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Hi All,
Just giving you guys a heads up on interesting items for our SGS.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.46869 <--- 2800mah batt (Getting It)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.46157 <--- shady looking dock charger
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30047 <--- Solar Charger with built in 2600mah battery, Shame I already have a 2000mah model
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8422 <---- Turns ANY wired headphones into Bluetooth! (Getting it)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4346 <--- For Zombies and when I've had enough of my buggy SGS
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.45604 <-- (Got) Mini Bluetooth Keyboard that works with Froyo. You'll also want to look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8590340&postcount=33 to get the extra special buttons to work
*NEW*
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.47285 <---- Cheaper $13.70 US$ battery at 3000mah (damn IT! I already ordered the 2800!)
Damn you for making me look at deal extreme! My poor bank account!
Saw some decent looking bluetooth headphones there just now too.
There's another i9000 charger that has a slot for the spare battery too.
damn!... all the good sized batteries needs a battery door change
I hate Deal Xtreme . Every time I'm on there I spend money that I don't have. BUT with the american dollar doing so bad I can afford to buy more!!! heheheh
sargorn said:
Damn you for making me look at deal extreme! My poor bank account!
Saw some decent looking bluetooth headphones there just now too.
There's another i9000 charger that has a slot for the spare battery too.
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Read the reviews on the headphones. I saw some I wanted to get but it seems they are mono only.
I ordered this http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8422 Turns any headphone into bluetooth headset
I'm having doubts about the solar-battery. There's people saying it won't recharge the 3GS, for example, issues that I've read about on similar products too.
How's the Bluetooth keyboard? Is it good for typing? I assume you could use it with emulators.
It seems to charge my sisters 3gs fine last week when she was overseas in 3rd world country without reliable power. It also charges my system fine. But as I said I have the 2000mha version which might have higher amps. It charges on par with USB cable so I'm guessing 300mah while normal charger does 500mah. It takes about 10 hour's in sun to charge its 2000mah batt and 6 hours to charge phone. The keyboard works fine . Haven't tested it with emuls as I don't have any. For its price its not gonna be the best but it works. I modded a case to make my sgs a mini lappy. I mainly use my system in a iPhone wrist case as a watch
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If you search for other portable battery packs like the one OP listed...
You will see that there are a lot of users you have cracked open those just to find out that a lot of them use batteries that are only like half the mah and such. It varies too much.
Rather than that, I totally recommend the following type of gadget...
http://ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/
You just pwnt my bank account, thx.
xxgg said:
If you search for other portable battery packs like the one OP listed...
You will see that there are a lot of users you have cracked open those just to find out that a lot of them use batteries that are only like half the mah and such. It varies too much.
Rather than that, I totally recommend the following type of gadget...
http://ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/
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i Love this!
Buy the kit for $20
http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=10
Rather than that, I totally recommend the following type of gadget...
http://ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/
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He he looks kind of quirky...love it.
Don't no how difficult it would be to build it though..never done any soldering before.
Figured given Motorola's recent announcement that they'd be eliminating and/or no longer support these docks, that it would be useful as a community to track and track down the best prices of these items and pass them onward. Don't know about the rest of you but the capability of docking the phone was a huge sell to me - I simply couldn't justify the additional cost of the dock at the time I bought the phone.
In reading around, I've heard that Radio Shack is or was selling the Bionic Lapdock for $20 - I don't know if that is still the case.
I know that I at least am willing to prop the case open and flip connectors around if need be to make the dock work correctly with my phone.
Anyone else seen any of these lapdocks around at reasonable prices of late?
Regards.
whats the 500p and whats the difference between the 500 ?
Hrm. I might have been misreading things - when I search on the Moto site, I'm only seeing a 500 Professional. So perhaps different sites were referring to that particular model different ways.
Either way, I've got alerts set on SlickDeals and am keeping my eyes peeled on eBay. Anyone checked out a local Radio Shack to see if they still have the Bionic dock?
the bionic docks go around $50 on ebay, though i got mine $70 becuz i needed int ship
$50-60 right now at http://bensoutlet.com/
This is part of the 1saleaday family of websites. It's where I got mine.
Turning around the plugs was super easy but I don't actually use it that often. I have an Otterbox Defender on mine I have to take it out of the case to use it. Working on putting together to adapters to make a Raspberry Lapdock.
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$50-60 right now at http://bensoutlet.com/
This is part of the 1saleaday family of websites. It's where I got mine.
Turning around the plugs was super easy but I don't actually use it that often. I have an Otterbox Defender on mine I have to take it out of the case to use it. Working on putting together to adapters to make a Raspberry Lapdock.
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Will that one for the 4G work with the A2 on ICS?
Ive been running my A2 w/OTA ICS... rooted for a few weeks now and just got the Droid Bionic lapdock for it. The A2 fits like a glove and it seems as long as im on wifi it doesnt run into an entitlement error. i found the lapdock on ebay new for 75 which compared to 300 when it first came out is still a pretty good deal. There was no need to change ports or anything since the ports for both the A2 and bionic are the same just sit in different spots on the side of the phones. The lapdock is lighter then my laptop and i pretty much use my phone for everything else so buying a lapdock to me was a good investment. i always have the HD dock station for music/movies for my tv. ICS webtop is much friendlier then GB and has more of the tablet interface feel to it...so ics is the way to go for the A2.
Hope this was helpful. :fingers-crossed:
Atrix 2 rooted w/ ICS
Samsung Captivate w/JB
Nook Color w/GB
http://1saleaday.com/flash/lapdock/
Have to sign up on their site if you're not a member, but it's free to join. Price for 24 hours only, and it appears to be an OG Atrix Lapdock
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Will that one for the 4G work with the A2 on ICS?
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Yup, did it with mine. You have to take it apart and make the holes in the plastic (for the connectors) a little bigger so that you can flip the connectors around and stick them in the right orientation for the atrix 2. If you don't make the holes big enough, the ports will be misaligned just enough so that it wont dock very easily, and it will go in crooked. If they are big enough the problem is eliminated. Reassemble everything and enjoy webtop 3.0!
If you don't already have an atrix 4G lapdock though, go for the Bionic one. It doesn't have to be modified, and it fits better (the bionic is closer in size to the atrix 2 than the atrix 4G is)
I picked up a Bionic one from the Ben's Outlet sale - as another member described, it fits perfectly, and functions perfectly as well. Didn't even need to swap any ports around though I was prepared to do so if necessary. AT&T hasn't tried to ding me for tethering yet either, but we'll see how long that takes.
I'd been looking towards a tablet/phablet for the future, but having the lapdock makes that a none issue now, I think, especially at the prices we all seem to be finding.
I've still got alerts set up on SlickDeals for the various Lapdocks, will definitely continue to share them in this thread in hope that others can get good deals.
Hm, looks like my extended battery would get in the way on the Bionic dock? It's really NBD, I'm thinking of getting the LG Nexus 4 when it comes out, but if decide to stick with the A2 for a while more, a lapdock would be nice.
My lapdock experience and also a question
I just recently bought the lapdock 100 off of amazon, and so far I thought it was okay, but the connector wouldn't fit if I had my otterbox commuter case on. I started to read any posts related to using the bionic dock instead, but was a bit confused on whether of not it would fit properly. Taking a gamble I went and purchased the bionic dock on thursday morning, and being in Connecticut It arrived today this afternoon, $50 refurbished with free shipping from New Jersey. So far I cannot leave the otterbox on but it works better than the 100 dock I got for $120, which I kinda consider a waste of my time, but not really because I wasn't sure how I would be using the dock everyday, and whether or not I would want to use it at all for web browsing, video, small document editing, and music using an external speaker ( I tried both of the docks' speakers, they both are really meh for me and my music listening. I prefer my logitech ue earbuds and jbl micro II speaker)
Long story short, go with the bionic lapdock,bigger screen, slimmer form facter, just careful with the hinge, it's a bit easier to close the screen, not much resistance compared to the 100 lapdock. At least the refurbished ones
Q: I can't seem to change the tap to click settings when using the bionic dock. also I don't get battery charge stats or settings either, I did have bootstrap to go to cm10, but restored to ics from a cm backup. Is there a way to re download the OTA 4.0.4 update and apply again? I just want to make sure that it's not the dock.
Lapdock 500 is one of eBay's daily steals today, not many in stock, but seems a very good price if you need that much lapdock.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-La...fepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267
Also, same seller has the Lapdock 100
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-La...fepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267
Other Uses for the Motorola Atrix Lapdock
http://www.robpol86.com/index.php/Atrix_Lapdock_Other_Uses
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Lapdock 500 is one of eBay's daily steals today, not many in stock, but seems a very good price if you need that much lapdock.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-La...fepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267
Also, same seller has the Lapdock 100
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-La...fepn=5335869999&campid=5335869999&PID=1225267
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Just purchased the lap dock 100 can't wait to use it .. as long as Jim gets me a copy of his CM10...hint hint....
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"
Question to those who use the lapdock 100. I just received mine in the mail and I discovered a pretty bad defect. I'm a pretty fast typist, so I tend to press multiple keys at once. But I discovered when I attempt to type the word "know", I get this weird chain of letters that come out that looks like "knuowzo".
For those of you that use the lapdock 100, can you please try and see if you can replicate this problem? Try typing "know" really fast, or press multiple keys together.
Edit: I also discovered that typing "press" really fast ends up as "prewsps" or "prewss". It's quite irritating. I'm hoping it's just a defective unit, as I like this lapdock better than my other original bionic lapdock.
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Edit: I also discovered that typing "press" really fast ends up as "prewsps" or "prewss". It's quite irritating. I'm hoping it's just a defective unit, as I like this lapdock better than my other original bionic lapdock.
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Does the original lapdock produce the same ?
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Does the original lapdock produce the same ?
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No it doesn't. The original one works fine. I just prefer the 100 keyboard over the original... if the keys didn't have a mind of its own. Do you have the 100 dock?
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No it doesn't. The original one works fine. I just prefer the 100 keyboard over the original... if the keys didn't have a mind of its own. Do you have the 100 dock?
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i have the bionic dock, and the only time that happens is when i accidentally rest my hand on the touchpad, and the cursor moves into the middle of a word and garbles the text
RoyVegasPinoy said:
Question to those who use the lapdock 100. I just received mine in the mail and I discovered a pretty bad defect. I'm a pretty fast typist, so I tend to press multiple keys at once. But I discovered when I attempt to type the word "know", I get this weird chain of letters that come out that looks like "knuowzo".
For those of you that use the lapdock 100, can you please try and see if you can replicate this problem? Try typing "know" really fast, or press multiple keys together.
Edit: I also discovered that typing "press" really fast ends up as "prewsps" or "prewss". It's quite irritating. I'm hoping it's just a defective unit, as I like this lapdock better than my other original bionic lapdock.
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Bump. Can anyone with a lapdock 100 please try to replicate the problem above, thanks.
Hi,
I managed to get my hands on a Qi charging stand for the Nexus 4.
I put a review up of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5pkl-BYmaSQ
I'm not sure if the Qi charging thing with a stand is a totally new concept, I just thought it added something a little bit more useful to the wireless charging concept.
Pretty cool.
1) How fast does it charge the phone?
2) When will it be available?
3) How much will it cost?
So when can we buy these things cheap?
Nice where do I buy some?
Sinocelt said:
Pretty cool.
1) How fast does it charge the phone?
2) When will it be available?
3) How much will it cost?
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1) It takes a while, not as slow as USB though. A couple of hours approx.
2 & 3) Not sure, soon and cheap I hope!
looks good, thanks for video
but...surely its not 'cheap' until there's a price?!
looks nice actually and pretty handy with the stand combined..
let us know as soon as possible when can we buy it !
That's pretty cool. Will you let us know when the product becomes available?
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That's pretty cool. Will you let us know when the product becomes available?
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Liking the concept! This would work perfectly at the office for me and maybe even home, but I already have 2 charging pads lol.
Would definitely be interested in one or two if the price was right, looking forward to hearing when it comes out!
I believe that product is by m-cloud :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi6OwWLvcBo
not sure if its available online now though....
m cloud so that works out at around ca. £40/$65/€50 for the tilt model and about GB£32 for the compact one. tilt one does look nice
Update 16-10-13: Pictures of the new prototype
Hi,
I’d like to know your opinion about my current prototype of a Qi Charger. Your feedback would be helpful for me, before I spend more money and time on improving the station.
I started developing this along with my first dock AnDock, but I stopped because I wanted to focus on AnDock first.
The main features of this docking station are:
-Wireless charging
-made of steel, so it’s heavy and stable (More typical for a German engineer then 3d printing )
-Nano suction, so it grips the phone in every position
Thank you,
David
Gotta say: this looks really cool. I probably wouldn't end up buying it (unless its <30€), but not because there's something I dislike about it, but I'm just a poor student
I really like the idea though, and the design is nice and minimalistic as well. One large question from people would probably be if it works with a case, and if so, with which cases (I assume it would need a smooth back?)
Pretty nice... perhaps some type of rubber on the bottom, so it will not slide on slippery surfaces like glass.
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Gotta say: this looks really cool. I probably wouldn't end up buying it (unless its <30€), but not because there's something I dislike about it, but I'm just a poor student
I really like the idea though, and the design is nice and minimalistic as well. One large question from people would probably be if it works with a case, and if so, with which cases (I assume it would need a smooth back?)
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Thank you.
It also works with cases and the case doesn't need to have a smooth back (see picture).
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Pretty nice... perhaps some type of rubber on the bottom, so it will not slide on slippery surfaces like glass.
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At the moment I am using felt, but felt slides on slippery surfaces like glass.
After reading your response I instantly bought some rubber. I will try this in the next few days.
Thank you.
Hi there David!
I an really happy to see someone is trying to make a decent (actually, from the prototype photos, I would say more than decent) WiFi stand. I just wonder how easy/difficult is to put and remove the phone from the stand?
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Hi there David!
I an really happy to see someone is trying to make a decent (actually, from the prototype photos, I would say more than decent) WiFi stand. I just wonder how easy/difficult is to put and remove the phone from the stand?
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The station is quite stable because it is made of steal and therefore a bit heavy. So it's really easy to put and remove the phone.
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The station is quite stable because it is made of steal and therefore a bit heavy. So it's really easy to put and remove the phone.
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Thanks for the fast answer! Can you reveal any of the specs? Just how heavy is the base? Is it possible to take the phone off with one hand? Also, the micro suction material looks quite interesting, what is it?
I like that it is essentially a universal stand (works with all Qi compatible devices) and I hope the price will be good
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Thanks for the fast answer! Can you reveal any of the specs? Just how heavy is the base? Is it possible to take the phone off with one hand? Also, the micro suction material looks quite interesting, what is it?
I like that it is essentially a universal stand (works with all Qi compatible devices) and I hope the price will be good
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At the moment it's just a prototype. So I am still testing different materials and Qi-Chargers.
Depending on the final size the weight could be up to 1 kilo (probably less). This prototype weighs 300 gramm, but I think I make it a lit bit bigger so it will work with all kinds of tablets as well.
You can definitely take the phone off with one hand. The pad is similar to this one, but I am also still testing different materials. You can also take the pad off and wash it or change it.
So if you know a really nice nano suction pad, rubber or qi-charger just tell me about it
The Dock will be cheaper than the official Google charging orb (60 Euro).
Looks cool! I remember your andock project was pretty interesting too. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Best of luck!
Very Nice
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any idea about prices, dates?
Seriously, that looks great. The only thing i would add would be like a brushed aluminum finish. Other than that, take my money!
Looks cool!
Beamed from my Maguro
Not sure if it would be possible, but I'd love to have an NFC tag built in so I can programme behaviours to be triggered...
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Not sure if it would be possible, but I'd love to have an NFC tag built in so I can programme behaviours to be triggered...
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It's not possible to place the nfc-tag directly on the qi charger but I will see what I can do. It's still an early prototype. I'm also thinking of making the station round and maybe with a kind of changeable mechanical hold. Those nano suction pads are still not perfect and you must clean them from time to time.
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It's not possible to place the nfc-tag directly on the qi charger but I will see what I can do. It's still an early prototype. I'm also thinking of making the station round and maybe with a kind of changeable mechanical hold. Those nano suction pads are still not perfect and you must clean them from time to time.
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Why not? I put one right on my wireless charger.. also Big_Lee, thats something you could always do yourself afterwards, since NFC tags are only a couple of bucks anyways..
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Why not? I put one right on my wireless charger.. also Big_Lee, thats something you could always do yourself afterwards, since NFC tags are only a couple of bucks anyways..
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The nfc chip didn’t work properly for me, because of the electric field of the qi charger. What kind of nfc chips are you using on your wireless charger?
Hi,
Any news on this project ?
When should it be available (approximately ?).
What is the expected price tag ? 10-30 ? 30-50 ? 50-75 ? 75 and up ?
Hope to hear from you soon as I am looking for a Qi charger that works well and is nice... most of them do neither #1 nor #2 !
Regards.
NexusPenguin
I hope the end product won't be angled. Could cause problems with a case. Less looks superb! This is a look everyone will like.
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Alright, looking for a decent desk stand I can use my S4 with, case or no, portrait or horizontal and while charging.
The two that stand out the most would be:
Thought Out PED3-U
Elago M2 Stand
Those two seem to hit my requirements but the $25 price point seems a bit high.
Just curious if anybody has found anything closer to the $10 range that would accomplish what I'm looking for.
Closest I've found it the Case Star Stand but I'm not sure it would work well with the micro USB connectors that are longer than the old Apple USB.
Thoughts?
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Alright, looking for a decent desk stand I can use my S4 with, case or no, portrait or horizontal and while charging.
The two that stand out the most would be:
Thought Out PED3-U
Elago M2 Stand
Those two seem to hit my requirements but the $25 price point seems a bit high.
Just curious if anybody has found anything closer to the $10 range that would accomplish what I'm looking for.
Closest I've found it the Case Star Stand but I'm not sure it would work well with the micro USB connectors that are longer than the old Apple USB.
Thoughts?
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http://dx.com/p/stylish-charging-docking-station-for-samsung-galaxy-s4-i9500-i9502-black-208390
http://dx.com/p/universal-micro-usb-data-charging-dock-for-samsung-htc-nokia-white-260741