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Comment by mark_l_watson | Hacker News Reader

Very cool, but...

I think the future is our compute power in our "phones" that work with ambient peripherals (keyboards, monitors).

Could we see people move from a phone to carrying two devices? One which is quite personal (phone, social, camera, etc) and one which is a little more generic (general computing device). I'm thinking about how most people would be reluctant to let their phone out of their sight, while they could also use a general stick that allowed tasks, work, etc.

I usually have my phone in my pocket, and my Moto360 watch on my wrist. Two devices. I used to be really reluctant to let my phone out of sight but since getting the smart watch, I no longer mind because it does an absolute fantastic job at notifying me of emails, texts, and other alerts. No longer do I have to pull out my phone to check stuff etc.

I may be in the minority but it's definitely changed my habits. I feel as if it's "easier" for some reason.

The one system image idea is the next logical progression of N screens. The engineering issue is providing enough cooling to a laptop+phone when being used as a desktop/laptop... The entire dock would have to be a heatsink for folks that want to play their 3d games.

Totally, anybody aware of anybody working on this?

Surprisingly enough, it's already doable:

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-the-galaxy-nexus-as-...

You can use MHL and bluetooth keyboard and mouse for something similar today.

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