Windows Phone tried this as well with Continuum. It was around 2015 if I remember right, so a couple years after Ubuntu Edge raised the idea, but it did work we

Windows Phone tried this as well with Continuum. It was around 2015 if I remember right, so a couple years after Ubuntu Edge raised the idea, but it did work well from what I saw. It wasn't a finished product, given time and investment it could have been a pretty slick setup for basic tasks.