Samsung is creating an insane (and genius) notebook-phablet hybrid

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Samsung has proven time and time again that it’s not afraid to experiment, and that doesn’t look to be changing anytime soon. A newly revealed patent indicates that the company is working on a new hybrid device that runs on two operating systems. The way it works is that, in its smartphone form, something like the Galaxy Note would run on Android, but when connected to a special dock accessory, the device would switch over to Windows and essentially become a notebook. This implies that future Samsung smartphones will be powerful enough to rival full laptops.

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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office revealed a Samsung patent application this week relating to an all-new dual OS operating system hybrid device. A Samsung Galaxy Note, for instance, would naturally run Android when in smartphone mode. When the Note smartphone is docked inside a notebook-like shell companion component, it would automatically switch to running the Windows operating system, such as Windows 10. This could be a sign marking a huge new move into the enterprise space where Apple is currently winning handily. Such a move by Samsung could mark an interesting development. It could be seen as a direct first-step attempt in challenging Apple’s iPhone and iPad in the enterprise that is now being supercharged with their new Apple + IBM MobileFirst strategy. How could that be with just a single hybrid device? It was noted first by SamMobile prior to the release of the Galaxy S6 that the new smartphone would come with apps like Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, Office Mobile (with a free Office 365 subscription), and Skype. But since that time, Microsoft has begun promoting their new strategy: Mobile-First, Cloud-First computing.

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