Well, that would be nice, honestly - to have Android as another option for desktop OS.
I remember there were some experiments to create a hardware laptop shell to insert smartphone into.
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#72This looks like it will help a lot of students and families who are on a budget. If you can just plug your phone into a screen you do not need to buy a separate laptop anymore. The browser extensions are the most important part because that is what makes a computer useful. I am glad to see they are thinking about this.
How will this succeed where the Motorola Atrix failed way back in 2011?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/03/the-motorola-atrix-4...
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#73This looks like it will help a lot of students and families who are on a budget. If you can just plug your phone into a screen you do not need to buy a separate laptop anymore. The browser extensions are the most important part because that is what makes a computer useful. I am glad to see they are thinking about this.
How will this succeed where the Motorola Atrix failed way back in 2011? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/03/the-motorola-atrix-4...
How as adoption been for Samsung's DEX?
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#74Is this going to mean ChromeOS is going to eventually die or be merged with Android? Curious.
It appears ChromeOS is being killed and they're porting much of its feature set into Android. This may be marketed as "ChromeOS", with identical functionality, and consumers won't be none the wiser.
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#75Well, that would be nice, honestly - to have Android as another option for desktop OS. I remember there were some experiments to create a hardware laptop shell to insert smartphone into.
Yep, it is called a "lapdock" now.
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#76This looks like it will help a lot of students and families who are on a budget. If you can just plug your phone into a screen you do not need to buy a separate laptop anymore. The browser extensions are the most important part because that is what makes a computer useful. I am glad to see they are thinking about this.
Android Chrome not having extensions is just a build option toggle. It doesn't have extensions because Google doesn't want it to, not for technical reasons.
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#77If it comes with fully functional command line, unix utils and ability to install linux apps from different stores, that would be great OS.
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#78The Chrome Extensions support is the interesting part here. That's often the dealbreaker for using mobile devices as computer replacements.
Google's had this weird situation where Android and ChromeOS overlap more every year. At some point maintaining two operating systems with converging feature sets seems wasteful.
My guess: ChromeOS probably survives for the education market where manageability matters more than capabilities. But for consumers? Android on a big screen with keyboard and mouse might just be good enough.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
How will this succeed where the Motorola Atrix failed way back in 2011? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/03/the-motorola-atrix-4...
How as adoption been for Samsung's DEX?
I've only used it when I'm in a pinch but it's handy. Blowing up mobile apps to a larger screen and multitasking isn't ideal certainly but I've been able to handle "email job" type activities while out of pocket. That said I've never heard of anyone else who's actually used it.
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#80I wonder what gogole's strategy with fuchsia is going to be.