Bluedock for the Ipaq

bkbroil · #1 01-17-2004, 10:40 AM

The Gadgeteer has an in depth report from CES 2004. The report has a ton of pictures and one that caught my eye is the BlueDock.
Next to the iBiz area was an exhibit from Synosphere. They were showing a product called the Blue Dock. Designed for Pocket PCs and Palm PDAs, this small docking station allows your PDA to, in effect, become your only PC!
There are a lot of mobile warriors that have been using their PDAs as a laptop replacement. This product takes that idea a huge step forward!
The dock includes 2 USB ports for a keyboard and mouse, 1 SVGA port for a monitor and an Ethernet port. Pop in your PDA, and badaa boom baada bing, you can see and interact with everything on a full-size monitor. I think this a very cool concept, one which I will most happily adopt when PDAs have at least 20GBs of RAM and even faster processors. Being able to carry ALL my email and our entire website in my pocket for easy access would really be a dream come true for me!
Definitely! He really only showed us the spreadsheet application, and the today screen. I would love to see Pocket PC and Palm games on a computer monitor, though, as well as all of the other PDA applications that we can't live without.
This looks really cool. 8) I will have to wait for a review of the product when it hits the shelves. Would you use something like this?

Addic · #2 01-18-2004, 07:49 AM

Could it be........
That someone is actually listening to the purchasers of handheld/pocketpc devices?

I remember AGES! ago reading about a device that IBM were working, and I found the prototype picture below (sorry can't remember which website linked to it!) 8-) .
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-830173.html
For me this is SO the way forward with PDA's 8-) 8-) 8-) . I tried the converged device thingine (Jornada 928 WDA - PocketPC and phone) but it sucked on so many levels

e.g. cheek grease on the display, poor battery time, pathetic voice quality when making/receiving a call and finally I really didn't feel happly walking around with £500 worth of equipment (as I needed my phone and couldn't afford a seperate mobile as well - kinda defeats the object!

) on a Friday while partying :P .
But to have the power of a laptop in my pocket, that can be attached and used as a regular PC

- Woohoo! bring that baby home to daddy.

Brad Isaac · #3 01-18-2004, 08:59 PM

Isn't the OQO device (I think it's called that) one of those full fledged PC's that you can carry in your pocket, hook to a monitor, keyboard and mouse. I think it runs XP I believe....

ctitanic · #4 01-19-2004, 09:01 AM

Did you notice that the resolution on the monitor is not 240x320?
This is really cool

Addic · #5 01-19-2004, 09:10 AM

Brad I think your refering to the COMPANY called OQO
Web link -> http://www.oqo.com
They are producing a new line of PPC's that should be available at the end of the year priced about $1000
Web link -> http://news.com.com/2100-1040-883861.html
Still looks good to me.
There seems to be alot of information floating around about how the future development of PC's (not just PocketPC's) will be MUCH smaller than the present size e.g. a new standard of case/mother board design moving away from the present standard of ATX significantly.
Could the next convergence device be between PocktPC and PC rather than PocketPC and Mobile Phone???

Bruanor · #6 01-19-2004, 03:11 PM

Ok, that thing is just too cool... tad large as a PPC replacement, but it would be amazing to have a single device for both mobile and home computing.
Bru...

Anonymous · #7 01-21-2004, 02:03 PM

I wonder when will be available for my 1915 here, in Spain

bkbroil · #8 01-21-2004, 02:09 PM

Wouldn't that be packaged under a different product -- the HP Azul da/rsena? :P
(yeah, I know.....stupid

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