Lapdock and webtop app!!!

[civic20]

Hello forum, I have a question about the Lapdock accesories for the Motorola Droid devices for verizon wireless, if the lapdock still available to buy it at verizon stores? or online? and if the webtop app is going to be on upcoming devices??? for example the new Razr Maxx HD and Razr HD are going both support the webtop app???

[tikibar1]

You can still find lapdocks at some Verizon stores and various on-line places, but they are being phased out since the Razr M, HD, and Maxx HD won't support webtop, i.e.,

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Motorola-Lapdock-accessories-being-discontinued-per-orders-from-Googl...

[B33]

Ouch i Guess one won't be on my Xmas List this Year.! b

[tikibar1]

I snapped up one of the 'bargain basement priced' lapdocks at my local Verizon store several months ago ... sweet!

Also went shopping at Sam's today.     (not sure if all Sam's have them, but my local one has a Motorola universal power pack bundle ... car charger/USB cable that can charge two devices at once, wall charger/USB cable, and emergency power pack for just under $50 + tax ... the power pack alone is usually $40 on Verizon's web site)

[B33]

Better get one Bubba  Git-R-Done Done b Ha! Ha! Ha!  O Tik can i get a Lone.! J.Kidding..

[tikibar1]

A loan?  Heck, Bubba, you'd just use it to buy a Bose bluetooth sound dock!  LOL 

[B33]

Yea i Know buy two and give you one   of them.. Gotcha... b

[tikibar1]

Yeah, buddy! 

+1

[B33]

Na.! just pulling your Leg

[tikibar1]

shoot!  I thought I was gettin' an early Christmas present! 

[Duewester]

I have a Lapdock 100 I bought just a few days before the ICS update. I like it but it's not as useful as I thought it would be. It is a must have for the gadget junkie though. Almost like having a tablet pc - ALMOST. I have a logitech M305 (non-unifying) mouse plugged up to it and I personally find it easier to use than the touchpad.

You can get pretty much the same experience with HD docking station and a good sized monitor or TV that has an HDMI connection. The larger screen might even appeal to you more. The thing to keep in mind - it (your Razr) is a phone first and a computer third. Get a BT keyboard (a logitech unified mouse and keyboard might work but I have never tried them)

The one thing that can get in the way (at least on the 100) is that the cable connection arrangement to the phone doesn't let you dock the phone in the little runner slot. So you end up with a dangling dongle.

Ohh and one last thing. Once charged up, the station will power and charge your phone while docked.

[tikibar1]

Duewester wrote:

So you end up with a dangling dongle.

Forgive me for snickering ... that always sounds so nasty to me. 

You can live without a lapdock, but they can be useful to have ... as long as you get it on sale.

[budone]

A Dangler dongle... Always need to watch out for those buggers 

[tikibar1]

sorry, I couldn't hear you ... I was too busy snickering 

I don't think we'd want dangling dongles in public, would we?

[budone]

I just don't want to run into one!

[B33]

Are we going to the wild side of the Post just a wii bit b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbKcRlh_gxc

[tikibar1]

it appears so!  beware the dangling dongles! 

[dimap52]

Dangling Dongle indeed. Sad. So sad. Not even a decent requiem or eulogy for these LapDock things now that they have been declared officially DEAD by none other than Mororola hisself.

[tikibar1]

Actually, it was Google that declared them dead.  Long live the lapdocks and their dangling dongles! 

[Wildman]

Looks like Motorola is pulling the plug on the Webtop anyway...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57527168-94/motorola-confirms-death-of-webtop-laptop-accessories/

[tikibar1]

Yep, it was announced last month (see phonearena link in my earlier post)