I bought a Dex. How many of y'all have one?

[boltsbearsjosh]

Google Chromecast can cast your entire screen onto a TV or monitor. You can attach a keyboard and mouse, then use it like a computer.

I mean that's cool and all but that's not what this is doing. I'm not sure if you're understanding that this is a desktop experience verses screen cast. Just because you can attach a keyboard and mouse to it doesn't mean it is like a computer. I can Bluetooth my keyboard and mouse to my phone doesn't mean it becomes a computer at that point.

 

[boltsbearsjosh]

Well, I gave this thing a fair shot at about a week and a half but ultimately decided to return it to Amazon.

Honestly, I wanted to like this, I really did, and I do like the idea of it and the direction that Samsung is headed in. Unfortunately, there are very few practical reasons to own one of these at this point. While it does do a good job of replicating the desktop experience, it just feels way too much of a "beta product". I kind of feel the same way about the Gear VR, but with that I feel like its grown into being something that is sort of worth the money to have.

The main issue with the Dex isn't so much the lack of "dex optimized" apps, its the way that any app (even the dex ones) work. I HATED the fact that any time you open a link to a new page on a website that it would open up in a new window entirely (except that in Dex instead of a new window you get a second app running at the same time.) There are several other nitpicks but this one really drove me crazy.

All in all, Dex DOES work and it could be really useful down the road if Samsung even continues with it...who knows. It doesn't seem like its getting much attention so I'll be surprised if we see it again. Its got some potential though if they do pursue it...

 

[wunderbar]

I think it's worth waiting for gen 2 of this thing. I actually really like the concept, but what I truly want is a dex laptop. I don't have any use for a desktop computer style station, but give me a laptop shell that's a screen, keyboard, and trackpad and let me plug my phone into that with a dex experience and I'm sold.

 

[Almeuit]

For me it just isn't worth. I have a very powerful desktop at home so that will trump anything Dex can do.

 

[Stevenmc8602]

I think it's worth waiting for gen 2 of this thing. I actually really like the concept, but what I truly want is a dex laptop. I don't have any use for a desktop computer style station, but give me a laptop shell that's a screen, keyboard, and trackpad and let me plug my phone into that with a dex experience and I'm sold.

You're talking like Motorola did for the atrix

 

[wunderbar]

You're talking like Motorola did for the atrix

yes, except better. Phone hardware is capable of doing it now, and Samsung's dex implementation is way better than the Atrix thing was. That was basically just launching a slower, limited firefox browser.

 

[boltsbearsjosh]

I think a Dex laptop could be good. Samsung needs to market this a lot better though. The Dex right now, I didn't even know it existed until I randomly happened upon it in a YouTube video. I had never seen or heard of the thing before that