Motorola was one of the first companies to introduce an Android phone that you could also use as a pseudo laptop. But the Motorola Atrix 4G and its WebTop laptop dock were a short-lived experiment (although the lapdock found new life as folks used it with Raspberry Pi devices and other mini PCs). Maybe nobody […]
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Lilbits 379: Lenovo’s USB-C bug, LG’s desktop mode, and Linux phones
Sometimes I like to tweet links to well written articles on other tech news sites rather than re-write the news for Liliputing. And sometimes I like to roundup some of those recent Tweets into a blog post so that folks who don’t follow us on Twitter or Facebook don’t feel left out. With that in […]
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Android Q has a desktop mode
Now that the first Android Q beta is here, folks are starting to poke around and see what it can do. Google highlighted some key features related to foldable and multi-screen devices, privacy, and support for new file types. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There’s also a new Files app, a new […]
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Miraxess wants to turn your Android phone into a desktop PC
French startup Miraxess plans to begin shipping its Mirabook laptop dock for smartphones in March, 2018. It’s a device that looks like a laptop, but which is powered by your smartphone, giving you a way to use a touchpad, keyboard, and display. But now Miraxess is introducing another way to do that: Mira PC Mode […]
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Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone may support external displays with desktop mode
This may be the year that using your smartphone as if it were a desktop PC goes mainstream. Or at least that’s what a few different companies seem to be hoping. The makers of Remix OS have announced that they’re bringing their custom version of Android to smartphones… and supporting a feature called Singularity that […]