Accessories How much are you willing to cough up for the dock?

[shawn1224]

What would make sense was if the phone's camera could be utilized as a webcam while docked with the netbook. I guess that would have made too much sense though.

 

[atlbuc]

hmmm yeah basically though I think you can still use your phone as it's there and not behind the screen. You might have a point with taking it in and out that it might scratch the phone. *shrugs* just food for thought lol

Yea it would be cool and I'm sure Moto probably thought of this. I remember taking my Droid to Verizon and having them try one of there cases on for me. The Verizon rep had a hard time sliding it off and scratched the hell out of the bezel then gave me a new phone.

 

[atlbuc]

What would make sense was if the phone's camera could be utilized as a webcam while docked with the netbook. I guess that would have made too much sense though.

No it would have made too much sense for them to just include a camera, even if just a VGA.

 

[atlbuc]

Or theft in an airport

Well the screen would immediately go blank if someone just came by and snatched it out plus I don't stray far from my devices anyway.

 

[shawn1224]

No it would have made too much sense for them to just include a camera, even if just a VGA.

Yea that too but now we're asking them to actually think like the buying public ... they probably have some sort of camera add-on doohicky in the works that they can peddle for another $20-$30.

 

[atlbuc]

Yea that too but now we're asking them to actually think like the buying public ... they probably have some sort of camera add-on doohicky in the works that they can peddle for another $20-$30.

lol, or I can just whip out my old logitech usb camera and plug it in. But then I wonder about drivers which leads back to there "camera add-on doohicky" thing.

 

[AndreaCristiano]

Well the screen would immediately go blank if someone just came by and snatched it out plus I don't stray far from my devices anyway.

Oh I get it im just putting it Out there

 

[atlbuc]

Oh I get it im just putting it Out there

I can defiantly see some overly trustworthy person walking away from the laptop dock and having the phone snatched out.

 

[AndreaCristiano]

I can defiantly see some overly trustworthy person walking away from the laptop dock and having the phone snatched out.

Yea or even not paying attention and someone walks by and swipes it and by the time he looks back later

 

[Roze]

I can defiantly see some overly trustworthy person walking away from the laptop dock and having the phone snatched out.

I hope people are smart enough to take the phone with them at lease since the netbook dock is useless without the phone. Plus, you're only going to be out of $150 vs $500+ the phone will cost to replace, lol. Maybe it's a good idea to get a theft insurance

 

[atlbuc]

I hope people are smart enough to take the phone with them at lease since the netbook dock is useless without the phone. Plus, you're only going to be out of $150 vs $500+ the phone will cost to replace, lol. Maybe it's a good idea to get a theft insurance

Yea that might be a good idea. Thats also one of the features I like, not loosing your postion while in webtop mode when the phone is undocked.

 

[Chapp1e]

None. It probably wont be usable in any kind of rooted manner, so there's no real reason to waste the money.

 

[AndreaCristiano]

None. It probably wont be usable in any kind of rooted manner, so there's no real reason to waste the money.

ya know i was thinking of that today! here you go and get the atrix rooted then you go use the laptop dock and it says sorry no can do? Now that would kill it altogether

 

[2005CTS]

I just hope the docks are available at launch.

 

[youareme7]

ya know i was thinking of that today! here you go and get the atrix rooted then you go use the laptop dock and it says sorry no can do? Now that would kill it altogether

I think right now we're all still speculating on how exactly those "dock" modes work, but I have a feeling that having root wouldn't negatively affect their function. It looks to me that the webtop mode could be stripped down virtualized linux distro. I've seen VMware running multiple "copies" of android concurrently on a single device so I know that it's possible in theory.

 

[thabends]

Is 2GB a month really enough for a "netbook"? I can see a lot of people not realizing how much they're using until that first WTF bill.

 

[atlbuc]

Is 2GB a month really enough for a "netbook"? I can see a lot of people not realizing how much they're using until that first WTF bill.

Well I have a grandfathered unlimited plan but I hope AT&T comes with an unlimited plan to respond to Verizon's $30 unlimited plan.

 

[binaryhellstorm]

Yeah, I'm not sure 2GB will really be enough, maybe with 4G they will have different data tiers.
I am kind of wondering how much data Citrix will use, since they keep showing the Atrix in the netbook dock with Citrix connecting to a remote windows environment.

 

[shawn1224]

It will be asinine if AT&T doesn't offer an unlimited data plan for their 4G phones. If Verizon offers an unlimited plan for the Bionic I might just skip across town and hop on their network.

 

[AndreaCristiano]

It will be asinine if AT&T doesn't offer an unlimited data plan for their 4G phones. If Verizon offers an unlimited plan for the Bionic I might just skip across town and hop on their network.

Verizons unlimited is going away as well.

 

[shawn1224]

Verizons unlimited is going away as well.

I heard a rumor that they may offer it for their new lineup.

 

[shawn1224]

On AT&Ts website it says "unlimited AT&T Wi-Fi included with both plans"

Anyone familiar with AT&T wifi ?

 

[AndreaCristiano]

On AT&Ts website it says "unlimited AT&T Wi-Fi included with both plans"

Anyone familiar with AT&T wifi ?

Yea all that means is when your near an ATT wifi your phone locks on for free

 

[atlbuc]

On AT&Ts website it says "unlimited AT&T Wi-Fi included with both plans"

Anyone familiar with AT&T wifi ?

WiFi hotspots

 

[AndreaCristiano]

I heard a rumor that they may offer it for their new lineup.

Yea a limited time and then its out. If I was home I would show you the link I think Engadget has it