Samsung DeX - can your smartphone replace your desktop?
from Jetpacks Are Overrated: a technology show
One device for everything. Can it be done yet? Will it ever really happen? It's such a perennial question as we continue to iterate through the smartphone era. As screen sizes and interfaces change. As the processing power falls into step with laptops. As peripheral and add-on screen options make it easier to adapt to the needs of any given environment. Samsung's recent smartphones - Galaxy S8 through the latest Note 9 - offer us the DeX system for plugging your phone into a screen, keyboard and mouse at a desk - turning the handset into a full-fledged ChromeOS style experience. Does it work? I spent a few days using it as my desktop replacement to find out. Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus Email us: [email protected] Check out all shows from Byteside at byteside.com
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