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Posted by msmash on Thursday January 02, 2020 @11:22AM from the for-what-it-is-worth dept.

Dell is trying to make its laptops more attractive to iPhone users. From a report: The Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker said on Thursday it is releasing software that will let users mirror their iPhone's screen on Dell laptops. The feature will roll out in coming months as an update to Dell's Mobile Connect software, which added similar functionality for Android handsets in 2018. The update, will also let Dell users drag photos, videos and other files from their iPhone to their PC. The software requires the download of an iPhone app and works with Dell XPS, Inspiron, Vostro and Alienware laptops running Windows 10.

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Will Apple actually let this one in the App Store? (Score:5, Insightful)

by leonbev ( 111395 ) writes: on Thursday January 02, 2020 @11:25AM (#59578844) Journal

This kinda feels like the soft of thing that Apple would frown upon. They'll probably remove it on "security" grounds, but only because they want an integration feature like that to be Mac OS X exclusive.

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- - Re: (Score:2)
    
    by fattmatt ( 1042156 ) writes:
    
    Any idea which emojis? Asking for a frend
    - - Tell that to the Chinese... (Score:2)
        
        by BAReFO0t ( 6240524 ) writes:
        
        It's what their characters are. Not judging. Okay, just a bit. :)
        Because I, for one, think, Korean-style alpha-syllabary, or GTFO! :)
        Seriously, it makes so much more sense! Look it up.
    - Sad poop emoji. (Score:2)
      
      by BAReFO0t ( 6240524 ) writes:
      
      Drunk poop emoji.
      Female drunk poop emoji.
      Ebony female drunk poop emoji.
      "Diverse" drunk poop emoji.
      General image editing Unicode plane.
      Photoshop effects special enhanced Unicode character table.
      Acoustimoji Emoji set.
      Tactile emoji set. (Includes "Gagging from swallowing poop tactile emoji" aka "Experiencing a new Unicode release emoji".)
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by Dog-Cow ( 21281 ) writes:
  
  The company behind the tech works with Apple. The functionality isn't going away. In fact, iOS 13 introduced the APIs that make it all work.
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes:
  
  Comment removed based on user account deletion
- Re: Will Apple actually let this one in the App St (Score:2)
  
  by gnasher719 ( 869701 ) writes:
  
  I honestly donâ(TM)t see Apple having a problem with this. If Apple had a generic Windows app, yes. Donâ(TM)t know how this app manages to get the screen output. It may be that iOS does voluntarily copy the screen data, and all Dell has to do is capture and display it.
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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Thursday January 02, 2020 @11:36AM (#59578904)

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- Re: Other pairings considered as well. (Score:1)
  
  by Cmdln Daco ( 1183119 ) writes:
  
  Tim doesn't drink tequila shots. A clear differentiators for people choosing a brand of laptop.
- Pairing you money ... (Score:2)
  
  by BAReFO0t ( 6240524 ) writes:
  
  ... with Dell's bank account.
Seems to be a need.. (Score:2)

by e432776 ( 4495975 ) writes:

Tight integration with iPhone keeps many on MacOS. For a while HP had something similar, called HP Phonewise [hp.com] but apparently it is not discontinued and the Microsoft Phone app [microsoft.com] is recommended. It seems that stability of these offerings might be an issues, plus I am not sure what the MS app allows on iPhone. Does anyone use this? Perhaps more useful with Android?
- Re: (Score:2)
  
  by fennec ( 936844 ) writes:
  
  With Android you can use AirDroid, it's free and work with any OS as it's web based and any Android phone.
- Re: (Score:1)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  did you just say android and useful in the same sentence?
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  by jellomizer ( 103300 ) writes:
  
  The iPhone brand is more popular then the Macintosh brand is.
  The Apple iPhone is the #1 or #2 (depending on the time of the year) selling phone. There are a lot of people with iPhones without a Mac. Especially after the iPhone was upgraded to do over the air updates. Being that iOS and iPhone development has exceeded OSX and Mac development, really means the Win PC Desktop is back in its spot.
  So they are a lot of iPhone users with PCs.
  Especially as a lot of Work Related phone Apps for for iOS and work PC'
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  by DeathElk ( 883654 ) writes:
  
  Um, there's been a plethora of apps for that for nearly ten years now. Your comment says more about your shortcomings than the devices.
Damn communists! (Score:2)

by fbobraga ( 1612783 ) writes:

Ops, my bad...
Hacking iPhone in 1 .. 2 .. 3 .. (Score:2)

by WillAffleckUW ( 858324 ) writes:

Oh, you know you could see this one coming!
By the way, nice bikini.
From MY laptop, you mean! (Score:2)

by BAReFO0t ( 6240524 ) writes:

Sincerely,
Brockerton-Lloyd-Athomba-Chewie-Kimberly Hat van Hacker
Why? (Score:2)

by cusco ( 717999 ) writes:

Why would anyone want that butt-ugly and almost useless screen layout on their laptop? Ah, you can actually get files on/off an iToy without the memory-bleeding security nightmare of iTunes? Hmm, my wife needs a new laptop anyway . . .
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  by jellomizer ( 103300 ) writes:
  
  Ascetics aside as it is a personal preference. However your phone is more portable, and being able to have a mouse, keyboard, and large monitor for some data entry, word processing, spreadsheets. Where you then can just bring the working copy with you without having to save the data and sync is handy.
apple, Yuk (Score:1)

by ACForever ( 6277156 ) writes:

Why would you want to sully a real computer by running anything to do with apple on it.
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  by Mononymous ( 6156676 ) writes:
  
  In order to print, [wikipedia.org] maybe?
And... (Score:2)

by slick7 ( 1703596 ) writes:

Who else will have access to this Chinese pos laptop? I was once given a Dull computer, it was a real nice boat anchor, but somehow I forgot to a rope to it.

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