Ian WilliamsonSep 1, 2023

. @viticci gets it.

“Your phone is your computer already, but what if it could be your computer computer?”

https://mastodon.online/@tuckerjj/110952550985915441

#DeX #iPhone

Ian Williamson (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] Exactly. Nearly all the elements are already in place in iOS 17 with the improvements to stage manager and external webcam support.

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Show threadIan WilliamsonSep 14, 2023

The macrumorati get it.

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/13/all-iphone-15-models-support-displayport/

All iPhone 15 Models Support DisplayPort for Up to 4K HDR Video Output to External Display

The new iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max all support DisplayPort for up to 4K HDR video mirroring and video output to...

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Show threadIan WilliamsonSep 14, 2023
Hopefully next year is the year that “clamshell mode” is announced for iPad OS at WWDC ‘24 (because removing reliance on the “main” display is the last piece of this puzzle), the iPhone 16 Pro gets Thunderbolt, and either then, or at WWDC ‘25 Stage Manager comes to iPhone.
Show threadIan WilliamsonNov 28, 2023
The commenters on this thread get it https://mastodon.social/@gruber/111483874529300444
Show threadLionelBNov 28, 2023

@tuckerjj

Ubuntu Touch does that natively.

Show threadIan WilliamsonNov 28, 2023
@lionelb Looks cool. What’s the best phone to run that on?
Show threadLionelB

@tuckerjj

Fairphone 4 is chunky but optimised.

Otherwise Pixel 3a.

Nov 28, 2023 at 6:01pmWeb
Show threadIan WilliamsonNov 28, 2023
@lionelb Awesome, thanks for the tip.
Show threadLionelBNov 28, 2023

@tuckerjj

It is Linux heavily modified for mobile use. To run mainstream Linux applications you use a container called Libertine. A battery drain but okay if you allow for that.