With the given picture you can see VSCode in action as a Python IDE and Terminus with a local shell. If needed, you may even use Microsoft Remote Desktop or VNC for UI related content. Keep in mind that you may still execute other things via SSH. Is it usable for DevOp related tasks? Definitely! With Microsoft Visual Studio Code, multiple browser instances and Terminus for SSH management you may get solved the most of your stuff. Therefore, you still have to use the file picker all time. Unfortunately, it’s still impossible to drag files like pictures directly to an app like Word or a browser. While you can almost work like on a regular desktop, you may still encounter a big issues – the lack of drag and drop. Next to this, you can even browse the web for research or blog at the same time. You can open multiple windows of Microsoft Office or Google Office at the same time. With DEX you can finally work without any further issues on your documents. This gives you the most flexibility and is up to you what you prefer. ![]() If needed, you can connect your display without cables when Miracast is supported (many TVs support this). If you’re unlucky with cables you may even connect you keyboard and mouse via Bluetooth. Just like a notebook you may connect your phone with USB-C to any dock or hub where you can directly make use of an attached keyboard, mouse and display. Whole video editing and encoding is possible on smartphones and even if you get bored, you may still play triple A games via xCloud, Stadia or Shadow. We can just run the apps on our smartphone, we can use remote controlling apps like SSH, VNC or Remote Desktop. With already 16GBs of RAM we already have more RAM than the most today’s casual notebooks. We can search for information, write documentation, work on shell and watch videos on YouTube or Netflix at the same time. With the new improvements we can just spawn the browser multiple times to have a real multi app desktop feeling. Some years later Samsung DEX improved and beside this, we have a new hybrid device of smartphone and tablet. Next to this, I was able to use DRM related apps like Netflix and a window manager with snapping and basic shortcuts. This was the first time I was able to use a WQHD resolution where everything looked smooth and sharp. ![]() With the begging of the Samsung S10 I made my first steps on Samsung DEX and I was blown away. Most Android apps weren’t able to scale, many DRM apps stopped working and gave no further output and only full HD resolution made me cry. ![]() Some years later I tried again with Huawei’s Easy Projection that was something like a desktop. This was my first approach – and a huge mistake. Unfortunately, too less apps were optimized for the ARM platform as well as the overall quality wasn’t that good. Microsoft already did a great job when the first Lumia devices where released where you were able to use it in a desktop mode with the desktop Dock. Why? Well, there were just too many issues that stopped me from replacing my desktop with a smartphone. In the past I already played around with several phones that could do this but none of them did it well. Within your regular usage you may just use it as a regular smartphone, later in the evening as a tablet on your couch or bed and when it comes to productivity – you can really use it as a full desktop replacement! Smartphone, tablet and desktop in a single device? Yes, that’s really possible! I ever dreamed for a device that could be a smartphone, tablet and desktop in a single device – one device to rule them all! In 2021 this finally came true with Samsung’s new Fold device.
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