Continuum exemplifies how productivity on the go still has a long way to go

Continuum has been the main proposal that we have seen in recent times to try to conjugate coexistence between mobile and desktop operating systems under the same umbrellaIt has been the option that has offered the best results without being a panacea and it is that although having defects it has served as inspiration for other proposals.

This is how we see how Apple could be thinking of an iPhone as the heart of a future MacBook or how Samsung, less innovative and more in line with those from Redmond, will launch a dock for convert your future Samsung Galaxy S8 into a desktop system.

However, and waiting to see how these options come true, in Windows 10 Mobile there are different alternatives with which to offer these benefits. Being able to make a connection to a monitor or TV so that we can use it as if it were a PC… or at least, that is quite close to it.

Continuum is a function, a possibility, which although interesting, from Redmond and the companies with which the American company works have not known how to advertise wellContinuum is an innovative feature but it is still very green, so there is plenty of room for improvement.

This is what HP seeks to promote with its flagship phone, the HP Elite X3, which thanks to the use of the HP Workspace service allows you to virtualize Win32 applications. A service that is paid, but that can offer important functions as can be seen in the following video.Something pioneering that even improves what Microsoft has offered with the Lumia range.

Continuum progresses but needs improvement

It is true that it is a function that still offers shortcomings Some holes that Microsoft would do well to solve with the compilations that will arrive in the future, for example, making Win32 applications compatible with ARM processors and, above all, publicizing this function more, which for many continues to go unnoticed (and that in some promotions the docks for the connections are given away).

It is about converting Continuum definitively into a real alternative that can be used as if it were a regular desktop system it was treated That we can sit in front of our phone connected to the monitor and that we don't notice the limitations that the platform currently offers, especially when it comes to working with several applications simultaneously.Advertise more Continuum but also correct its deficiencies. What is clear is that Continuum stands out much more for what it can become than for what it is today

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