Originally Posted by Alistair
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do however still love the iPhone/iPad/Mac combo for portable computing. The cross access of content and applications is brilliant (ability to answer a call on your iPad or Mac when your iPhone is in the other room etc) among other things.

I even have a RasberryPi running some nerd things and a box using Linux now. There is hope for open systems yet.

We are actually on the Island of Elba at the moment. I'm keeping my Anglo-Saxon skin out of the midday sun and we are having a wonderful relaxed time. We weren't even sure we were going to be able to come (booked before the lockdown) but in the last few weeks things have loosened up enough but we are still taking precautions seriously.

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Anyway, to get back to the topic, I remembered that this trick was also possible with Samsung. I just tried connecting the Samsung tablet to the Samsung phone and it did work but it does seem to require a good WiFi or 4G connection to give good results. Here both are a little slow but I am sure that it would be fine at home. There may be some way of connecting via an app using Bluetooth and I believe it can be done via the Google account too. I might leave them connected for a while and see if I find it useful.

Our home VDSL modem is a Fritzbox and I can use it to make calls over the net from my mobile phone, including to the individual internal handsets. I also get notified of missed calls and voice messages on our home phone number.

Peter

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