I don't really see the point.

Sharing data/settings already works great with the cloud.

You still get the same bulk as carrying around PC+phone.

The only reason is that maybe it's a bit cheaper because you use the same CPU for both, but the drawbacks (not being able to use both at the same time, slower proc for the PC) don't make it worth.

It's already possible to carry ~256 GB to 1 TB data on a device, MicroSD format. With a storage array (a battery of MicroSD cards), multiple TB.

Local wired (or Bluetooth) data transmission will beat the Cloud on performance, not rely on third party security, and be immune from interruptions.

I see strong potential for movement away from the cloud.

> I still think smart phones that dock and become full PC work stations would be great

The HP Elite x3 phone already does that.

http://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/tablets-243002--1/hp-elite-x3

Something like this?

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2347628/computex-as...

looks like Apple is working on something like this, based on this patent http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/03/23/apple-investigatin...

How on earth is Motorola Lapdock not prior art to that?

I think the Apple patent is mostly about using your phone as trackpad while docked.

Not seeing those either. KDE Connect (and others) already do the trackpad thing, and there's plenty of prior art for switching to a certain program when a device is connected.