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We want portability and uniformity.

Similar, familiar, comfortable look and feel across platforms.

The same fundamental data, applications, and generic controls at our disposal despite the medium.

A phone that can plug into a dock, and signal "dock mode" where it accepts slightly different control inputs by way of keyboard & mouse, displays on an external monitor, and possibly offers additional functionality now that it's plugged into a power source - unlock cores, activate dedicated GPU inside the unit, etc.

I believe Microsoft was operating on a similar notion in Windows 8. The way I see it, as your use case changes, the OS would adapt, capabilities change (IOS turns into Snow Leopard when docked).

Oh, I guess when I said "we", I meant "me".



"Similar, familiar, comfortable look and feel across platforms."

Then you'd better get rid of the keyboard on the computer.


I think you missed what I'm getting at. I'm talking more from a software UI/UX standpoint regardless of hardware & input extensions.




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