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I mean, if you have a keyboard & monitor handy, how hard is it to have a PC too? If your phone supports use as a full computer, then the need for a PC is obvia
by rufugee 13y ago
I mean, if you have a keyboard & monitor handy, how hard is it to have a PC too?
If your phone supports use as a full computer, then the need for a PC is obviated. In my case, I have roughly 3500 employees, of which approximately 2000 have computers. Almost all of them carry smart phones. I envision a future state where those smart phones are also their PCs...they become more mobile and can easily access their data at any of our locations and I've just cut 2000 computers out of my budget. Sure, an Ubuntu desktop won't work for all, but it would work for many of our staff...70% of what we do is web-based already.
- daliusd 13y agoI just wonder why aren't you investigating existing smartphones for that. Many of them already have HDMI connection, multi core processors and can be connected with bluetooth keyboard. The software most probably will not be problem with Android (not sure about other OSes).
- Brakenshire 13y agoYou'd need a fully fledged desktop to make it work. Is there a project like that in existence which you could just install on a random smartphone? I haven't heard of one.
- daliusd 13y agoI guess there is no but my question is do we really need one?
- spudlyo 13y agoIn my view, none of the Operating Systems available on current phones are suitable for the kind of desktop work I do. This is an actual Linux based phone, not just a Linux kernel with a VM that runs some phone apps. As a Linux hacker I feel like I could do quite a lot with this phone.
- daliusd 13y agoIt is not suitable for me as well as I'm developer but there are many people who need spreadsheet software, browser and that's all.