New Galaxy S8 Leak Suggests Samsung Vs Microsoft Battle
New Galaxy S8 Leak Suggests Samsung Vs Microsoft Battle:- The Galaxy S8 continues to tease the geekerati with the promise of new technology and new thinking about how an Android smartphone should be used. The latest leak comes through the reliable Steve Litchfield who highlights a potential new operating mode for the 2017 flagship… the Samsung Desktop Experience.
You might raise an eyebrow on why a Windows Phone site is reporting this story, but that becomes clear when you realise what Samsung’s Desktop Experience is. By allowing the Galaxy S8 to connect to a monitor, keyboard and mouse, the Android-powered handset can create a new ‘Extended Workspace’ that in effect creates a desktop environment driven by the handset.
That’s a direct play into the same space as Microsoft’s Continuum which allows a Windows 10 Mobile handset to drive a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. This replicates the Windows 10 desktop using the portable device. The pitch being that if you have a Windows 10 device you don’t need to cart a laptop as well, just a keyboard and mouse and an HDMI cable to attach a screen (such as the one in most hotel rooms).
Windows 10 Mobile does not have a huge number of advantages in the current market. Microsoft is hoping to address the app gap with a resurgence in Universal Windows Apps later in the year and a potential move to ARM chips to allow full-blown Windows 10 to run on mobile devices, but these are all for much later in 2017. The advantage now is in strong enterprise support, cloud-based apps, and the enterprise use-case leveraging Continuum.
Source:-Â http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2017/01/02/new-samsung-galaxy-s8-desktop-experience/#312053ef77c8
