{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/23eb0e33-6c3e-4eb0-8b38-a045362b2e72/0dd18645-2e2a-4f8b-8b37-0cd7bd6229dd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Samsung DeX - can your smartphone replace your desktop?","description":"<p>One device for everything. Can it be done yet? Will it ever really happen? It's such a perennial question as we continue to iterate through the smartphone era. As screen sizes and interfaces change. As the processing power falls into step with laptops. As peripheral and add-on screen options make it easier to adapt to the needs of any given environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Samsung's recent smartphones - Galaxy S8 through the latest Note 9 - offer us the DeX system for plugging your phone into a screen, keyboard and mouse at a desk - turning the handset into a full-fledged ChromeOS style experience.</p><p><br></p><p>Does it work? I spent a few days using it as my desktop replacement to find out.</p><p><br></p><p>Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus</p><p><br></p><p>Email us: jetpacks@byteside.com</p><p><br></p><p>Check out all shows from Byteside at byteside.com</p>","author_name":"Byteside"}