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Wednesday, 28 March 2018

The world of tomorrow, according to 1999

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9 comments:

  1. Samuel Penning28 March 2018 at 14:28

    What do you expect from the man who brought us Tribbles?

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  2. Andreas Geisler28 March 2018 at 14:28

    Ha!

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  3. Andreas Geisler28 March 2018 at 15:07

    Ian Rawlings Cult 'o' Apple?

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  4. Rhys Taylor28 March 2018 at 15:12

    But, it's only very recently that firms have gone for the madness of not putting standard headphone jacks in things (my new Huawei has one). So he still got that right.

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  5. Andreas Geisler28 March 2018 at 15:14

    ADVANCED madness, apparently.

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  6. Martin Krischik28 March 2018 at 15:30

    Does any company apart from Samsung have a docking station?

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  7. Andreas Geisler28 March 2018 at 15:31

    Martin Krischik Can we count "control your X from your mobile" as "docking"?

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  8. Rhys Taylor28 March 2018 at 15:32

    Well, it only says ability to dock with a keyboard (USB) and monitor (micro HD or USB), so I'd say it ticks those as well.

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  9. Samuel Penning28 March 2018 at 16:36

    Docking may not be a great idea for phones but it has been done successfully :-)

    https://www.techiewarehouse.com/Droid-Bionic-Lapdock-Laptop-Dock-p/BIONIC-LAPDOCK.htm

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