- Motorola Atrix docks literally and figuratively torn apart, hack enables Webtop over HDMI port
Motorola’s got a fine smartphone in the Atrix 4G, but a mildly unsatisfactory pair of modular docks. Good thing, then, that you can gain the most intriguing functionality they add without buying one! Fenny of xda-developers reportedly figured out a way to modify the phone’s APK files to activate Webtop mode over a standard HDMI cable — with no dock needed as a go-between — allowing you to experience the Atrix’s PC-like functionality when connected to any HDMI-ready computer monitor or TV. Of course, you’ll need a rooted and deodexed phone to give it a try, but we hear those aren’t monumentally difficult to come by.
While Fenny’s hack could potentially make the desktop dock obsolete — assuming you’ve got a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard handy — Motorola’s LapDock is still something else. It’s razor-thin, it doesn’t require a separate monitor, and it charges your phone. So, before you write it off entirely, you might at least want to indulge your morbid curiosity about what’s inside, and thus there’s a complete teardown video after the break to show you what the guts look like. Enjoy!
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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xda-developers, Tinhte.vn | Email this | Comments - Aquafairy AF-M3000 might finally make consumer fuel cell charging a disappointing reality (video)
We’ve been promised portable fuel cells for ages, now. Ages! Finally one is only months away from release — but its performance seems so limited we’re not sure we care anymore. It’s the Aquafairy AF-M3000 and, despite its name, it’s powered not by water but by ethanol fuel packs. Here’s where the bad news comes in: a single fuel pack only provides enough current to get an iPhone up to a 50 percent charge, and it’ll take 90 minutes at that. So, you’ll need two cartridges and three hours of your time just to bring a dead mobile back to life, and given each pack costs around $6 (it’s 2,625 yen, about $32 for a pack of five), the entire proposition is rather expensive. That doesn’t even factor in the cost of the unit itself: 26,250 yen or about $320. It’s set to ship in Japan in April, so get ready to finally enter the future. Nobody said it’d necessarily be a great place to be.
Aquafairy AF-M3000 might finally make consumer fuel cell charging a disappointing reality (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
- Redpark Console Cable gives iDevices an RJ-45 connector, not Ethernet access
Ever find yourself wishing your
iPadiPad 2 was free from the fickle whims of wireless internet connections? Neither do we — but, if you’re the cable-dependent type, your prayers may not go unanswered for much longer. Redpark (who gave the iPhone an RJ-11 dongle) has created the Console Cable with the ubiquitous 30-pin Apple connector on one end and an RJ-45 plug on the other. The $69 device is used in conjunction with a $9.99 Get Console app to allow Cisco engineers to use their iDevice of choice to perform maintenance out in the field. Cable and app are exclusively compatible with Cisco devices, however, so no Ethernet on the iPhone… yet. It’s only a matter of time before someone makes it happen — your move, hackers.Redpark Console Cable gives iDevices an RJ-45 connector, not Ethernet access originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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