Do you NEED Continuum?

[Krystianpants]

I think you're selling it way short. I've got so many outdated small flat screens everywhere that putting a keyboard and a mouse to sit with them such as in my camper for instance is a no brainer. I already winterized my camper for the season but have a reason to go look at a job near there this weekend. I have left one 22 inch flat screen in the bedroom and will pack a mouse and keyboard. I will be able to do my bid for this job right there with the phone. Very nice and very useful. Microsoft just has to have a clue on how to market something like that. I find it dwarfs what my IPhone 6 plus and any Android I've had can do. Texting is especially nice on it too. Some more print drivers and I can forego just creating PDF files for print output.

Why you don't find it impressive is beyond me. When I'm driving out of town I love the idea of not worrying about a laptop left in the truck. My phone is on my side and the dock is probably not recognizable as anything of value to a thief.

Anyway... Just my take..

MG

You know I have the dock and I attached it and played with it once but now i'm back to using my pc and just use the dock to charge my phone.

Here's my problem. There are barely any UWP apps for windows 10. Games don't run on it at all. Apparently Candy crush and trivia crack are UWP but they won't let me run them. So while it may have some appeal if ALL apps were UWP, right now it's honestly useless to me. I don't use word or excel or any of the productivity suite apps. Most of the apps and things I use most frequently are not UWP. So hey, if this whole UWP business takes off then maybe things will improve. It would be nice as a portable little console if it supported xbox controller. It doesn't btw. All it supports is external hard drives and some peripherals. Why they don't throw xbox controller support in there is beyond me. It's windows 10 apparently.

 

[devicefun]

Just got notice my continuum dock is shipping today. I know there are limitations but I'm still excited to try it out.

 

[sicunder36]

For continuum to be useful.
1. Microsoft needs to make continuum available on all windows phones to make it mainstream.
2. Replace the clunky continuum box with a dock which has its own display and keyboard (or compatible with surface pro 4 keyboard) and ports. form factor with a inbuilt keyboard and track pad or let the phone screen to be used as track pad. make the screen compatible with surface pen. Asus padphone like something.
3. eliminate the need for external power supply.
4. and of course the price of the whole set up needs to be cheaper than a midrange chromebook or people will buy a real chromebook laptop instead.


but microsoft will never do that because it will directly challenge its surface line of laptops. most people just need a larger screen and full keyboard for simple typing work and documents etc mobile apps are more than enough. But if by weird chance Microsoft does offer such an accessory in future, its windows store will be flooded with apps in no time. if people can buy ipadpro then people can also buy a surface dock with a screen and a keyboard.

 

[Leslielbk]

It's replaced my fancy laptop. Don't need wifi at home, and use a giant tv screen that's easy to see. There are minor issues to resolve, sure. But the less devices I have to carry around the better. The tiny dock is better than a laptop, albeit slim and light (and expensive). And I don't want to be a spoiler, but I use the OneDrive app for production, and it's fabulous. My 950xl IS my laptop. Continuum just put it on the big screen. I'm amazed that I will sit with my phone, zooming in on what is hard to read, and I'll write legal documents, send them to a client via esign, and then watch a video on youtube. I've been using my phones as my laptop for several years now, so to me, continuum just made that easier.