![]() ![]() Air Display even lets you run Flash from your iOS device, after a fashion, as evidenced by our screenshot of us playing a Flash-based game from a browser window on the iPad.Īir Display will automatically rotate into landscape and portrait aspect ratios as well, depending on how you have your iOS device positioned. However, if you'd rather not use Air Display as an interactive display, there's an option to turn the touch input feature off. Touching the iOS device screen registers as a mouse click, so you can use it to operate apps - everything from simple buttons to painting apps. Air Display can also store apps that you'd like to keep open but don't necessarily need constant access to, such as iTunes or Calendar, or your top instant messaging app.īut more than that, Air Display lets you interact with that content. Working from a laptop? Use Air Display to store windows that you can't fit on the limited real estate of your screen. Use Photoshop or another image editing program? Air Display can store palettes and toolboxes. At least know this: it works, and it seems fine for everyday things.Air Display (opens in new tab) lets you use your iOS screen for content you'd rather not have cluttering up your computer's main display. And it doesn't exclude normal Android apps, either.ĭeX isn't stellar. Since it's running a not-Chrome-or-pure-Android environment, it doesn't always feel perfectly suited for everything I need.īut it works with enough core Google apps and functions (YouTube, Gmail, Chrome, Google Play) that it feels like everything I'd need. It's probably for the dedicated few who have recent Samsung phones and a spare HDMI-ready monitor or TV and the desk space for it, or the need for an on-the-go dock for some quick PC work with your phone. I'd still prefer to pay no less than $50, ideally. ![]() It currently costs less online, though (I've seen it for $99). I like it.Īt $150, though, it's a tough sell for just a dock that doesn't even come with a keyboard or mouse. It works! I'm still writing this review in it. Sarah Tew/CNET A likable Galaxy accessoryĪs a simple way to browse the web and do some browser-based work, DeX is fine. I then connect the dock to a TV or monitor, using HDMI and connect a regular-sized mouse and keyboard (USB or Bluetooth) to the dock and I'm ready to go.ĭeX is small enough to take on a trip, and it's also a charge dock. It retails for $150/£130/AU$199, but it can already be found online (in the US, at least) for more than a third off. Leaving my laptop behind.ĭeX is a dock that works with the Galaxy S8, S8+ and Note 8. Posting it in our browser-based content management system. I'm working in Google Docs, through my CBS corporate account. The question is, would I ever really use it over a regular computer? But so far, color me surprised: DeX works. I'm doing it with the Samsung DeX, a dock that launched earlier this year that connects to the latest Galaxy phones and turns them into desktop computers, sorta. For a few days I tried to do all my work on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8, sitting at a desk, connected to a keyboard and mouse. ![]()
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