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[Steve Smith <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi both, thanks for filling me in.  I've found the video I saw, watch from
5:00 to 5:20:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGJXGJ6Q0Ys

Nathan, from what you say, would I be right in understanding that the
scenario imagined in the video is a dumb touchscreen rather than a tablet,
then - one which doesn't exist yet and isn't going to exist until well into
2015 at the absolute earliest?

So in summary, if I want a decent-sized tablet to use in the meantime, I'm
best off getting a Nexus 10 and either using it with Android or with Ubuntu
Touch Developer - yes?

Thanks!
Steve


On 30 July 2014 22:30, Benjamin Tegge <benjaminosm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think there is a misconception here. To my knowledge, pairing two
> hosts like you described has never been directly mentioned before.
>
> Also "docking" may be a misleading term, as it suggests that a dock or
> cradle and special connectors are required.
>
> "Convergence" or converged desktop experience is what has been shown in
> videos last year on the Nexus 4 [1][2]. Convergence gives you a full
> desktop experience when you connect standard peripheral hardware
> (monitor, keyboard, mouse) to your phone. Victor Palau is using a
> portable monitor in his video. While portable monitors and tablets may
> look similar, tablets usually have no video input functionality.
>
>
> Regards,
> Benjamin
>
> 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk9-v8Sl4yU "Ubuntu Edge: convergence
> in action (Victor Palau)"
> 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtNhlVn3ETQ "Ubuntu Edge: the software
> story (Leann Ogasawara)"
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 30.07.2014, 14:02 +0100 schrieb Steve Smith:
> > Hi all, I'm a long-time Ubuntu user and really excited to have an
> > Ubuntu phone in my hand by the end of the year.  From what I've seen,
> > you're doing an awesome job!
> >
> >
> > I've seen mention of docking a phone to a tablet (possibly on a video
> > with Mark?).  I'm guessing that it won't be something available in the
> > first public release, but when you get to it how to you anticipate it
> > working?  Would it be an actual tablet also running Ubuntu, that is
> > just synced to the storage on the phone?  Or would it be a special
> > dumb touchscreen (rather than an actual tablet) that the phone just
> > plugs into and the software continues to run on the phone itself -
> > much like docking with an external monitor?
> >
> >
> > The reason I ask is I'm looking into buying an Android tablet and
> > would like to future-proof myself for when docking becomes possible.
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Steve
>
>
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