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Having my phone as my ultimate CPU, immediately connectable to commodity peripherals (monitor, keyboard, printers) at home, office and on the street. Content wo

Having my phone as my ultimate CPU, immediately connectable to commodity peripherals (monitor, keyboard, printers) at home, office and on the street. Content would be stored on the phone following the "local fist" principle to favor speed and security. Something like Ubuntu Edge for those who remember it, but with more local storage -- TBs maybe -- more connectivity out of the box.

arexxbifs 7y ago
I envisioned something similar around the time of the 2nd gen touch phones: just plonk your phone into a dock with keyboard, mouse and monitor. I realize now it’ll probably never happen, since the companies making the phones are the same companies that make computers.
- thu2111 7y ago
  It did happen. Samsung DeX is a desktop environment that you get when you plug your tablet or phone into a screen. It's passable but of course most Android apps aren't designed for work. They also did a Linux on DeX. You could boot Ubuntu on your Samsung phone and display it via HDMI. They stopped supporting it around Android 10 though, presumably nobody ever used it.
  - arexxbifs 7y ago
    Oh, didn’t know about that, thanks!
- freitasm 7y ago
  Huawei P20 and P30 series, Mate 20 and 30 series do this. Plug a USB-C cable to an external monitor, Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and you have a desktop like experience, with apps opening in Windows like you'd expect on a desktop. This includes a taskbar, pinned apps, resizable windows and more. No extra hardware needed.
  - arexxbifs 7y ago
    Thanks for the info, I’ve obviously not been following this close enough!
    - freitasm 7y ago
      Here's a photo of my P30 connected to a BenQ 35" curved a few months back: https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/imagessubs/3fd54a951fe50626b4d53b437e2c78f8.jpg https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/imagessubs/3fd54a951fe50626b4d53b...
      - rodolphoarruda 7y ago
        This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
fsflover 7y ago
Here you go: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
dyeje 7y ago
I talk about this all time. Our phones are strong enough, just give me a stupid terminal to plug in to for a keyboard and screen.
AndrewKemendo 7y ago
Yeah I'd love to just dock my phone into a desktop setup. Not sure why this doesn't exist for Apple/Android. It seems so obvious that they're must be Some critical flaw I'm overlooking

arexxbifs 7y ago

I envisioned something similar around the time of the 2nd gen touch phones: just plonk your phone into a dock with keyboard, mouse and monitor. I realize now it’ll probably never happen, since the companies making the phones are the same companies that make computers.

thu2111 7y ago
It did happen. Samsung DeX is a desktop environment that you get when you plug your tablet or phone into a screen. It's passable but of course most Android apps aren't designed for work. They also did a Linux on DeX. You could boot Ubuntu on your Samsung phone and display it via HDMI. They stopped supporting it around Android 10 though, presumably nobody ever used it.
- arexxbifs 7y ago
  Oh, didn’t know about that, thanks!
freitasm 7y ago
Huawei P20 and P30 series, Mate 20 and 30 series do this. Plug a USB-C cable to an external monitor, Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and you have a desktop like experience, with apps opening in Windows like you'd expect on a desktop. This includes a taskbar, pinned apps, resizable windows and more. No extra hardware needed.
- arexxbifs 7y ago
  Thanks for the info, I’ve obviously not been following this close enough!
  - freitasm 7y ago
    Here's a photo of my P30 connected to a BenQ 35" curved a few months back: https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/imagessubs/3fd54a951fe50626b4d53b437e2c78f8.jpg https://cdn.geekzone.co.nz/imagessubs/3fd54a951fe50626b4d53b...
    - rodolphoarruda 7y ago
      This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

fsflover 7y ago

Here you go: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

dyeje 7y ago

I talk about this all time. Our phones are strong enough, just give me a stupid terminal to plug in to for a keyboard and screen.

AndrewKemendo 7y ago

Yeah I'd love to just dock my phone into a desktop setup. Not sure why this doesn't exist for Apple/Android. It seems so obvious that they're must be Some critical flaw I'm overlooking