Earlier this year, Microsoft showed off a new feature in Windows 10 Mobile that allows a person to effectively use their handset as a mini-PC, connected to any compatible display. In fact, that’s pretty much how Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore explained it: “With Continuum for phones, we believe any phone can be your PC.” You can even connect a keyboard and mouse, and when you do, the phone interface  transforms into a PC-style UI , offering you desktop-style versions of Windows Universal Apps, such as Office. Indeed, Microsoft is turning Windows 10 Mobile devices – at least, those that will initially support Continuum – into basic, ultra-portable PCs. It would be easy to dismiss Continuum as a gimmick, a cool feature that most people will use once and then never think about again. But consider the way computing is changing, and you may see things in a rather different way. Not all that long ago, most of us relied on vast, beastly machines for our computing needs – big, bulky PCs that sat...