What frustrates me about the i<thing> and smart-phone ecosystem in general is the abject lack of integration with computers and, in the case of i<things>, the lack of sensible file system access, memory card slot, f-ing cursor control, and more.
Simple example: Why can't I pop-up my iPhone X screen as a window on one of my three workstation monitors (Windows 10) and run it from my computer?
Why can't I make calls with it from my computer?
Why can't I click on a phone number on a web page in Chrome and dial it with my phone?
Why can't I type a text message from my PC keyboard and send it with the phone?
Why can't I copy and paste onto the phone?
Why can't I copy and paste an image and send it with the phone?
Why can't I do the reverse and grab things from the phone from my PC?
Why can't I access a file system transparently (other than images)?
For that matter, why can't I transfer large videos?
Why can't I use my PC headset through the PC to communicate using the phone?
I mean, the thing sits there ALL DAY, 10 to 12 hours a day, right next to my workstation. If I want to do anything with it I have to go from a full size keyboard with arrow keys and all kinds of nice things as well as a beautifully efficient trackball to typing with one finger on a small screen and using the f-ing ridiculous select-copy-paste mechanism, etc.
If I want to send someone a link from my PC I have to email it or SMS it to myself, grab the phone, disconnect it from the charge cord (because it is inconvenient to do anything with it plugged in), go to SMS, email or FB messenger, copy the link, go back to wherever I need to go to send it, paste it and click send.
It's 2020. The phone should meld into the computer with full transparent operability. Same for tablets.
BTW, this is what I was hoping Microsoft would finally bring to life with Windows Phone. I was eagerly awaiting this one killer integration. I firmly believe that would have inspired, I don't know, a billion people world-wide to adopt Windows Phone. Instead they wasted time trying to make it an iPhone killer. It didn't need to be that. All it had to do is become symbiotic with a PC in all possible ways and it would have been an absolute hit.
Here's hoping they try again. If anyone from MS is watching, call me, I know exactly what you have to build (and you guys have no clue).
An awful lot of this integration exists, between iOS devices and Macs. Windows 10 seems to be getting some better integration with Android in recent beta releases, take a look at the release notes of a recent 'Fast Ring' update.
Simple example: Why can't I pop-up my iPhone X screen as a window on one of my three workstation monitors (Windows 10) and run it from my computer?
Why can't I make calls with it from my computer?
Why can't I click on a phone number on a web page in Chrome and dial it with my phone?
Why can't I type a text message from my PC keyboard and send it with the phone?
Why can't I copy and paste onto the phone?
Why can't I copy and paste an image and send it with the phone?
Why can't I do the reverse and grab things from the phone from my PC?
Why can't I access a file system transparently (other than images)?
For that matter, why can't I transfer large videos?
Why can't I use my PC headset through the PC to communicate using the phone?
I mean, the thing sits there ALL DAY, 10 to 12 hours a day, right next to my workstation. If I want to do anything with it I have to go from a full size keyboard with arrow keys and all kinds of nice things as well as a beautifully efficient trackball to typing with one finger on a small screen and using the f-ing ridiculous select-copy-paste mechanism, etc.
If I want to send someone a link from my PC I have to email it or SMS it to myself, grab the phone, disconnect it from the charge cord (because it is inconvenient to do anything with it plugged in), go to SMS, email or FB messenger, copy the link, go back to wherever I need to go to send it, paste it and click send.
It's 2020. The phone should meld into the computer with full transparent operability. Same for tablets.
BTW, this is what I was hoping Microsoft would finally bring to life with Windows Phone. I was eagerly awaiting this one killer integration. I firmly believe that would have inspired, I don't know, a billion people world-wide to adopt Windows Phone. Instead they wasted time trying to make it an iPhone killer. It didn't need to be that. All it had to do is become symbiotic with a PC in all possible ways and it would have been an absolute hit.
Here's hoping they try again. If anyone from MS is watching, call me, I know exactly what you have to build (and you guys have no clue).