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Consumer greed? (Controversial)

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http://androidforums.com – I've defended myself and others whom freely claim to use a lot of data. Just on the phone (My bionic) itself I was pulling down an average of 43 gigs a month. I had little reason to tether because of webtop that had a full Mozilla Firefox browser. (Webtop is a feature of this and some other phones that when hooked to a HDTV, you get more of a desktop experience with Verizon's blessings. Meaning it there was no charge to use it.) In my personal life, I am trying to embrace the concept of "No opinion." This means I wish not to judge others... But something struck a nerve... (General)

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Submitted by Gnicqi on 11/01/2012 – Made popular on 11/01/2012

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Hi folks,

Hoping this thread isn't redundant, but through my ROM-flashing journeys I've looked up and come across random issues with regards to being able to tether for free and using webtop.

Webtop discontinued? 39 weeks 5 days ago

I don't currently own a Webtop enabled phone but I have wanted one for a while now. I am on Sprint and have a SERO account which I would like to hang onto so when I heard about the Motorola Photon Q I watched it with a lot of interest. As more info kept being released I got more and more disappointed.

Question 36 weeks 1 day ago

Are there any apps that would allow me to use my tablet as a Bluetooth keyboard for webtop? I would really like to be able to use my tablet as a keyboard when I have my bionic hooked up to the tv with the webtop.

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In the no shocker news for today, Motorola and Google has put an end to Webtop’s misery. Motorola has either announced or released a few phones lately, and you never heard a word about Webtop or the Lapdocks. Verizon is actually unloading the Lapdock 100′s for $50. Some people actually think the latest version (3.0) was pretty good, but I have to be honest, I never used it.

Those with a lapdock or webtop adapter....Here's a preview of the new webtop app included in the upcoming ICS update.

ICS Motorola Webtop Beta 3.0 on DROID RAZR 4.0.3 - YouTube

Despite having been such a groundbreaking platform, the days of using a laptop dock are coming to an end. In a statement made earlier today, Motorola has announced its plans to kill of its Webtop program and line of laptop docks, first unveiled alongside the Atrix 4G at CES 2011.

“Motorola’s Webtop app helps users extend their smartphone experience to larger screens.

I may sell my bionic, any offers???

First off, I walk away and the music disconnects on my bluetooth headset when the screen goes to sleep.

Second, I can no longer BLOG with even the mobile browsers..

F*ck you Motorola...

They might as well just offer the mirror mode only!

[Q] Since webtop is dead... 32 weeks 2 hours ago

Anyone have experience with a lapdock and custom/kexec ROMs? What does it do when you connect? Can I get anything close to Webtop 3.0 behavior using, say one of the CM10 releases? I've read talk about people on Atrix using an HDMI mirroring setting to increase the resolution output.

I have tried this on both the pure/stock first ICS leak and a custom ROM based upon that leak (ScV7) and in both cases, when I connect my Atrix 2 to the Lapdock 500, it *very* briefly displays the correct Webtop 3.0 welcome screen, and then just abandons that and jumps right into "mirror mode" with the notification bar still at the top as usual, and everything blown up to ridiculous size