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Motorola Lapdock Teardown: Tiny motherboard, no HDMI output

1) They would have put in a disk. With a disk you could have stored data on the lapdock rather than having to carry it on the phone. There are some things that I do that I do not want to do on a phone so why would I want to store the data there only to move it for use and then put it back when finished. Also would have been nice so the user could sync data as a method of backup.

2) SD or MicroSD slot. The most annoying things about phone is the location of most of their microSD slots. I use these like flash drives and I hate popping the back off, if there would have been one on the dock it would have been nice. For that matter an 11 in 1 reader would have been nice.

3) HDMI port as the article stated I don't understand why they wouldn't

and finally

4) Webcam. I mean come on. If I am supposed to want this in place of a netbook or even and Ipad shouldn't I be able to have a front facing camera?

Those 4 things would have made me seriously consider this vs just buying a phone and the tablet.

There now you have my two cents...and I'm spent.

You're observations are spot on. As smartphone and tablet processing power grows to rival that of an average PC, more mobile device manufactures will produce accessories like the Lapdock. And, they'll include more laptop-like features (external memory support, integrated camera, wider port selection, and so forth).

One feature mentioned in other opinions is that the Bionic has a front facing camera for Skype type video but when in the lap-dock it is blocked. No web cam pass-through. Really??? However I do like the lap-dock in general and I use it for business and recreation.

I like the concept. I even toyed with the idea of jumping carriers for the predecessor of the Bionic, the Atrix; however, the present implementation of the concept is lacking for all practical purposes.

For a full sized unit, I like the two people who commented before me would like for it to have more laptop like features: Front Facing camera, Scalable port system (cards, usb, firewire, hdmi ), and an enhanced Operating system and not just be an expansion of the phone.

I love Android, but imho it is not the operating system for production, and I can not see much personal use for a phone accessory of this size. I can however see an untapped business potential for a more mobile workforce. That being said, I am waiting to see if this is a glimpse at the future or more gadget fad...

You said, "Interchangeable phone cradle: As I noted above, the Atrix and Bionic Lapdocks have connectors that are specifically designed for their respective phones. You can???t connect a Bionic to an Atrix Lapdock. But other than their phone cradles, the Lapdocks appear to be identical. I haven???t cracked open the Atrix Lapdock, but I wouldn???t be surprised if Bionic version was an exact copy with a different phone cradle."

So go ahead and interchange them (the phone connectors; I presume they are the same on the Lapdock side) to see how far they have carried the interchangeability. And then report on that (underline 'that'.)

Thank you.

...to be able to take your computing platform with you and have access to most of what is needed.

90% of what I do with a computer can be done on my Evo, it's processor is fast enough for me....I don't game.

Hopefully the mobile docking platforms will get better from here.

Go Motorola and HTC

It would be nice if there was a standard interface (ie - micro-usb and micro-hdmi at a certain measured distance) beyond Motorola devices for this. That way if a phone was made to fit, it could be used with the device and expand the market, increasing the volume and bringing down prices. Even if it too an adapter/dock for different phones to meet the interface, it would at least bring some consolidation to the market for accessories of this sort which start to enable smartphones to replace PC's.