This $99 device can turn your smartphone into a full-fledged laptop ;
For years, consumer tech companies have dreamed of convergence - that is, the idea of one device being the nexus of all your computing needs. Basically, they've tried really hard to have you buy a smartphone (the computer you carry in your pocket) that can also be your laptop (the computer you use at home). Microsoft has been the most visible proponent of this idea in recent months; its Continuum feature allows Windows Phones to run a lightweight version of Windows 10 when plugged into a display dock. The problem, in a nutshell, is that nobody buys Windows Phones. Before Microsoft, there was Ubuntu. It's long struggled to gain traction with similar promises, dating all the way back to its failed Edge project in 2013. Before that , there was Motorola. Its Atrix phone worked the same way, but its laptop dock cost $500 , the software you used with it was half-baked, and the phone was only "strong" by 2011's standards. Again, few people cared.