It's heavy to carry a laptop, so I tried to work only with the iPhone.

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With monitor output and keyboard input, no need for a PC anymore?

You can output your iPhone screen via HDMI, and you can also use the keyboard

Now that the state of emergency has been lifted, I've been spending more time in the office lately. On days like that, I go to work with a notebook PC provided for telework, but I get tired of the weight of my bag while commuting.

... At the time of writing this article, 50 days have passed since the fourth state of emergency was lifted in Tokyo.

At a small company in Shinjuku where I work, each staff member is currently working remotely as much as possible. Among them, this time, I tried to do as much desk work as possible with only my smartphone in order to make my luggage lighter when I went to work.

[Highlights of this issue] Output the screen to HDMI with an adapter and print edited documents with AirPrint Connecting USB devices and SD cards

November 8 (Monday): You can work on your iPhone by mirroring the screen ?

Today, I am going out to meet with a client in the morning. When I checked my email after the meeting, there was urgent work. When I hurriedly stopped by the office, I found that my desk, which I had no plans to come to, had been used by a subcontractor. In the end, I ended up using a desk in the conference room that was vacant and working on a laptop.

Then, I suddenly remembered that the other day I mirrored the iPhone screen and displayed it on the PC monitor. Just like at that time, if you display your iPhone screen on the monitor in the conference room, you can work with just your smartphone. In other words, you don't have to carry a heavy laptop every time, right?

If you mirror in the horizontal position, you can display the smartphone screen on the full screen of the monitor. Of course, full screen display is also possible

Last time, I used a free software called "DouWan" for mirroring, but this time I want to display the smartphone screen directly on the monitor without a PC. Now, are there any good tools out there?

November 11th (Thursday): I bought a special adapter for HDMI output

Since then, I have researched various things, but I found an adapter that outputs the iPhone screen via HDMI. It seemed good to use, so I decided to purchase it immediately. Apple's genuine "Lightning - Digital AV Adapter" is a strong candidate for this kind of item, but since I found an item that interests me this time, I will order a third-party product I found online.

An adapter that is used by connecting to the Lightning connector of the iPhone. I could buy it online for less than 3000 yen

When the adapter arrived, I immediately connected it to my iPhone. Then, the iPhone screen was displayed full screen on the monitor without the need to install any apps. The characters are displayed in a fairly large size, so you can work without stress.

As soon as I checked my email, I received an inquiry about a certain project. I tried to reply to that, but the software keyboard occupies more than half of the screen in horizontal screen display. This is too disturbing.

So, when I connected my Bluetooth keyboard, the software keyboard disappeared and I was able to display the app screen on the full screen. If you only need the adapter and keyboard, you can lighten your luggage considerably. Let's go to work tomorrow and see if we can work with just an iPhone.

The software keyboard appears when I try to enter characters in the landscape orientation The software keyboard disappears when I connect my Bluetooth keyboard to my iPhone

Friday, November 12: Really iPhone Can you do desk work alone?

Today I'm going to work in the office from the morning. The manuscript I was working on was saved on OneDrive, so I opened it with the "Word" app and continued writing. Switch between Japanese and English with "Ctrl" + "Space", enter the at sign with "Shift" + "2", etc. At first, I was puzzled by the different operability of the PC, but once I got used to it, I was able to write at almost the same pace as usual.

The Word app has a simple decoration function that allows you to open and edit files saved in OneDrive. To process the accumulated expenses. Various items are described in the settlement documents. Print it on your printer. At my company, I use Fujifilm's "DocuCentre-VII C7773" multifunction machine, and since this model supports AirPrint, I can print documents without installing drivers by simply performing the print operation from the app menu. I was able to output.

If you have an application that supports AirPrint, you can print documents with simple operations

Send and receive emails, edit Office files, and print them with a printer. I was able to do such basic desk work with just my iPhone. There are inconveniences such as not being able to display multiple windows at the same time, but if you just stop by the office and do simple work, you may not need to use a PC.

November 15th (Monday): After connecting the USB keyboard and SD memory card to the iPhone...

I have a plan to work only with the iPhone, so today I will use the adapter I purchased. I think I'll give it a try. In addition to the HDMI terminal, this adapter also has two USB ports and an SD card reader, so it seems that various peripherals and recording media can be used with the iPhone.

I tried connecting the wireless connector of the USB keyboard/mouse set to the adapter

I immediately connected the keyboard and mouse set I had left over at home to the adapter. Then, the keyboard was recognized immediately, and I was able to key in characters. The Bluetooth keyboard I have is compact and good to carry around, but it is difficult to type because the keys are small, so it may be better to use a keyboard that is left over at work.

On the other hand, the mouse does not display a pointer just by connecting it, so launch the iPhone's "Settings" app. When "AssistiveTouch" is enabled, a pointer is now displayed on the screen of the iPhone. At the same time, an icon for displaying the related menu is also displayed, but since it interferes with the operation, it is better to hide it at all times.

On the screen displayed by operating "Accessibility" → "Touch" → "AssistiveTouch" in the "Settings" app, enable "AssistiveTouch" Turn off "Always show menu" and click the icon for related menu display

Continuing to insert the SD memory card used for recording with the digital camera into the adapter, the menu "Import" was displayed in the "Photo" application. If you select a photo here and operate it, it seems that you can copy the photo to the iPhone.

Personally, I wanted to use it like a photo viewer, so it would have been nice to be able to directly display the photos in the card... However, after importing, you can use it as expected, so let's say this is good. After copying the photos, a menu asking "Are you sure you want to delete the photos read from the connected camera?" was displayed on the screen. If you accidentally tap "Delete", the photo will be deleted from the card, so be careful.

The "Import" menu is displayed in the "Photos" app, and you can now copy photos from the SD memory card to your iPhone. Now I can work without much inconvenience. Carrying a laptop around makes the shoulders of the person holding the bag stiff and unavoidable, so if all you have to do is simple work, consider using an iPhone.

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