I don't believe Blackberry has ever produced a device that isn't a Blackberry. Which is to say, "entirely unsuitable as a workstation and nothing like a top-tier smartphone".
that's not exactly the same thing - for one, Ubuntu's device is aimed at letting you use any keyboard, mouse, and monitor you want, while also running a desktop-class OS with laptop-class hardware. The one you linked is more like an iPad keyboard dock.
Right, I didn't mean to imply that was the same as what the Ubuntu Phone is doing. Merely that it might be what kjn was thinking of.
That being said, the Motorola lapdock was a bit more than just a "keyboard dock". Take a look at some of the screen images on the linked page - when docked, the phone switched to a desktop-ish interface, not a standard tablet UI. (I don't think it even used a touchscreen, actually.) And I believe you could get the same effect by plugging your own keyboard and monitor into the USB/HDMI ports on the phone; the lapdock just happened to have everything integrated.
There's no way they're going to get laptop class hardware into a phone. Maybe it will have one of the new generation of Atom cpus, but given how extremely vague they're being about what SOC they will be using, most likely it's going to be an ARM chip (also I think Intel keeps the phone version of atom's power draw down by throttling the speed below the level they're claiming).
Either way, atom or ARM means sub-par performance for desktop apps... And if you're restricted to mobile apps, why not just use a tablet already?
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Date: 2013-07-23 03:10 pm (UTC)I don't want one $800 worth.
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Date: 2013-07-23 04:46 pm (UTC)That being said, the Motorola lapdock was a bit more than just a "keyboard dock". Take a look at some of the screen images on the linked page - when docked, the phone switched to a desktop-ish interface, not a standard tablet UI. (I don't think it even used a touchscreen, actually.) And I believe you could get the same effect by plugging your own keyboard and monitor into the USB/HDMI ports on the phone; the lapdock just happened to have everything integrated.
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Date: 2013-07-24 12:55 pm (UTC)Either way, atom or ARM means sub-par performance for desktop apps... And if you're restricted to mobile apps, why not just use a tablet already?
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