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[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If Android lands this in a good way, I may finally switch off of iPhone. I do not need a laptop and a phone if I can just dock my phone and get my work done.

I do have a desktop at home, but I do occasionally enough need to travel and bring a laptop. It feels kind of like a waste, but a portable monitor, keyboard, and mouse would be great if I could just dock my phone and do my meetings.

Since I host meetings, tablets don’t offer enough functionality.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Carrying three separate devices (portable screen, keyboard, mouse) seems more hassle than carrying a single device (a laptop). Though it could be useful if I already have a screen, a keyboard and a mouse where I'm going.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Not so much about hassle, but cost.

Why spend $1000 on a phone and $1000 on a laptop when just one would do.

https://nexdock.com/order-nexdock/

Devices like this would solve the problem of carrying a screen and keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

One can have a laptop-form dock station. Or something like.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

With DEX you can use your phone as a touchpad.