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Originally Posted by mogui
Convergence: I have used my netbooks as desktops by docking them to USB storage, keyboard and mouse and then adding a nice monitor. My needs for high powered computing are not great and this compination is satisfactory. When I travel, I often buy the docking stuff at my destination if I will be there for more than a few weeks. Of course I carry my storage.
Now I see companies are making docks for smartphones. The newest Droid phone by Google, the Nexus, has a dock too. Maybe, as a bluetooth device, it will not provide a lot of connectivity, but the idea is good. Here is a 1 GHz computing device that can turn into a desktop machine -- sort of. I welcome the development of this idea. I would really like to carry my computer around in my pocket, then expand it on my desktop. Convergence convergence  |
Unfortunately, companies are moving in the opposite direction. It used to be easy to turn a phone into a computer. A phone I bought 3 years ago has USB host function (I can plug in USB thumb drives and keyboards) but all the newer ones, except the Toshiba G01, don't support that anymore. The same with bluetooth keyboards. Though I must say, that both physical and virtual keyboards have improved a lot. But only with an external keyboard and TV or VGA out can you use an external display device.