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We want portability and uniformity. Similar, familiar, comfortable look and feel across platforms. The same fundamental data, applications, and generic controls at our disposal despite the medium. A phone that can plug into a dock, and signal "dock mode" where it accepts slightly different control inputs by way of keyboard & mouse, displays on an external monitor, and possibly offers additional functionality now that it's plugged into a power source - unlock cores, activate dedicated GPU inside the unit, etc. I believe Microsoft was operating on a similar notion in Windows 8. The way I see it, as your use case changes, the OS would adapt, capabilities change (IOS turns into Snow Leopard when docked). Oh, I guess when I said "we", I meant "me". |
Then you'd better get rid of the keyboard on the computer.