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Bionic laptop dock?

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I ordered my Bionic last night. CANT FREAKING WAIT! And I just went to the VZW store today. (Long story why I couldn't just buy the phone there.) And I was looking at the laptop dock, and it looks pretty sweet. However I was thinking about just selling my laptop since all I use it for these days is web browsing anyway. Anybody here already have the dock or have messed with it more than I have to know if its pretty fast or if its not worth it?

Also I cant find the laptop dock online ANYWHERE. Any idea why? I was hoping to find it on ebay or something for a bit cheaper.
 
I purchased it and returned it. It had phenomenal build quality, but $300 for just a browser is a bit much. Very little room for customization right now. Maybe if it mirrored the phone in landscape or if you could add Widgets, but I purchased a net book and tether now. Additionally, the HD dock accomplishes the same interface to an external monitor at a third of the cost.
 
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I purchased it and returned it. It had phenomenal build quality, but $300 for just a browser is a bit much. Very little room for customization right now. Maybe if it mirrored the phone in landscape or if you could add Widgets, but I purchased a net book and tether now. Additionally, the HD dock accomplishes the same interface to an external monitor at a third of the cost.

It does mirror the phone display onto the screen. You can then manually change the orientation of the display and even make it full screen.

I have the $30 webtop adapter app and that's how it works.
 
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Does the HD dock use HDMI? Does it come with an adapter to DVI or anything? Also how would you hook up a keyboard?

HD Dock uses Micro HDMI.

You can buy and HDMI to DVI adapter.

Use this Cable to connect to the dock:
6inch 34AWG High Speed w/ Ethernet Micro-HDMI Male (Type D) to HDMI Female (Type A) Adapter Cable - Black - Monoprice.com

Use this adapter plugged into that cable:
HDMI Male to DVI-D Single Link Female Adapter - Monoprice.com

Then use your own DVI cable or if you need one get one from here:
Video Cables - DVI - Monoprice.com


As for a keyboard and mouse, you can use a Bluetooth or USB keyboard, and a Bluetooth or USB mouse. The dock has 3 standard sized USB ports.
 
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Thanks guys! I will probably go with the HD Dock to see how it works. But I think once the price comes down a bit on the laptop dock I might wanna go out and get that as well.


As for the thing not being around anywhere... I realize its new and all so I understand that it's not on ebay but shouldn't it be on Motorola's site? Or was it manufactured by someone else?
 
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Thanks guys! I will probably go with the HD Dock to see how it works. But I think once the price comes down a bit on the laptop dock I might wanna go out and get that as well.


As for the thing not being around anywhere... I realize its new and all so I understand that it's not on ebay but shouldn't it be on Motorola's site? Or was it manufactured by someone else?
People are aware that the lapdock price is an issue. The parts are generally good quality - is driving up price.
 
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