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Are You Liking Your Laptop Dock??

I'm loving it, the browser is nice and fast enough. I also use the miren and xscope browser from the phone and works great. Once I'm done doing what I need I undock the phone and I can continue where I left of.
Wish the price was cheaper but so far its awesome.

I love the laptop dock.
Cost was not a factor for the phone and dock so that takes thie second thoughts out of the equation.
The build/fit and finish were just about perfect and feel very high end like a MacBook pro or think pad from the good old days.
The webtop experience is very useable and great for remote desktop and citrix.
Once the webtop gets more hackable it will be near perfect. I really have to keep reminding myself that this is a phone even though it has nearly the same hardware as the xoom
No regrets here.

I was going to return it today but after playing with citrix. I found some more use for it.
It definitely needs some work:
- better screen. Bad viewing angles, blacks are pretty bad.
- needs better keyboard. I find myself hitting wrong keys because the keyboard is a bit off center.
- needs a built-in 720p cam for video conferencing
- while charging the power light in the corner keeps blinking, what kind of usability genius thought of that.
- better trackpad, just take ques from unibody macbook and move on motorola. No multi-touch???
- needs to be lighter, from the tear down, this hardware is way from being optimized. Again take apart macbook air. They can definitely fit a bigger battery. Seems like a lot of unnecessary plastic.
- the phone needs to have more memory. I open 2-3 browser windows and I get a low memory warning. I would like to android to be more aware of the dock, for example killing browser process while in the dock to shift more memory to firefox.
What I love though is this and I think this is truly revolutionary, is the convergence of the cell phone with laptop. I think through combination of cloud computing and virtualization this could be the future of mobile computing.
Not to mention how cool would be to have a linux webtop vs honeycomb webtop (native no emulation).
What I am hoping is going to happen that other companies will realize that this is just an accessory and that we could have several options for laptop docks. I could see this as a huge market for enterprise customers.

I did not know that the webtop can be hacked? What have you guys hacked so far?

I'm really interested to try it out, but don't know if I can justify the expense. Like a lot of other people have concluded, I'd kind of rather a netbook of equal (or lesser) value along side my phone instead of that. If it was a tad bit cheaper or had a few more features to offer, I might be sold.

CC Lemon said:
I'm really interested to try it out, but don't know if I can justify the expense. Like a lot of other people have concluded, I'd kind of rather a netbook of equal (or lesser) value along side my phone instead of that. If it was a tad bit cheaper or had a few more features to offer, I might be sold.
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Buy it at best buy and try it for a few days. you dont like it take it back, end of story. having a netbook and atrix is like having two devices. atrix and laptop dock is like having ONE device!
If all you do in a laptop is browse the web and email, this dock is for you!

personally, I hate it. It's like working out of a Altoids tin.

JasjarMan said:
Buy it at best buy and try it for a few days. you dont like it take it back, end of story. having a netbook and atrix is like having two devices. atrix and laptop dock is like having ONE device!
If all you do in a laptop is browse the web and email, this dock is for you!
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To an extent I agree. It's like having one device in the fact that one is entirely useless without the other. So functionally, you have one device. So you have the functionality of one device, but have to carry around 2 devices and pay the price of 2 devices. I can't say I agree with the concept of paying $400 for the laptop dock that requires the phone to work when I could spend that same amount of money to get a netbook with a significantly higher level of capabilities. If I buy a netbook, I get 250 gb of memory, 2 GB ram, built in camera AND a full OS.
Basically, my complaint is: You pay more for the atrix + laptop dock to get less functionality than you could get out of a netbook that costs the same as the dock alone.
If it had the option to utilize additional ram built into the dock as well as hard drive space/flash memory for additional storage then it might be a bit more worth it. Right now, you're paying $400 for a screen, battery, dock, keyboard and track pad that all require an additional device to function.
Don't get me wrong, I love the idea and would love to own one. I have no doubt I would make good use of it. I just see no reason to buy it at that price other than having the extra money and nothing better to spend it on (and I can think of quite a few better things to spend $400 on). It really needs a lower price, more features or a mix of both.

You CAN add more memory like USB flash drives. They work just don't know many MB it will read.....

One thing what the atrix+ laptop dock wins over netbooks is its lighter and another is the battery life which is really really great on the dock and also charges the phone, About a year ago i bought a asus 1201n which is a powerful netbook which has duel core and nvidia ion 12.1in screen pretty loaded which i paid 579$ for it but the battery life sucks on it 3hours too max 4hours if you lower all the power options which makes it slower which is useless like the screen brightness.
With the laptop dock the battery seems too last forever even with the screen brightness on max lol. Hopefully they can make it a bit faster threw a update but i made it faster on browsing which i turn flash off and it ony will work when i click on the ad or video and that made it faster.
Pretty much what you paying for is the build quality metal casing which feels more solid than my 1201n netbook and the screen is also better and the keyboard i really love on the laptop dock.
I paid 299$ for it from qt&t store which was suppose too be 399 than 100$ off threw a 100 rebate but they waive it for me because i had the phone before i bought the dock. But ya for 500 or 599$ regular price that some places selling it for that's too much and i wouldn't pay that much, even at 400$ i was thinking of not getting it.
Would be nice if other company would make there netbooks build quality like this product.

Even with great build quality, I'm still running into that block of it being really expensive for not a whole lot in terms of functionality (compared to what you could get at that price). Even at $300, I feel like I'd rather a netbook of equal cost to pair with the atrix. I'd have to see the dock dropping below $250 to consider it and below $200 to actually decide for sure I want it. Honestly, I'd just love to see it offer slightly improved performance when the phone is connected. That's something I could justify.

CC Lemon said:
Even with great build quality, I'm still running into that block of it being really expensive for not a whole lot in terms of functionality (compared to what you could get at that price). Even at $300, I feel like I'd rather a netbook of equal cost to pair with the atrix. I'd have to see the dock dropping below $250 to consider it and below $200 to actually decide for sure I want it. Honestly, I'd just love to see it offer slightly improved performance when the phone is connected. That's something I could justify.
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I could see it dropping down too 250$ in the future, But under 200$ i would think maybe in couple years, Sense right now the media dock is even 99$.
But i get what you mean its just a screen keyboard and mouse and battery which was making me hard too decide if it was worth it, But mainly why i got it is so i can take it too work and don't have too worrying about plugging it in too charge anything, Which with my netbook or laptop i had too take the ac adapter and find a outlet were i am at. With this i don't have too worry about that. I also like how thin it is so i can fit it in a small sleeve or case.
I know there's netbooks out there with great battery life too but i got too many laptops/netbooks.. lol
But ya this dock isn't for everyone.
And if i wanted too sell my atrix i would sell the laptop dock too with it and i would get more than what i paid for both of them, And this dock might be universal for motos future phones hopefully that's if i buy another moto phone because so far the atrix boot loaded is lock tight still But it has ony been out like 2weeks ony.
I also hope they release updates too make the docks faster and more customizable.
One problem is i also have a galaxy tab with 3g sprint plan... lol Wish i knew about the atrix and dock before i bought the galaxy tab.. But i did get a good deal on the tab.

I definitely hope they continue this concept because it seems like it will only get more and more useful as these phones get more powerful. If it becomes available on more devices in the future, it will definitely help the pricing as we wont get suck covering the initial development/design costs.
Who's looking forward to the first "tablet dock"?

I love this laptop dock. Most of what I do on my laptop is just surf the web and watch movie, which this does both. This thing is perfect so far for what i need, it's nice being able to access the phone from it and answer text or email, full web browser and most of all close the dock pull the phone off and I have a full charge on my phone. Right now even as much as I like this thing I would never pay $500 for this, I bought the combo and even then it's a little expensive. But now having it I don't regret buying it. I hope after time goes by and other moto phones get this webtop that more applications and tweaking become available. For now, Great video quality, network printing, Complete phone access and full web browsing is pretty sweet....no to mention it looks slick.

JasjarMan said:
Buy it at best buy and try it for a few days. you dont like it take it back, end of story. having a netbook and atrix is like having two devices. atrix and laptop dock is like having ONE device!
If all you do in a laptop is browse the web and email, this dock is for you!
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you say this like its a good thing...how do you figure its like having one device? do you not have to carry both with you to use them? at least with the netbook i can still use it without my phone...

what i meant is that im using my phone while its docked. so whatever i do on the dock it SEEMS like im on a small laptop. But once i unhook the phone and later i want to access my info i say to myself " i got that info on my laptop" but than i remember its on my atrix! know what i mean?
And no I dont carry the dock around, it sits in my desk and by my bed. I work of my home.

How good is the lapdock.

Thinking about getting the Atrix or bionic. I wanted to see how pleased people are with the dock? My plan is to use it as my work laptop. Most if my work is browser based, so my first concern is how does the browser compare to a laptop browser. I do know that it is based on firefox, but is it a full browser? Second is how do people handle printing. Thanks in advance.
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I used the lapdock at work (I'm a sales consultant for bell), I did many projects and reports on it through google docs. Its ideal, good battery life but I hate the atrix. the keyboard wasn't the best but what its meant for 10/10
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Scottyedmonds said:
I used the lapdock at work (I'm a sales consultant for bell), I did many projects and reports on it through google docs. Its ideal, good battery life but I hate the atrix. the keyboard wasn't the best but what its meant for 10/10
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Curious, why do you hate the atrix?

meh ...
If you can find the dock for $100 +/- I'd say give it a try. More than that, I'd recommend skipping it.
...I have the Atrix and love it
...I also got the dock for $340 and regret it.
When docked the response is very laggy and the touchpad is especially sluggish. The firefox experience is prone to pauses and stutters as well. I haven't tried any of the hacks to see if it improves the experience.
Oh ... and AT&T requires a tethering plan to use the dock via 3G.
---Rob

if you are rooted and running GB then you can use the lapdock without tethering pan like I do. I don't print from it so I can't say for sure about that. Lapdock is very thin and convenient and charges the phone while you are surfing. I use a small USB mouse (keychain) and leave the mini dongle in the USB port all the time. Works better than hotspot and laptop imho. You can also receive and send sms with the keyboard as well. I take Bluetooth calls while surfing and use apps like Netflix.....to me it's great. Not sure if you can print from USB mass storage though.

crlowryjr said:
When docked the response is very laggy and the touchpad is especially sluggish. The firefox experience is prone to pauses and stutters as well. I haven't tried any of the hacks to see if it improves the experience.
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The touchpad can be adjusted in the settings so that it's not so slow..but otherwise invest in a Bluetooth mouse and you'll be good to go. I find the browsing to be very good actually..and considering most of the time I use it on 3g rather than wifi..it's still very fast (i've used sub $500 netbooks..and the browsing experience absolutely blows on them..unless you're used to Blackberry browsers )
I picked up an external hard drive and formated it to FAT32 and it works great..but I haven't tried a printer yet. I've got a e-printer that I use so no need for usb cables anymore anyways
The only time I really have noticed any lagginess is when i'm playing an emulator game full screen using my ps3 controller.

I think Atrix with Lapdock is really good. It can instead my pc to work with office software.
u can use openoffice for your daily office work.PPT/Word/Excel and so on.

i can plugin to the lapdock usb memorykey?

I too think ths Atrix and Lapdock combination works great for most people that use their laptops for Web stuff primarily. But even office stuff works great, specially after hacking the webtop so one can run Linux apps like OppenOffice and GIMP for example.
I spent $300 dollars on it and don't regret it. I know that's as much as an entry level laptop or average NetBook, but I really think its thinness and huge battery life more than justifies carrying it instead of my heavy and bulky 15" laptop.
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I too bought it for 300 dollars, but I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, the into experience it awesome, our at least the thought of it. I can run remote desktop for pretty much any pro gram I need. On the other hand, the performance is not add great as you would think. If more ram were allocated to the webtop mode, I think it would be much snappier, along with increased clock speed. I'm going to try using the 1.3ghz kernel later this weekend and see how much faster the dock is.
All that said, I still use it as my daily laptop for classes, and it works fine.
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I got mine refurb for $180. I think it was a good deal.
Pros:
1. Wifi printing is great if you have a networked printer.
2. Firefox is pretty good with good addon support.
3. File browser is easier to use than the one on the phone.
4. Hackability.
5. Keyboard is pretty good.
6. Battery life is AWESOME.
7. Built in Citrix Receiver. This is super awesome if you use this for any kind of work. It's easier to use my lapdock than my home PC w/VPN.
8. USB mass storage support.
9. Very light and sleek.
10. Geek factor- I get all kinds of questions from people, "What is that? I didn't know Motorola made laptops. Oh, cool!" etc.
Wishes:
1. Keyboard isn't backlit.
2. I wish it had a camera passthrough to a bezel-mounted webcam.
Cons:
1. Touchpad and touchpad buttons BLOW. Get a mouse (bluetooth or USB).
2. Slow sometimes. Use an OC kernel and that helps.
3. Can't install stuff without hacking.
4. Firefox is the only real "app" on the webtop (see #3).

Magnetox said:
Curious, why do you hate the atrix?
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Hate the Astrix because of the email issue we have with it. Find the screen not as responsive as other phones and moto blur is the worst Android over lay of them all
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It really depends on what you want to do. I have the ubuntu hack installed, use Citrix to remote access office pc, and got Gnumeric running great to substitute Excel. I'd say it's functional enough to really do some light work on it. For anything serious, I'd be silly to use webtop instead of my core i5 laptop, but I'd bring Atrix+Lapdock to Starbucks for its coolness and geekness

Quoting Scottyedmonds:
Hate the Astrix [sic] because of the email issue we have with it. Find the screen not as responsive as other phones and moto blur is the worst Android over lay of them all
What email issue would that be. I have a rather complicated email configuration that works well for me.

The Bell mobility Atrix had an issue where no email besides gmail was able to send mail. The Motorola blur was at times un responsive and it was easy to accidentally add your email twice and then not be able to send from either.
As for the speed post, the phone is just as fast as any other.
As for the part where I have no idea what I'm talking about? I sell hundreds of these devices every year, when a phone is crap, my customers come back with their problems! When you get to use whatever phone you want and have responsibility of advising people on which phone to sign a 3 year contract with, I might take your douche comment serious, but with that statement you obviously have no idea what you're talking about; don't bother reading my posts then buddy!
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I just bought my laptop dock today for the ATRIX 4G. I got it for 159.99 on buy.com brand new.
Hope its the shiz nit.
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Vibrant owners with Tablet

Just curious, anyone here use a tablet? What model? Pros & Cons?
PM if you feel this is off topic.
Cheers.
Vibrant on Project-V rom, Bali kernel, SOC theme

I have a Vibrant and a Samsung 7" wifi only Tab. I like it but I wish it was a little more powerful in terms of CPU and GPU. I use it when I travel in place of a laptop. It is fine for RDP and note taking. I use it at home to surf the web or check Twitter or G+ while I am watching TV.
I like the 7" size for typing better than the larger tablets. It is light and the screen is decent too. The wifi version of the Tab isn't as powerful as the GSM versions and it doesn't play some games so well. The CPU (and FroYo) seems to lag at times if you are heavily using it. Before I buy another tablet I am going to wait to see what Microsoft sells next year for Win8 tablets. I think they might be more useful to me.

I have a touchpad. After using it for a few months I can't imagine not having it.
Pros:
Battery life
Portability
Readability (the ability to hold it wherever you want makes it easier to read than a laptop)
Cons:
The need to pair a physical keyboard for type heavy tasks.
Doesn't replace a laptop
Cost ($250 is my limit before the cost surpasses the benefits)

Touchpad
Pros: awesome battery life, love the screen size for videos n stuff, pretty zippy even with webOS (Cant imagine how much faster it'll be with android on it)
Got it for $150 during the firesale
Cons:
webOS is pretty buggy
Flash doesn't work with my math homework so its pretty much useless at school
Really don't like the plastic build

I have a sony tablet s.
Pros: very responsive touchscreen, playstation certified, great remote that comes preinstalled
Cons: buffers every 10 seconds on youtube videos, no root (yet), not much market support for tablet,
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I'm looking into getting one of those cheaper generic tabs like the Novo7 or something. I want it to play around with games and play with sketchbook maybe a little video and such.
Seems like a good deal since you can find them from $100-$200 and anywhere between 7"-10.1" As long as you do some thorough research.
T959|ReVaMpEd SS|MIUI

I have an Asus Transformer.
Pros:
- Plug in keyboard makes it into a little laptop
- Keyboard has extra battery expanding battery life 2x at least.
- Battery life is awesome
- 10.1" screen is nice and big.
Cons:
- Stupid shiny glass is dirty before you've even touched it.
- Short (very short) cord with proprietary plug is a pain. Basically means you can't use it when plugged in. But you can juggle just charging the keyboard, as the keyboard charges the tablet when you plug it in. sounds weird, but works fine.
I'm very, very happy with it. I barely use my laptop anymore. And use my phone 50% less I'd say, as the tablet is always on and ready to go.
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I wrote a blog post about studying while using my Transformer, which may or may not help: http://teknolearning.wordpress.com/ Not sure if the link will show up, bute the site is teknolearning and it's the most recent article. I don't think this counts as spam, as there's no commerical aspect to the blog (no adverts, nothin.

I have a Moto Xoom ...and love it
Pros
Great for watching movies while traveling
fantastic battery life
Portability..It has almost replaced my laptop
Cons
Lack of tablet optimized apps...although situation seems to be improving
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Im rolling a Acer Iconia.
Its battery life is ridiculous, last me days on a charge, and the full usb port is quite useful.

Nook color
Decent battery life. Yet another reason not to fire up the desktop. Running Phiremod rom.

Nook Color
Running cm7.1

Acer Iconia
Liking the battery life alot, great tablet overall

I have a HP touchpad running CM7 and its actually really nice. For being in alpha stage its already better than webos. Coincidentally I have one for sale unopened 16gb for $200 shipped. It was for my sons birthday but did not want it.

Asus transformer here. No dock but works for me. Battery is great last me a couple days. I love it. Need to get a screen protector though, a lot of glare.
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I've got an Iconia a500, running the latest of the Thor Roms. Battery and speed are amazing, and it's way lighter than my laptop.
Tablets aren't laptop replacements (I mean, unless you don't type long messages/use your laptop for work/need the fine accuracy of a mouse- clicking the 'x' on sidereel ads is impossible on tablets!), but for light web browsing, pdf viewing, facebooking, gaming, netflix and a lot more they're ideal.
Also, the Iconia charges FAST. Like, scary fast.
And lastly, my phone sees far less usage for non-phone things these days.

I've got the GT 10.1 and I love it. Beautiful screen, no lag, and the touchwiz skin is actually useful and stabilizing. I use my Vibrant as a phone and wifi hotspot now. The only other tablet I considered was the Transformer, but it was basically sold out when I was ready to buy. I am glad that it was, because the GT 10.1 is so sleek and nice.

I have a Touchpad with CM7, and it works rather well. Don't end up using the phone much when home anymore go for the tab first. Also my laptop is getting a lot less use.
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If you use tablets in class to annotate lecture pdfs, it's great. I can't imagine going back to taking notes on paper now. I use an iPad 2 with a Wacom stylus. Whether or not you need a tablet will depend on what you do every day.

I got a Toshiba Thrive and yes I know its the fattest one out there but I love the fattness cuz you get a good grip on it plus I got full size usb, full size HDMI and a full size SD card port with a 64 gb card in it plus its the only one out there that you can replace the battery yourself by popping off the back cover so you could have a extra battery for those long trips....and its rooted.
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I have an Acer Iconia 32 gig running the latest Thor rim and love it. It's small enough to take to class with me and not take up too much space in class, but has a large enough screen size to make watching movies or games nice.
For on the go editing, I use smart Keyboard which is very responsive when typing, and for heavier tasks, I attach a keyboard, mouse and 500 gig hard drive through a usb hub. The soft keyboard disappears when a keyboard is attached and provides full screen editing.
This setup wouldn't completely replace either a home computer or laptop, but for a small, lightweight travel package that I can play games, surf and work on, it simply can't be beat.

Transformer Dock Poll

I'm really debating on getting the dock for my Transformer and and wanted some input.
So we'll do this is the form of a poll, but feel free to leave you feedback.

I like it, and I use it, but I find that I don't use it as much as I expected I would because I like poking the screen more .

Media dock
Personally I would love some kind of media dock with charge ability. I couldnt justify spending the extra on the keyboard.

Just purchased mine yesterday from Amazon. Should be here tomorrow with one day shipping. I'll edit this and let you know my first impressions after it arrives.
Edit: So after a few days of using my new dock, I love it!! I can't believe I waited this long to get one. It doubles as a stand, screen protector when docked and closed, extra storage space from the SDcard slot, and of course an awesome keyboard. All of the shortcuts above the number keys and the two usb ports are great too. If you are even sligtly considering getting one, I'd suggest to do it. It's a completely new experience and well worth the cash imo.
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asdfuogh said:
I like it, and I use it, but I find that I don't use it as much as I expected I would because I like poking the screen more .
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Same. I have the dock installed and I use the touchscreen anyways. It's just nice for the extended battery life but the tablet itself already has a good enough battery.
Also doesn't help there are a lot of input lag in certain areas.

I don't use it much for typing, as I still prefer using the screen, but I like the charging capability (don't like leaving the tablet plugged into the wall for long periods) and the additional ports are awesome when I'm away from home (have a 32gb SD card and 500 GB external). I may not use it often, but it was a bday gift, so.

i brought mines to use has a carpc tablet.. no dock needed..lately i've been using a lot of voice programs so i can talk to my tablet.. all my friends love the idea and wants something similar in their cars.

It's pretty useful. The extra battery, USB ports and sdcard slot are awesome. They keyboard is useful when you want to type up anything longer than a sentence or simply when you don't feel like holding the tablet! The trackpad isn't nearly as useful as I thought it would be though, it's essentially useless for scrolling through webpages since there isn't a scrollbar to click, it's not really useful to navigate on the homescreen, and the biggest downfall is that you can't use it in games (along with arrow keys)! Kinda makes me wish I had gotten the Slider instead exept that it doesn't have the extra battery, which IMO is the best feature of the dock.
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Ditto--I basically use it primarily as a super-battery, espacially watching movies on flights (it's also a stand!)
Keyboard is handy only for occasional extended input--my tab doubles as a 3LB netbook.

i use it when browsing forums, like right now. it's a nice addition, i disabled the touchpad as it gets in the way of when i type.
i like the addition in battery like as well .

Everything about it is awesome, I don't see the lag everyone talks about, just finished up writing about 30 pages worth of notes in the last week without a hiccup... Used polaris office mainly, revolver ROM with prime oc kernel.
The extended battery is awesome, plus the extra inputs. I don't really use the mouse to much, only while taking notes, the only gripe I have is the touch to click is really sensitive.
The dock really takes the tab to a whole new level in my opinion and I would recommend it to most anyone... Especially since the price has gone down a bit.
I can't see the poll, but count me as one in favor of the dock.
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I use it each time I leave home for several reasons :
Gets the screen protected while carrying it
Doubles the use time (around a week with my use model)
Like typing on the keyboard when taking notes

The Transformer is excellent without the keyboard dock but its STUNNING with it.

there's more reasons to get it than to not. I absolutely recommend.
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I have one on the way... will post reflections when it comes in... !

brando56894 said:
It's pretty useful. The extra battery, USB ports and sdcard slot are awesome. They keyboard is useful when you want to type up anything longer than a sentence or simply when you don't feel like holding the tablet! The trackpad isn't nearly as useful as I thought it would be though, it's essentially useless for scrolling through webpages since there isn't a scrollbar to click, it's not really useful to navigate on the homescreen, and the biggest downfall is that you can't use it in games (along with arrow keys)! Kinda makes me wish I had gotten the Slider instead exept that it doesn't have the extra battery, which IMO is the best feature of the dock.
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To scroll with the trackpad, use a two finger scrolling gesture. You can also pinch zoom with it. You need to be in "finger pointer" instead of arrow pointer mode in settings, though (if you see a standard black/blue mouse arrow pointer, this won't work, gotta switch to the finger mode).
The dock is a must have. It makes typing so much nicer. It's replaced my notebook and is great to take the tablet off for reading news/books/papers, etc.
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I voted yes, but the money was wasted, since Asus abandoned support for the dock with the Prime, when they'd previously promised that the investment in the dock would be worthwhile since it would also work with future Transformer-series models.
Now that I know it is essentially a throwaway device that won't outlast the tablet itself, it is no longer worth the $150 to me. $70-80, sure. $150, no. (And I've bought three of them, with three tablets, for myself and family.)

knoxploration said:
I voted yes, but the money was wasted, since Asus abandoned support for the dock with the Prime, when they'd previously promised that the investment in the dock would be worthwhile since it would also work with future Transformer-series models.
Now that I know it is essentially a throwaway device that won't outlast the tablet itself, it is no longer worth the $150 to me. $70-80, sure. $150, no. (And I've bought three of them, with three tablets, for myself and family.)
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Think of it the other way. If Asus would have reused this dock, you'd be *****ing how thick and heavy the prime would be. People like you always find something to ***** about.

I bought my TF101 from Amazon. They shipped it to Australia, perfectly fine, no issues whatsoever.
...they won't ship the Dock down under though. 'tards.

yes! I like it, its handy when the battery runs low as that. charger cable isso short. nice to use at home .
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Trade my HP Pavilion for a Xoom??

i am currently trying to trade my Hp Pavilion dv7 laptop for a Xoom, is this a good deal or am i losing out...im sure i am...but how much ?

It really depends on what you want it for. I have a Pavilion dv6 and I can still do a lot more with it than the Xoom. The Xoom is about 1/7th of the weight, one quarter of the size... What do you do with your HP? What do you plan to do with your Xoom?
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I say if you ever have this issue to get an Ultra Book, it definitely has a fit between both the Tablet market and the Laptop market. It's thin, light, fast, and has incredible battery life. Sure it's a little bigger but I feel like if you give up the Laptop, your Xoom will definitely feel a lot more useless. I can tell you this, the only reason my Xoom is such a great companion is because I can hook it up to my computer and download any sort of content I like, whether it be media or games. Plus a Xoom(in my opinion) is not used at its fullest if it is not rooted. I have a Xoom with EOS3 and jeeze, I had no idea how I was using my Xoom before EOS3, because I finally have a lot of features that I wouldn't have had on the stock ROM, including R/W to the SD card(which is incredibly silly of Motorola to leave out).
Keep the laptop honestly, sure you won't get the portability but you will miss out on having more features on the go, regardless if it isn't as ultra portable.

Smokexz said:
I say if you ever have this issue to get an Ultra Book, it definitely has a fit between both the Tablet market and the Laptop market. It's thin, light, fast, and has incredible battery life. Sure it's a little bigger but I feel like if you give up the Laptop, your Xoom will definitely feel a lot more useless. I can tell you this, the only reason my Xoom is such a great companion is because I can hook it up to my computer and download any sort of content I like, whether it be media or games. Plus a Xoom(in my opinion) is not used at its fullest if it is not rooted. I have a Xoom with EOS3 and jeeze, I had no idea how I was using my Xoom before EOS3, because I finally have a lot of features that I wouldn't have had on the stock ROM, including R/W to the SD card(which is incredibly silly of Motorola to leave out).
Keep the laptop honestly, sure you won't get the portability but you will miss out on having more features on the go, regardless if it isn't as ultra portable.
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+1 this assessment. Honestly, I'd say back when I first got my Xoom, I still used my laptop every few days. Since I've rooted, thats gone down to maybe once a month, usually for ripping DVDs to a more reasonable size for my Xoom, or for using a program that my work requires, that I just can't find a replacement for in android.
But that once a month would be the tie breaker if I *had* to chose. There are just a few things that can't be done without a PC, and if you have to do those, it can be rough w/o one.
The other question you have to ask is if you go with the Xoom, will you be rooting it and flashing custom ROMs? That can make a big difference in it's capabilities, but its something that some users aren't willing to do, or can't do.