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by teekert 1790 days ago
I do this too! I have a Logitech MX Keys, and while trying to separate work and personal devices I put my phone on my laptop stand and with 1 button I can switch the MX Keys to the iPhone and Signal/Telegram/Whatsapp/Email/Termius away.

It works for more than I would have thought but I still really miss things like alt-tab, or in general the ability to navigate the UI with a keyboard. I mean why would the win/super key not open the multitasking overview? Currently it does nothing... Also, in Termius backspace works, but not delete, and page-up/down produces a ~. Little annoyances like that are everywhere.

I also bought an MX Anywhere 3 to go with it, but it didn't switch device with the MX Master switches, a missed opportunity imho. Moreover, at the time I was still on Android and for example in MineCraft the mouse pointer would still behave as a finger that drags stuff. (I eventually returned it because I also found it too flat for a mouse.)

So there is still much be made better but the basis is there. I guess the demand is still very low. But I bet it is also a chicken/egg story waiting to be resolved. I mean, iMovie on the iPhone is super powerful but on this screen and with touch... ugh.

Now just get me a monitor that also switches with my MX Master Keys switch keys to a larger view of my Phone and we've got ourselves a (partial because I love Linux, and yeah I was so looking forward to that Ubuntu Phone Convergence thing) laptop killer.