[Q] would you rather the lapdock or a tablet?

[ifalldownalot]

so i've had the lapdock for a while, great accessory for the atrix.

i've recently been wanting to get a tablet. so i figure if i get the tablet, then i really wouldn't have any use for the lapdock. i've been looking into getting a nook color or something that simple. i wouldn't use the tablet for much, just like i currently don't use the lapdock for much. just internet browsing, videos, and typing up document on occasion.

so, i ask you all, would you prefer a tablet... or the lapdock for our phones?

thanks, all.

 

[DroidRunner]

Very good question. I guess it would depend on the person and situations they would need either device for. I ended up getting a tablet (ipad2). Is the lap dock smooth and lag free? Never used one.

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[ifalldownalot]

Very good question. I guess it would depend on the person and situations they would need either device for. I ended up getting a tablet (ipad2). Is the lap dock smooth and lag free? Never used one.

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may I ask about your specific usage that made you get a tablet instead? or what made you get a tablet?

 

[Bruce Lee]

I have a Lapdock and a blackberry Playbook and both are awesome, but I use the Playbook more at home since it's easier to access than the Lapdock. But I use the Lapdock when I am not at home for doing work. So I personally use both. I actually wish I could use the Lapdock more. Lol

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[ifalldownalot]

I have a Lapdock and a blackberry Playbook and both are awesome, but I use the Playbook more at home since it's easier to access than the Lapdock. But I use the Lapdock when I am not at home for doing work. So I personally use both. I actually wish I could use the Lapdock more. Lol

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how do you use it for work, if you don't mind my asking.

 

[DroidRunner]

may I ask about your specific usage that made you get a tablet instead? or what made you get a tablet?

I'm not going to have the Atrix for as long as I would have the iPad. Me and my wife use it everyday. Everything we would do on the laptop we do on the ipad, minus word documents and typing because its just silly typing papers on the iPad. So Netflix, web browsing, catching up on Conan, Amazon, just normal stuff. And depending on the tablet, it would see more software support/ be supported for longer.

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[Sinful Animosity]

I'm not going to have the Atrix for as long as I would have the iPad. Me and my wife use it everyday. Everything we would do on the laptop we do on the ipad, minus word documents and typing because its just silly typing papers on the iPad. So Netflix, web browsing, catching up on Conan, Amazon, just normal stuff. And depending on the tablet, it would see more software support/ be supported for longer.

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Actually if you get one of those bluetooth keyboard cases, typing documents on an iPad is nice. Sold mine for Note Accessory money though

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[ifalldownalot]

Actually if you get one of those bluetooth keyboard cases, typing documents on an iPad is nice. Sold mine for Note Accessory money though

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yep. I was planning on using the tablet (if I purchased one) with a bluetooth keyboard and using it that way.

 

[Bruce Lee]

how do you use it for work, if you don't mind my asking.

I meant school work, surfing the web, documents, or work out on the go.

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[exwannabe]

Well, I do use my lapdock for "real" work. Various development in mainly C, some assembly, C# and C++.

Most is simply vpn'd back to the office. 80% of my actual work is text based development, and that I do with a terminal ssh'd home.

For the small amount of stuff that requires me to use a windoes system, I can RDE back in. Not great, but not nearly as bad as one might suspect.

Occasionally I actually do local coding. But in this case I am really just editing and using gcc as a syntax checker.

To be honest, the biggest issue I have is the STUPID KEYBOARD LAYOUT (I hope moto is reading). There was plenty of room to have a standard'iish layout.

If one does not expect to do a lot of typing though, I would think a "paddock" would be a good idea for Moto.

 

[ovitz]

to be honest, I've got lapdock and I have a XOOM2 for a test.
Iwont chane my Lapdock to any talbet. why?
after mod I have a fully Ubuntu, so why I have to change? so, if you wanna to get fully useable OS than I recommend to you Lapdock. If you wanna to see how it works, please visit my youtube profile

 

[alexsupreme]

Lapdock is way too slow for anything.
Maybe after the ICS update it might be worth a look, however I would go for a tablet with a stand such as the archos g9 and a bt keyboard for productivity.

The lapdock is a great piece of hardware that's simply no utilized well enough to be worth it.

 

[rickwood]

I agree completely with alexsupreme. Lapdock is just too slow to be usable. Mine was new from AT&T in December and I bet I've used it all of 2 hours. My tablet on the other hand has many, many hours of use logged since Christmas.

 

[rickwood]

$53 for the lapdock at the time sounded good, but in retrospect that was still more than it's worth.

 

[Incognitum]

$53 for the lapdock at the time sounded good, but in retrospect that was still more than it's worth.

Ouch! That's like an icey-hot cold pack: so cold, and yet it burns.

I bought an iconia a500, and it has almost completely displaced my laptop. Only serious typing, graphics editing are still done on my laptop (and the pr0ns work better when I don't have to hold the screen up). I was looking at getting a lapdock next time they were on sale, but your scathing analysis is probably correct.

 

[alexsupreme]

Actually, the new webtop 3.0 shows quite a bit of promise.
Sure it's not touch operational but you get a smooth speedy interface and access to tablet apps and browser.
The lapdock might actually be useful, especially with the variety of office apps and nice tablet games and emulators that might just be more playable with a keyboard and a mouse