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Visit manufacturer site for details, DeX likes to work with HDMI-enabled TVs and monitors, and not use dongles, Has the age of phones-as-computers come? Will it ever come?, And do we even need it?, Of course, our phones are already powerful everyday computers, But I'm talking about the connecting-a-keyboard-and-sitting-down-at-a-desk-to-write type of computer, For a few days I tried to do all my work on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8, sitting at a desk, connected to a keyboard and mouse, I'm doing it with iphone xs / x tough grip - metallic blush/clear the Samsung DeX, a dock that launched earlier this year that connects to the latest Galaxy phones and turns them into desktop computers, sorta, In some ways, it's remarkable, In others, it's annoying, But so far, color me surprised: DeX works, The question is, would I ever really use it over a regular computer?..
I'm working in Google Docs, through my CBS corporate account. Typing this story. Editing it. Posting it in our browser-based content management system. Uploading photos from the phone. Leaving my laptop behind. DeX is a dock that works with the Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8. It retails for $150/£130/AU$199, but it can already be found online (in the US, at least) for more than a third off. The phone plugs into the dock. I then connect the dock to a TV or monitor, using HDMI and connect a regular-sized mouse and keyboard (USB or Bluetooth) to the dock and I'm ready to go.
In this case I used a wired keyboard and mouse, The TV was an old monitor in the office, DeX doesn't work with all HDMI-to-monitor dongles: an HDMI-to-DisplayPort didn't work, Samsung recommends regular HDMI for the best effect, Do you still use a desktop to work?, Using DeX feels like I'm working at a remote iphone xs / x tough grip - metallic blush/clear terminal, or a lite Chromebook-like environment, The layout of icons and settings is useful, It reminds me of a generic computer interface, but cleanly done, Android apps on the phone work, for the most part, and many look just fine on a big-screen monitor, I used Samsung's web browser, and it felt like a desktop..
The experience is pretty amazing, actually, when you think about it: I mean, here I am, doing all my work on my phone. It's happening. The future is here. I can get writing done. I can check Twitter, Slack and my email. I can basically do what I do during a day. But would I prefer working like this? My typing felt a little imperfect at times: I couldn't tell if I just had a bad keyboard or if there was slight lag. Living in Samsung's web browser was fine, mostly, but few other apps are updated to support DeX. Microsoft has DeX-optimized Office apps for Android, which is fantastic, but they require a subscription to use for writing and editing, which isn't fantastic. (Microsoft considers larger-screened Office apps to operate in a different pay zone than "mobile" ones.) I tried a funky free app called Hancom Office. I settled on Google Drive and Docs in-browser instead.
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