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The reason why I didn’t want to just stick with the Android phone environment was increasing the size of an app optimized for a 4″ vertical display to an 11.6” horizontal screen, it is flat out unappealing. The web sites in most cases look nothing like their Android Apps. I found myself wanting to stick with only one environment but was forced to switch back and forth.

Two environments confusing: Continually swapping between phone and Webtop environments became tiresome after a while.

There also seems to be an initial lag after boot until everything is working properly, like wireless.

Slow time to browser: It takes what feels like a long time to “boot” into Webtop after inserting the phone.

Shared wireless: I only have one wireless provider and contract for the phone and Lapdock.

One place for documents, content, address book, etc. Shared storage: Since there is only one set of storage on the phone, you will always have one set of local information.The Lapdock also charges the phone first before the Lapdock, a real plus. Battery life: I got at least 8 hours of operation.Speedy simple sites: When running Firefox on simple, primarily text-based sites, I experienced good responsiveness.

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Speedy phone apps: When running phone apps in full screen or in a window, they are very speedy.I have read that some add-ons do not work, but didn’t experience that. I successfully used X-Marks, Pixl Grabbr, Evernote Clipper, and WeatherBug.

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It runs Flash and will even install many Firefox add-ons like plug-ins, themes, and extensions.

Robust browser: The Lapdock ships with Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu.

Browser handoff: When the user goes from phone to Lapdock or Lapdock to phone, the system asks the user if they want to pick up where they left off, “continuous computing” for the browser.

The unit was noticeably thin and was silent as it has no fans.

Design: The magnesium alloy construction reminded me of a Mac Air, but it did pick up a lot of fingerprints.

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Mouse: A Bluetooth mouse or standard USB mouse worked perfectly and was very, very quick with no lags.

The trackpad was huge, ironically near exact dimensions of the Atrix phone display.

They keys are comparable to a netbook keyboard and I would have preferred larger keys.

Keyboard and trackpad: The keyboard is full QWERTY with full number keys on the top row.

Display: The 11.6″ display at 1366×768 60Hz looked good with the browser content.

The icons show a link to settings, Wi-Fi, GPS, signal type, signal strength, battery, speaker volume, and time. Users can change settings in the Webtop environment. In Webtop mode, a small message flashes for a few seconds. It shows indicators for new emails, Tweets, Facebook messages, WeatherBug messages, etc. Phone messages appear in the upper left hand corner of the Webtop screen. The user then sees an array of icons along the bottom of the 11.6″ display and a screen of exactly what is on the phone. The Lapdock then displays a Motorola splash-screen and “boots” into the “Webtop” environment. The usage model is simple when the user wants to extend the use to the Lapdock, they plug the phone into the back of the Lapdock. The Lapdock is intended to extend the capability from the smartphone to a laptop form factor with a full-sized keyboard, display, and trackpad, mouse and speakers.

Apps: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 supporting HTML5 and Flash Entertainment Center.The Lapdock, which I’ll look at here, is intended for a mobile usage model with a fixed screen size and keyboard. The HD Multimedia Dock is for a stationary usage model with variable inputs and display outputs and comes with a wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, the dock and an HDMI cable. Motorola has developed two docks for the Atrix, the Lapdock and the HD Multimedia Dock. I also provide suggestions on how I would improve the design to be more appealing as a notebook replacement. It is intended to provide a user-level overview and is not intended as a market analysis for the device. The following analysis documents my personal user experience with the Motorola Atrix 4G and the Motorola Atrix Lapdock™.