rlarson_mn
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Guess I do not understand your point since the LapDock uses your device to access the network no hotspot is necessary and the dock charges your device when it's attached.
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$150 Lapdock 500
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I was just wondering about the battery capability of the lapdock as a way of extending the use of the phone as a hotpot on camping trips or extended outings.
Kind of just viewing the lapdock as a big battery pack only as a comparable parameter to analyse it's value against existing battery only solutions(forgiving/ignoring it's size).
So I can say to myself the lapdock cost me $150, but I get $XX value as a battery pack alone PLUS it's other features. It's a curse of my job, always trying to quantify and develop cost/value metrics
Kind of just viewing the lapdock as a big battery pack only as a comparable parameter to analyse it's value against existing battery only solutions(forgiving/ignoring it's size).
So I can say to myself the lapdock cost me $150, but I get $XX value as a battery pack alone PLUS it's other features. It's a curse of my job, always trying to quantify and develop cost/value metrics
rlarson_mn
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That's great to know. I think there may be a key that will temporarily turn off the touch pad while doing a lot of typing on the device at least there is on my original Transformer from Asus. Glad to hear about the 4G effect on the units speed. Now to wait until it comes to my area.
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rlarson_mn
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I was just wondering about the battery capability of the lapdock as a way of extending the use of the phone as a hotpot on camping trips or extended outings.
Kind of just viewing the lapdock as a big battery pack only as a comparable parameter to analyse it's value against existing battery only solutions(forgiving/ignoring it's size).
So I can say to myself the lapdock cost me $150, but I get $XX value as a battery pack alone PLUS it's other features. It's a curse of my job, always trying to quantify and develop cost/value metrics
Now I understand what your trying to get an answer for. What I can do to help is the tonight instead of connecting my phone to the AC charger I will just insert it into the LapDock 500 Pro and see how it does as a charger.
rlarson_mn;[URL="tel:2037705" said:
I have the OG transformer and love it. I looked through the available help and didn't find any function key to disable the trackpad. It can be disabled when you use the mouse. I tried a few phone calls and it used the phones speaker and not the lapdock's speakers I am not sure if I am missing a setting to toggle the lapdock to handle the calls
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rlarson_mn
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Ed270;[URL="tel:[URL="tel:2037732" said:
your correct. Playing music from the phone listing goes through the docks speakers but a actual phone call does not. Not sure why but your correct. Your also correct about the stopping of the track pad when a mouse is connected. This is a sweat device for making sure you have a web access no matter where your at and provides a reasonable computer experience as long as you realize its android not IOS or Win7.
One more thing, by clicking and holding the left mouse button down while in the phone view window and moving left or right you get access to the next phone window, or while on the home screen click on the home screen button which shows all 5 of the screens and select one with the mouse.
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...LOLI still haven't gotten a lot of time to spend using my lapdock, but here are some first impressions:
Pros:
Weight - Very light! Much easier to carry than my old dinosaur of a laptop.
Internet Connectivity - Having access to the internet anywhere you go is great. I don't have 4G in my area, so I can't comment on it. I imagine that this thing flies on it though.
Keyboard - I love the full size keyboard. All of the function keys at the top of the keyboard are great.
Browser - A full-size browser makes reading all of my favorite websites that much easier.
Mobile View - It's great to pull up a virtual version of my phone and use all of its apps.
Neutral:
Screen - I like the size, but the screen looks a little washed out for me. HD playback seems decent.
Cons:
Construction - Being all plastic, it feels a little on the cheap size. I guess that's the tradeoff with the light weight.
Webtop Apps - I may be missing something, but the only apps I can find within the webtop itself are Firefox and a file explorer. There's an "Apps 4 Webtop" bookmark in the app tray, but all of the "apps" on the page just seem to be links to websites. For example, when you click the YouTube "app", it brings you to the website in Firefox. I'd love some type of native Office app. For now, I'm using Quickoffice Pro from my phone's mobile view expanded to full screen.
Trackpad - It can be a pain to use the trackpad, but I may just need to mess with the settings. I borrowed a friend's mouse to test it out, and it seemed to be MUCH smoother.
Overall, I like the lapdock. I don't know if I would have paid the full $300 for this, but I think that the $150 I did pay for it was worth it. The price I paid for the phone and lapdock is less than if I would have bought a netbook, and I think that this is a better experience than a netbook. I'm excited for the ICS update because I think the hardware acceleration of Android 4.0 will make this even faster.
As a side note, I wrote this mini-review on my lapdock. I would never even try to write something like this on my phone. :biggrin:
Pros:
Weight - Very light! Much easier to carry than my old dinosaur of a laptop.
Internet Connectivity - Having access to the internet anywhere you go is great. I don't have 4G in my area, so I can't comment on it. I imagine that this thing flies on it though.
Keyboard - I love the full size keyboard. All of the function keys at the top of the keyboard are great.
Browser - A full-size browser makes reading all of my favorite websites that much easier.
Mobile View - It's great to pull up a virtual version of my phone and use all of its apps.
Neutral:
Screen - I like the size, but the screen looks a little washed out for me. HD playback seems decent.
Cons:
Construction - Being all plastic, it feels a little on the cheap size. I guess that's the tradeoff with the light weight.
Webtop Apps - I may be missing something, but the only apps I can find within the webtop itself are Firefox and a file explorer. There's an "Apps 4 Webtop" bookmark in the app tray, but all of the "apps" on the page just seem to be links to websites. For example, when you click the YouTube "app", it brings you to the website in Firefox. I'd love some type of native Office app. For now, I'm using Quickoffice Pro from my phone's mobile view expanded to full screen.
Trackpad - It can be a pain to use the trackpad, but I may just need to mess with the settings. I borrowed a friend's mouse to test it out, and it seemed to be MUCH smoother.
Overall, I like the lapdock. I don't know if I would have paid the full $300 for this, but I think that the $150 I did pay for it was worth it. The price I paid for the phone and lapdock is less than if I would have bought a netbook, and I think that this is a better experience than a netbook. I'm excited for the ICS update because I think the hardware acceleration of Android 4.0 will make this even faster.
As a side note, I wrote this mini-review on my lapdock. I would never even try to write something like this on my phone. :biggrin:
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Good write-up.
Pretty much sums up my feelings. No way I could constitute $300 for it. But it is a pretty good deal at $149.
Good to hear some positive reviews. 4 business days and my order still shows processing
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Mine still showed processing as well but I noticed the Verizon site no longer has them back ordered so I called Verizon and they processed my order and it's shipping today. I'd recommend anyone who has an order stuck on back order try to call, as soon as I gave them my order number, they released for shipment. Good luck.