term, partly because I can't use it in a cafe (there's no laptop DeX form factor), and mostly because much of my work requires Windows software. But I was still very impressed at how much I could get done. For some people it would easily be all they need.

pjmlp 7y ago
Samsung DeX is no more, Samsung has decided it wasn't worth the trouble. https://9to5google.com/2019/10/18/samsung-discontinues-linux-on-dex-program-removing-support-w-android-10/ https://9to5google.com/2019/10/18/samsung-discontinues-linux...
- SyneRyder 7y ago
  Linux On DeX was something different. It was a way to run a virtualised Linux distribution on Samsung phones. DeX is still around and lets you run Android as a full desktop environment by plugging your phone into an HDMI screen. https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/ https://www.samsung.com/us/explore/dex/