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Wow. Parts of that demo really seem to be inspired from Android. The hamburger menu, the black navigation bar at the bottom, the slide out menus etc. But the p
by blinkingled 11y ago
Wow. Parts of that demo really seem to be inspired from Android. The hamburger menu, the black navigation bar at the bottom, the slide out menus etc.
But the potential really is in the Phone->PC continuum. If I can take a beefy x86 phone (Intel seems to be inching closer to that reality) running windows and use it like phone most time and then dock it onto a big screen with keyboard and mouse - that really is a killer feature. It could change things in Microsoft's favor if they manage to get the integration and hardware parts right.
(I should say that the concept is not new - Motorola tried that with the Atrix - but it was underpowered hardware, flakey software and little integration that killed it. From the looks of it Microsoft seems to be geared to address all three rather well.)
- walterbell 11y agoThis future would benefit from universal, non-proprietary docking stations, for the same reason we have standardized plugs/sockets for power, ethernet, USB, etc.
- blinkingled 11y agoYep, and Microsoft still has the clout to push OEMs to make that happen.
- vidarh 11y agoThe new USB Type C standard can provide up to 100W of power, while at the same time letting you use it to send DisplayPort (and you can connect to HDMI or DVI devices with a simple adapter) signalling. And your network connection. But with wireless charging + wireless data/display casting chances are it won't be that long before you won't need a wire for any of this most of the time.
- walterbell 11y agoThere are still some security advantages to dedicated KVM ports, compared to shared transports like wireless and USB.
- vidarh 11y agoThat may be so, but how many people do you think will care?
- walterbell 11y agoThe few with financially valuable digital assets?
- vidarh 11y agoIn my experience, the people I know with the most assets are also the most careless people I know when it comes to security (passwords includes initials + birth date, name of children, name of the family dog and similar...) That includes several quite wealthy tech founders...