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Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone

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Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone

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Post by xrisk »

LeoNatan25 wrote: post #2

“Maru is a new kind of computing experience.” Is it? This type of “All Your PC Are Belong To Phone” type of fads have been attempted (and so far, miserably failed) for many, many years now. Looking at the website, I see little reason why this should succeed where others have failed.

It’s an OS for your phone that becomes a proper desktop OS if you plug in a monitor, mouse, keyboard etc.

I don’t think this has been done before, or maybe I’m just hopelessly unaware?

Either way, I think it’s quite interesting.

Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone

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Post by cwyers »

xrisk wrote: post #11
LeoNatan25 wrote: post #2

“Maru is a new kind of computing experience.” Is it? This type of “All Your PC Are Belong To Phone” type of fads have been attempted (and so far, miserably failed) for many, many years now. Looking at the website, I see little reason why this should succeed where others have failed.

It’s an OS for your phone that becomes a proper desktop OS if you plug in a monitor, mouse, keyboard etc. I don’t think this has been done before, or maybe I’m just hopelessly unaware? Either way, I think it’s quite interesting.

Motorola Atrix, Ubuntu Phone, Windows Phone 10 has Continuum. It's been tried before.

Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone

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Post by AltDelete »

Windows mobile has had a similar feature for a while, but you know, windows. I've thought for a while that this is ultimately the way computing is moving - single device that fits in your pocket. I love my laptop, but there is no substituting the portability of a smart phone that seamlessly syncs with panels at home and at work.
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