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s0ck · 2 Jun 2011 at 10:26

Being able to stick a monitor/keyb/mouse on a smart phone? Is this doable now?

Myshra · 2 Jun 2011 at 10:30

Bluetooth keyboards/mice work with quite a few of the current generation, HDMI out is on a few phones. Docks are something Motorola are investigating.

V4NT0M · 2 Jun 2011 at 10:32

Motorola Atrix?

Martynt74 · 2 Jun 2011 at 10:33

Asus padfone with the dock? Should be out next year or so

s0ck · 2 Jun 2011 at 10:46

Skyfall said:
Motorola Atrix?

That looks 'kin epic!

*checks prices of accessories*

vodkacokebloke · 2 Jun 2011 at 12:02

Nokia n8 does HDMI also

sarge78 · 2 Jun 2011 at 12:10

^ The Atrix essentially runs Ubuntu when docked, the N8 is from a different era.

Ice cream and Windows 8 phones will become your 'everyday' PC.

Scougar · 2 Jun 2011 at 12:12

??

If the phone has a UBS host you can hook up all sorts of things to a mobile phone.

My TG01 is USB Host capable and so I can run many different devices, like keyboards, external drives/storage and even an ultra sound device!!!

(not sure about a monitor btw).

mrk · 2 Jun 2011 at 12:24

s0ck said:
Being able to stick a monitor/keyb/mouse on a smart phone? Is this doable now?

The galaxy S II does this right now. It can play FPS games this way too.

See the video posted in the Accessories thread and I'm due to upload my own this weekend

Now comes a time when phone and PC are almost one, you have 16GB of internal storage and up to 64GB of SD card storage and:

- Able to output at 1080p of everything on the phone mirrored on the HDTV.
- Able to connect a keyboard and mouse wirelessly to the phone.
- Able to pair a bluetooth controller to the phone to play games.
- Able to watch 1080p movies.

sarge78 · 2 Jun 2011 at 12:37

Scougar said:
??

If the phone has a UBS host you can hook up all sorts of things to a mobile phone.

My TG01 is USB Host capable and so I can run many different devices, like keyboards, external drives/storage and even an ultra sound device!!!

(not sure about a monitor btw).

We're talking about running a fully featured OS on phones now.
Using Symbian (and a 600MHz ARM11 cpu) with a monitor, mouse/keyboard will be a somewhat pointless exercise, no?

s0ck · 2 Jun 2011 at 12:37

I think you just sold me on the SGS2

Tunney · 2 Jun 2011 at 12:46

The first phone I saw this demonstrated on was the Nokia N95 back in 2007.

Admittedly it was a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse but Quake 3 was still very playable.

The Motorola Atrix is definitely the most usable solution so far though.

Myshra · 2 Jun 2011 at 13:39

s0ck said:
That looks 'kin epic!

*checks prices of accessories*

warning, pimping own companies products:

Orange have this for free on some deals currently, if you're interested phone up and say you heard about a deal where they throw in the dock. your mileage may vary.