A system for optimizing operations in a physical mobile device, the system being incorporated as a desktop device and the system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more machine-readable memory devices, storing thereon a program of instructions for execution by the one or more processors, to thereby configure the system to determine whether the physical mobile device is present within a predetermined physical proximity of the system, when the physical mobile device is determined to be within the predetermined physical proximity of the system, assess resources of the physical mobile device for performing one or more tasks associated with an executable application on the physical mobile device and resources of the system for performing the one or more tasks, based on the assessment, emulate one or more characteristics of the physical mobile device as a virtual mobile device on the system, when the physical mobile device is determined to be present within the predetermined proximity to the system, provide a control on a user interface supported on either the physical mobile device or the system to a user to manually transfer at least partial operation of the application from the physical mobile device to the system, the control being responsive to one of gesture, voice, or input to the user interface, expose one or more controls to the user to express preferences with regard to a transfer of operation of the application from the physical mobile device to the system, and migrate one or more tasks associated with the executable application from the physical mobile device to the virtual mobile device on the system according to one or more transfer rules. one or more processors; and one or more machine-readable memory devices, storing thereon a program of instructions for execution by the one or more processors, to thereby configure the system to determine whether the physical mobile device is present within a predetermined physical proximity of the system, when the physical mobile device is determined to be within the predetermined physical proximity of the system, assess resources of the physical mobile device for performing one or more tasks associated with an executable application on the physical mobile device and resources of the system for performing the one or more tasks, based on the assessment, emulate one or more characteristics of the physical mobile device as a virtual mobile device on the system, when the physical mobile device is determined to be present within the predetermined proximity to the system, provide a control on a user interface supported on either the physical mobile device or the system to a user to manually transfer at least partial operation of the application from the physical mobile device to the system, the control being responsive to one of gesture, voice, or input to the user interface, expose one or more controls to the user to express preferences with regard to a transfer of operation of the application from the physical mobile device to the system, and migrate one or more tasks associated with the executable application from the physical mobile device to the virtual mobile device on the system according to one or more transfer rules. <EOS>