Upon its announcement alongside the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, Samsung's DeX platform all but seemed promising. Basically a spitting image of Microsoft's Windows Continuum schtick, DeX turns a Galaxy S8 ...

The Samsung DeX smartphone dock will soon be a bit more capable thanks to upcoming support for the Linux on Galaxy app. The application brings the Linux computing experience to mobile, and with Dex ...

Samsung has revealed its first tri-fold phone, and it runs the Korean giant’s DeX desktop environment without the need for an ...

The phone as computer companion—or outright replacement—is an idea as old as the smartphone itself. And with today's faster mobile processors, higher local storage levels and direct access to ...

The personal assistant and ability to use the phone like a desktop computer may be what sets this new phone line apart...if they work. All of these are intriguing concepts—but they still come with big ...

The whole turn-your-phone-into-a-desktop-PC concept isn't quite dead after all. When Microsoft tried to turn your phone into a desktop PC with Continuum, it ultimately failed because, well, Windows 10 ...

The idea of powering your workstation with your smartphone is something that feels like it was ripped out of a TV show, but with our powerful smartphones today, it’s something that is very much ...

The idea of using a phone as a dedicated computer, whereby connecting it to a computer and the phone somehow morphs into a desktop-caliber operating system and device is a pipe dream. Or is it?

The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus might be more known for their near bezel-less designs, but one feature that isn’t nearly as talked about is Samsung DeX, which turns the phone into pseudo-desktops.

My family's first computer was a boxy, squat Tatung with an AMD K2, a handful of RAM and a 4GB hard drive. It was ugly and slow, even by 1998 standards, but it (somehow) got the job done. The decade ...

Samsung's DeX Station is pitched as a way to turn your phone into a desktop computer. Add a keyboard, mouse and monitor to the puck-shaped device and you get access to a desktop version of Android ...