Comments on: The smartphone that turns into a PC—almost https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/07/29/motorolas-photon-4g-turns-pc/ Making sense of gadgets and technology Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:34:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: What is HDMI? (glossary) | here's the thing https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/07/29/motorolas-photon-4g-turns-pc/#comment-254 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:34:50 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2369#comment-254 […] (or type “C”) plugs that you’ll find on certain high-end smartphones (like this one) capable of “mirroring” their displays on an HDTV […]

]]> By: Ben Patterson https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/07/29/motorolas-photon-4g-turns-pc/#comment-242 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:46:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2369#comment-242 In reply to matt.

Nope, pretty sure no NFC (short for “Near Field Communications,” a requirement for those new tap-to-pay systems like Google Wallet). 

Still, it was pretty neat being able to use Google Docs on my TV, all through the Photon and its TV dock. Definitely a glimpse into the future.

]]> By: matt https://heresthethingblog.com/2011/07/29/motorolas-photon-4g-turns-pc/#comment-241 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:40:00 +0000 http://heresthethingblog.com/?p=2369#comment-241 Do you know if this has a NFC chip?  I really like the idea of having a “computer in my pocket.”  And when I can ditch my computer AND wallet at home and still have everything I need it’s going to be sweet.

A better UI to the filesystem would be nice.  But then again, when all computing is done in the cloud, not much need for local storage…  I really like where this is going.

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