Nex Computer, a company that makes hardware designed to turn your phone into a laptop, is working on something new: the ...

NexPhone wants one handset to cover Android, Debian Linux, and a Windows 11 cloud PC workflow. The idea hinges on docking, but the Windows service details still aren’t pinned down.

Nex Computer has been making NexDock “lapdocks” for more than a decade—a laptop shell powered by a smartphone, using software ...

For smartphone users looking for a desktop replacement, the NexPhone wants to offer a choice of three popular operating systems. In addition to desktop support for Android, Linux Debian, and Windows ...

The Android phone that you carry in your pocket is basically a small computer running Linux. So why is it so hard to get to a usable Linux environment on your phone? If you could run Linux, you could ...

A Californian start-up is continuing what Microsoft could not. Nex is bringing Windows to smartphones — including support for external monitors.

Qualcomm claims that my Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus' Snapdragon 8 Elite CPU is faster than the Intel Core Ultra 288V chip. My smartphone also has 12GB of RAM and 512GB of solid-state storage. In short, it ...

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...

Android is the world’s most beloved consumer operating system (OS), powering billions of smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and other gadgets all around the globe. While there are many other popular ...

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necessarily ...

Nex Computer recently introduced the NexPhone, a handset that can reportedly support three different operating systems. With it, users can carry around a single phone and ...

NexDock announces NexPhone, a rugged smartphone running Windows 11, Android, and Linux, priced at $549 and launching in 2026.