Docks, VDI features make smartphones more viable mobile thin clients

Smartphones could become more common thin clients, thanks to recent advancements in mobile hardware and virtualization software, but there aren't use cases for everyone.Many vendors have taken a crack at turning smartphones into mobile thin clients, but IT shops have not widely adopted the capability because the user experience wasn't up to snuff. Remote display protocol improvements from VMware and Citrix, however, make the technology more likely to take off. Now, mobile device manufacturers are helping the cause, too, with Samsung rolling out a new dock that lets users connect its Galaxy S8 smartphone to a monitor.