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I owned the Motorola Atrix [0] way back when, which also offered a "Lapdock" accessory. It was way ahead of its time, and I always found it unfortunate that it

I owned the Motorola Atrix [0] way back when, which also offered a "Lapdock" accessory. It was way ahead of its time, and I always found it unfortunate that it never took off. Even though the phone is long dead/gone, the Motorola Lapdock turned out to be fairly hackable, and I was able to repurpose it to be a screen for a Raspberry Pi. It's cool to see some version of this tech return. Current phones are far more capable of delivering what the Atrix promised. - [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Atrix_4G https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Atrix_4G

imiric 4y ago
The Atrix was indeed ahead of its time, but it was flawed in many ways. From reviews of the era, I remember that performance in the lapdock environment was poor. And since it ran an entirely separate Linux OS, the integration with Android wasn't great. Motorola had a good idea, but the execution felt more like a hack job than a product they were willing to support and improve. They soon abandoned the concept, and it wasn't until Samsung took it up with DeX that we saw an improvement on it. This iteration by Purism looks interesting, but my main concern would be performance. And whether Purism is dedicated to supporting it, or if I'll be left with a USB-C monitor in a couple of years.