Hey guys!!
Well I recently have acquired a Droid Razr. My Nexus has given me MANY troubles and was able to trade it in for the Razr. Now I am intrigued by the lapdocks. I have a GIANT alienware which is a beautiful and amazing laptop, but its to damn bulky to travel with back and forth to class with. I want something I can do some basic term papers on, surf the web and just use for general use. My question(s) are:
A) How good are these docks?
B) Is the 500 significantly better than the 100?
C) Can I still get the on contract price with my newly acquired razr?
D) I have an HP touchpad rooted with ICS, would it make more sense to use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse vs the lapdock?
E) Where is the cheapest place to get these and do they generally run for cheaper than on amazon?
Thanks in advance!
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I have the 100 and it's pretty handy. I use it at work since all of our software is web-based and it works well. I also use it for browsing at home and doing work for school. It can be a bit slow at times, but it's usable. I picked mine up from the local corporate VZW store for 199.97, which is the cheapest I've seen it.
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Love my 500
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I hated mine and i was thinking to sell it. The catch was using it with a wireless mouse. It is pain to use the touchpad. Once I used a wireless mouse the lapdock started to appeal more and more to me. I have an Asus G series and I used to take it to work. Now my laptop is always at home and I use my lapdock .
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I enjoy the Lapdock so much more sense I installed the leaked ICS ROM. It takes away Firefox, and get you a phone/tablet experience. I like that you can run app in phone or tablet resolutions.
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You can get some deals on ebay.
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Sparkimus said:
I have the 100 and it's pretty handy. I use it at work since all of our software is web-based and it works well. I also use it for browsing at home and doing work for school. It can be a bit slow at times, but it's usable. I picked mine up from the local corporate VZW store for 199.97, which is the cheapest I've seen it.
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Hi, good to know that you can use the lapdock effectively
How do you use your quick office app , i cant seem to expand it to "full screen", when it expands to full screen it just comes in the center and that serves no purpose. Is there an addon or something so that i can add to expand my documents to full screen so that work can be easy.
I am using Quick office 4.1.20 on Motorola MB860.
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
Ron
ron6400 said:
Hi, good to know that you can use the lapdock effectively
How do you use your quick office app , i cant seem to expand it to "full screen", when it expands to full screen it just comes in the center and that serves no purpose. Is there an addon or something so that i can add to expand my documents to full screen so that work can be easy.
I am using Quick office 4.1.20 on Motorola MB860.
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
Ron
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Thanks ,,,,,,,,,,, figured it out .
ron6400 said:
Hi, good to know that you can use the lapdock effectively
How do you use your quick office app , i cant seem to expand it to "full screen", when it expands to full screen it just comes in the center and that serves no purpose. Is there an addon or something so that i can add to expand my documents to full screen so that work can be easy.
I am using Quick office 4.1.20 on Motorola MB860.
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
Ron
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For me using Google Docs through the Firefox browser works better for document editing.
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Sparkimus said:
For me using Google Docs through the Firefox browser works better for document editing.
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Google doc serves me well when i am not in my lab. In my lab i get no wifi or Data connection, its one of those dead spots in the univ. Thats why i need on device editing. i also using smart office 2 which is good but it wont let me save documents on SD card i can only save then on Internal memory. its just a pain doing few more steps trying to transfer documents to SD card.
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I'm looking at buying NOVA 2 for Android... Just came out. (use the web market to find). They are having a discount on their website and many android blogs say it works with TEGRA 2 devices.
YEt it says incompatible with Atrix... And their website doesn't allow me to pick ATT as a carrier (their website it stupid! (GameLoft)).
Has anyone bought it and got a device hack to remove the check?
I'm not saying you should illegally get it, cause I am willing to buy it, but my interest kinda wanes when it's not available to use on my platform that is supposed to support it :l
Qhd version doenst exista yet
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Nova 2 HD doesn't support qHD... ironic.
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It does support qHD, as I played it on a DROID 3 the other day.
Got it downloaded but can't get past a certain progress bar for the first level. Looking for a hack myself...
Hack already exists elsewhere
I can play nova 2 hd, but try hit fire and see blood. You cant cover all the screen, and have some glitchs
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It does support qHD, as I played it on a DROID 3 the other day.
Got it downloaded but can't get past a certain progress bar for the first level. Looking for a hack myself...
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Hello all, I am currently debating getting the 16GB wifi Flyer. One of the great features I am interested in is the stylus, however I have read how many drawing apps (AutoCAD Sketchbook) don't process the pen input and a message comes up saying "you can't scribble here". I was wondering if this is still an issue in honeycomb or if its limited to gingerbread?
Thanks for your help!
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Sketchbook works now in honeycomb with the stylus. You can't use the special pen features but aside from that it works great, you get good precision with the pen.
In honeycomb the pen works everywhere and apps built for the pen switch to pen-mode automatically. It's kind of like using a pen on a Windows-based tablet PC, it works like a mouse/touch in normal apps, and then you get features like the button to erase in special apps.
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Sketchbook works now in honeycomb with the stylus. You can't use the special pen features but aside from that it works great, you get good precision with the pen.
In honeycomb the pen works everywhere and apps built for the pen switch to pen-mode automatically. It's kind of like using a pen on a Windows-based tablet PC, it works like a mouse/touch in normal apps, and then you get features like the button to erase in special apps.
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Thanks for the response. So long as best buy doesn't physically remove them from their shelves, I think ill be picking one of these up soon.
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Div033 said:
Thanks for the response. So long as best buy doesn't physically remove them from their shelves, I think ill be picking one of these up soon.
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Too late
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Ive took the plunge and ordered a flyer from expansys uk it should be with me friday
I have one main quedtion shoukd i update to honeycomb or leave it on gingerbread?
I have a galaxy note on 2.3.6 and its great so what are the benefits of 3.2?
I have bern looking at the flyer for some time but couldnt justify the price, expansy have it at £249 for the 16gb wifi so i took the plunge and cant wait
Ill be using the flyer mainly for films and netflix
Thanks for help cant wait to become part of the flyer family
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Sorry i thought id put this in a&a moderator can you be kind enough to move it please
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471925
Thank you
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Im even more confused now think ill see what gb is like with my apps if it works im not sure what ill do
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Flyer arrival day today. .. Im sat patiently waiting for parcel force to deliver ny new toy
I have a queation which isnt on the link is it easier to upgrade to hc on a fresh install or load everything then upgrade?
Ive read some users experience slugishness so am i best on doing the update first?
Got wifi only uk version.
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No i would not up grade
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This is the debate that never ends, but my two cents: Honeycomb is great on the Flyer. You won't notice the loss of the capacitive buttons, and the on screen buttons will soon seem natural.
Plus, the ability to use the pen in any application is great, as is the superior handling of bluetooth keyboards (if you ever find yourself using one).
I'm 100% pro Honeycomb on the Flyer.
How do you plan to use it? For games honeycomb status bar don't go away. Many have complained of accidentally touching it during game play and losing their work. Also, if you use kindle and/or nook app, the honeycomb bar also don't go way. Therefore, you lose screen restate. In other words, if you need the maximum amount of space DON'T UPGRADE TO HONEYCOMB
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Many have complained of accidentally touching it during game play and losing their work.
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LOL.
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I upgraded, and found I missed the phone ability. I'm now running leeDroid's HC and am a happy camper again. The loss of BT phone isn't a huge deal for me, as I only plan to use the phone part while traveling overseas and speakerphone is fine.
But aside from the phone, HC is a thing of beauty on the Flyer.
Ill upgrade when more apps are HC/ICS friendly. I use the Flyer for movies and occasionally for notes. Currently HBOGO's lack of compatibility is keeping me from upgrading.
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Ill upgrade when more apps are HC/ICS friendly. I use the Flyer for movies and occasionally for notes. Currently HBOGO's lack of compatibility is keeping me from upgrading.
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I've found a few apps that hide, for lack of a better term, from me in the Market. Most seem to have been uploaded here, so they don't stay hidden long. But it can be a little annoying. Fortunately, since we can download from here directly onto the phone memory, it's only 1 additional hoop to jump through.
Hey guys!
So I love my Nexus 10... but I don't know what to do with it!
I watch videos and read pdfs on it, but these two don't really take up much time.
I wanna use my Nexus for more things but I don't know what!
What do you guys do on your Nexus 10?
First world problems... why did you buy your Nexus 10 anyway?
Start shifting your PC tasks over to it. Web browsing for one. This forum, for that matter. A Bluetooth keyboard and mouse and you'll be surprised at how much productivity you can get out of it.
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I use it for almost anything, as I got rid of my laptop so all I have now is my N10 and my cellphones. Movies, music, shopping, messaging, reading up on stuff,and prett heavy on emails and evernote my work needs, skyping. So yeah pretty much everthing I would do on my laptop.
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this is pretty cool. thanks!
lock up your pc/laptop and you'll naturally start finding ways to exploit more of your nex's potential
why fix it if it ain't broken ?
Megiddo2000 said:
Hey guys!
So I love my Nexus 10... but I don't know what to do with it!
I watch videos and read pdfs on it, but these two don't really take up much time.
I wanna use my Nexus for more things but I don't know what!
What do you guys do on your Nexus 10?
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Read comic books. It's just as awesome as I hoped it'd be.
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Email / Texting ( Hotmail / Gmail / GVoice)
Internet browsing (Chrome / Firefox)
Banking (PSECU)
Chatting with friends (GTalk)
Portable Game Player via Emulation (NESoid, SNESoid, GENsoid, FPSe, PCE.emu w. SixAxis Controller)
Controlling my 360 ( SmartGlass)
Comics (ACV)
Books (Kindle / Google Books)
Music (GPM)
Movies (MX Player, BS Player)
PDF's (Adobe)
I use these programs interchangeably between all my devices and could go on and on.. much easier to just pick one of these up then even get on my notebook unless I need a torrent or something.. probably could do that on here too
People on xda complain about everything lol . After purchasing his tablet this man is complaining because he doesn't know what to do with it . hahahahahahahahajajajajajajajahaj
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You can text from it. I've seen several people recommend tablet talk. You have to buy it, and I've never tried it before, but the principle is to text from your tablet. I might try it when mine gets in today
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Cmorris8848 said:
You can text from it. I've seen several people recommend tablet talk. You have to buy it, and I've never tried it before, but the principle is to text from your tablet. I might try it when mine gets in today
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Google Voice is free, and allows you to text mobile numbers.
I duct taped my Nexus 10 to a Swiffer today and mopped the floor with it.. It also makes a great spatula for getting fresh baked chocolate chip cookies off the baking pan
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Google Voice is free, and allows you to text mobile numbers.
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But then you have to change your number to a GV number, and doing that would be problematic for me. Am I right in thinking this?
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Change what number? Your tablet isn't a phone. It links to your GMail account, and you can create a new phone number that can ring your devices on making a new account. If you mean texting people with your actual phone number then yea that might be an issue, as it shows on their phone as your GV number.
Wouldn't it use a new phone number for the texts?
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I literally lol'ed when I found out that my N10 couldn't run Xbox SmartGlass and a couple of other things (yes I know I can sideload the apk). That's just silly that out of the box, my phone can do **** that my tablet can't, despite it being a larger screen, newer OS, and Google supported. Goofy.
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I literally lol'ed when I found out that my N10 couldn't run Xbox SmartGlass and a couple of other things (yes I know I can sideload the apk). That's just silly that out of the box, my phone can do **** that my tablet can't, despite it being a larger screen, newer OS, and Google supported. Goofy.
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Blame Microsoft, its their fault what devices they allow to dl their apps. I agree it's retarded, it took forever for them to even support Nexus 7.
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Blame Microsoft, its their fault what devices they allow to dl their apps. I agree it's retarded, it took forever for them to even support Nexus 7.
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Microsoft is weird with their apps man. I hosted the Smartglass Apk for Nexus 7 users twice on mediafire and both links were killed off by request within an hour.. MS went around pulling walled garden shananagins.
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I duct taped my Nexus 10 to a Swiffer today and mopped the floor with it.. It also makes a great spatula for getting fresh baked chocolate chip cookies off the baking pan
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these sound pretty useful.
do i need a specific app for these functions?
Seing just how awesome and powerful our devices are, could you go using this and only this for a whole month. No computers, tablets nothing. Just this? As a student writing a paper about the use of cell phones in todays world I myself am going to try only using my phone.
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I do it all the time. Only reason I use my laptop is if I need to type something long. If I had a bluetooth keyboard I would be set
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I basically do that now. I find myself rarely using my laptop...like just now I turned it off and grabbed my phone to surf xda.
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Yeah I hardly ever use a computer. Only time I do is like rooting and unlocking this which I believe was the last time I used it. This thing is faster then alot of computers in terms of navigating on the net and some other things. Best thing, its fits n my pocket and is with me all day everyday.
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I could probably use the Note 2 as my computer for a month, but I love to play games on my computer and they don't make Skyrim for Android.
Hell no! The PC still has it's place for me.
Only if I can use remote desktop...and if so it would be no sweat.
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I do it all the time. Besides the lack of gaming my note II fills the void of a missing pc.
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I do it now, this thing is plenty for what i want to do.
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This phone replaced my computer, camera, calender, notepad, ps1, gameboy, tablet, radio, GPS, and many many other appliances great investment
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INCREMENTAL said:
Yeah I hardly ever use a computer. Only time I do is like rooting and unlocking this which I believe was the last time I used it. This thing is faster then alot of computers in terms of navigating on the net and some other things. Best thing, its fits n my pocket and is with me all day everyday.
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+1 that was the last time I used my laptop was to root and unlock the bootloader. If I could have done it off my phone I would have lol
Doin' big thangs from my Note Deuce
Idk I love my nexus 7 so as long as I had it and my note 2 id be fine only reason I would need my nexus would be for if my note 2 died I could just use it while it chsrged
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If they could get the full blown versions of the Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection and the Nik Software plugins to work strictly on the Note 2 I would say yes I could even though I won't be getting my Note 2 till this Wednesday(thank you IRS). Other than that I still need my Macbook Pro for work and school.
I'll be brief and to the point, no.
While most of what I do is not compute intensive, I do require lots of screen real estate. Too many things running simultaneously to do what I do.
Some tasks like ripping blu-ray discs to a NAS device simply cannot be done on the phone.
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Its my only option as a computer and cell phone now. Its been over a month since I've been on a computer
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I am currently using the Galaxy Note 2 as the only computer and cord cutting entertainment device. Not by choice, but by necessity.
There is a learning curve in trying to do on this device that I used to do on a computer. Specially with word processing like floating text boxes. But I am doing it all on this Galaxy Note 2.
On the entertainment side of things I only missing a few shows that you can only get on iTunes that I can't get on Android. And I need to get the AllShare Cast Wireless Hub or better yet Galaxy Note II Smart Dock. So I can watch video on a larger screen. But beyond that I get all other videos, music, and gaming I like on this device.
As long as you have enough bandwidth and the right accessories you can use your Galaxy Note 2 as your computer and entertainment center. After all this device is really a computer in your hands.
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Will this device replace a computer for everyone? No.
It depends on your lifestyle at the moment. If you are more mobile lifestyle then yes. But if you are someone who rips your CDs or do other things that demand a device that has different compatibilities than PPC devices, then the answer is no.
In order for Android to get to that point there needs to be evolution in technology. Like what happens when you get into your new car with your Android. Your home network needs to recognize your Android. Then allow your Android to wireless connect to a keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, external hard drive, external DVD drive, printer etc for computer work. Allow you to wireless connect to your TV/monitor, home theater center, etc for entertainment purposes. And lastly wireless connect your Android to your home and appliances so your home and appliances can do what you want to them to do.
AllShare Cast Wireless Hub is a good start. But still missing so much in so many areas.
Once we get there, then these devices can become the only device you ever need.
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Summary of Devices
Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (SGH-T889)
Android Version: 4.1.1 Jelly Bean
Build: JRO03C.T889UVALL4 (Rooted)
Root Method: mrRobinson injected root stock rom
Superuser: SuperSu Pro v1.0
Busybox: Busybox v1.20.2
Device: Motorola DROID X
Android Version: 2.3.3 Gingerbread
Build: 4.5.605.Accurate_Battery (Rooted)
INCREMENTAL said:
Yeah I hardly ever use a computer. Only time I do is like rooting and unlocking this which I believe was the last time I used it. This thing is faster then alot of computers in terms of navigating on the net and some other things. Best thing, its fits n my pocket and is with me all day everyday.
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Yup, same here
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For me the N2 has come closer than other device I have owned to be a suitable replacement for my laptop. I even gave my Motorola Xoom to my daughter as I find I have more functionality and enjoy using the N2 more than either device. So to answer the question of survival........I'm not there just yet. Using Word and Excel software on any Android device is still a challenge for me and as I use these program on a daily basis I would unfortunately not survive very long.
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Outside of work, this has basically replaced my computer. I rarely if ever turn on my computer at home. My IPod has been put away, something I couldn't do with my Droid X as music/radio would kill my battery.
However for work purposes, I have to use both Macs and PCs and I don't see that ever changing due to the machines/software I need for my job.
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Could we use it to remote access a computer?