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I recall around 2019 or so plugging an Android phone into a Dell USB C dock and it just worked. Connected to the monitor, USB keyboard and mouse, and even the e
by thesuitonym 1y ago
I recall around 2019 or so plugging an Android phone into a Dell USB C dock and it just worked. Connected to the monitor, USB keyboard and mouse, and even the ethernet port.
The only problems were that the version of Android I was running did not have windowing, so every app was full screen, and it could only drive one monitor. I guess some of the apps were also goofy on a widescreen monitor, but that's not really Android's fault.
It felt like the dream was almost there, but as time went on it was also obvious that nobody was terribly interested in making that dream a reality.
- fsflover 1y ago> I guess some of the apps were also goofy on a widescreen monitor, but that's not really Android's fault. It is the main Android's fault. It's not based on GNU/Linux, so you can only run specifically designed apps and can't run ordinary desktop apps. As such, a large screen is almost useless even if it technically works.