<story><title>NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop</title><url>https://nexdock.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>segasaturn</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve seen these before and I always loved the idea of &amp;quot;convergence&amp;quot; even though its never been successful. I remember in at least 2013 when the Ubuntu Edge had a convergence feature that would blow your phone up into a (very slow) desktop PC over DisplayPort that you would then control via the phone touch screen [1].&lt;p&gt;I suspect the reason that mobile convergence hasn&amp;#x27;t been successful is that people like owning multiple devices that fit the mood you are in. My phone is for social stuff, my tablet is for entertainment stuff and my laptop is for work stuff. The thought of cramming all of those head-spaces into one device feels stressful, like putting all my eggs into one basket. I&amp;#x27;m always very happy when I hear about updates to DeX or new convergence docks though&lt;p&gt;1:&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;bk9-v8Sl4yU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;bk9-v8Sl4yU&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gumby</author><text>A scooter, motorcycle, car, and delivery van all serve different purposes, though there is a little crossover between each stage.&lt;p&gt;The same is true about these devices: yes, in a pinch you can grab that document and search for something but really when editing it you want not just a keyboard and larger display, but a bit more horsepower and different apps.&lt;p&gt;So I use to think a fancy dock like this would be good, but their continued failure has taught me a lot.</text></comment>
<story><title>NexDock turns your smartphone into a laptop</title><url>https://nexdock.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>segasaturn</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve seen these before and I always loved the idea of &amp;quot;convergence&amp;quot; even though its never been successful. I remember in at least 2013 when the Ubuntu Edge had a convergence feature that would blow your phone up into a (very slow) desktop PC over DisplayPort that you would then control via the phone touch screen [1].&lt;p&gt;I suspect the reason that mobile convergence hasn&amp;#x27;t been successful is that people like owning multiple devices that fit the mood you are in. My phone is for social stuff, my tablet is for entertainment stuff and my laptop is for work stuff. The thought of cramming all of those head-spaces into one device feels stressful, like putting all my eggs into one basket. I&amp;#x27;m always very happy when I hear about updates to DeX or new convergence docks though&lt;p&gt;1:&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;bk9-v8Sl4yU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;bk9-v8Sl4yU&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lmm</author><text>&amp;gt; I suspect the reason that mobile convergence hasn&amp;#x27;t been successful is that people like owning multiple devices that fit the mood you are in. My phone is for social stuff, my tablet is for entertainment stuff and my laptop is for work stuff.&lt;p&gt;Nah, I used to think the same thing about desktop vs laptop but turns out once laptops got good enough to be a true desktop replacement it was much better to just have one device. Phones aren&amp;#x27;t there yet, even if the raw processor speed numbers suggest they should be.</text></comment>