Gigabyte’s Booktop line of netbooks stand out from the crowd not by offering faster processors, higher resolution displays, or applying any of the usual tricks. Instead, these otherwise normal looking netbooks come with docking stations that let you rest the mini-laptop on its side, plug in a keyboard, mouse, and external display, and use the […]
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Motorola says the WebTop laptop dock isn’t just for the Atrix 4G, more on the way
The Motorola Atrix 4G is one of the most intriguing smartphones to hit the street this year. That’s partially because of its super-speedy 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and 4G connectivity. But it’s also because Motorola offers several docking stations which effectively transform the phone into a laptop computer or a home theater system. […]
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Motorola Atrix 4G previews starting to roll in
The Motorola Atrix 4G is an Android smartphone with a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and a whole slew of accessories that transform the phone into the brains of a notebook computer or a home theater system, the company has started to send out demo units, and the folks at Engadget, MobileCrunch, GigaOm, and […]
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Motorola Atrix 4G demo video: Could be the only mobile device you need?
Motorola has released a demo video for the upcoming Atrix 4G smartphone — you know, the one with the optional $150 Webtop docking station that effectively turns the phone into a notebook computer? It looks like there will also be a media dock which will allow you to connect the phone to a big screen […]
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Gigabyte Booktop M1005 dual core netbook gets the hands-on treatment
The Gigabyte M1005 is the second “Booktop” style netbook from Gigabyte. That means that while the device looks like a typical netbook at first glance, you can close the lid and stand up the laptop in a docking station, plug in a keyboard, mouse and display and use it like a desktop computer. What sets […]
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Acer to launch a 10 inch, AMD-powered Windows tablet in February
This morning Acer introduced 5 new laptop and tablet computers and two major pieces of software news. But here’s one item I wanted to take a closer look at: The 10 inch Windows tablet Acer is expected to launch early next year. We don’t have complete specs for the computer, but we know it will […]
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Samsung unveils official Galaxy Tab accessory list
Hoping to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but can’t stand the thought of using the Android tablet without a physical keyboard? No worries. Samsung is bringing an official keyboard dock to market. It’ll have 83 keys, a charger and audio jack and it’s designed to work in portrait mode. It’ll run £69.99 […]
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iPad converted into a mini-video arcade cabinet
What’s the first thing you do when you get a $500 state of the art Apple iPad? You try to figure out if you can run 20-year-old classic video games of course. Or at least, that’s what some folks do… and at least one decided to go all out and create a docking station for […]
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Apricorn launches Aegis NetDock: Hard drive, disc drive and USB hub
The Apricorn Aegis NetDock is a USB docking station for netbooks and notebooks that offers three things that mini-laptops are often short on: extra hard drive space, an optical disc drive, and extra USB ports. The company first introduced the NetDock in March, but it’s now shipping, and the folks at Apricorn were kind enough […]
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Dell Streak docking station offers HDMI output
The Dell Streak Android tablet isn’t all that much bigger than a typical smartphone, so there’s not really a ton of room for things like HDMI ports. But the tablet is powerful enough to pump out HD video to an external display, so Dell is going to offer an optional docking station with HDMI, audio, […]