The BlackDock�
So yeah. It's a Lapdock� idea for a z10/z30. Just a rough thought, I use my z10 a lot. Would be nice to have a useful dock.
Key principles.
Full size keyboard (possibly bluetooth connection though USB would be ideal)
Full size screen 13-15", (maybe touch screen?)
Backup storage for phone.
Phone is the brain, no additional computing carried out by dock.
The phone acts as the trackpad for dock.
The dock supplies an extra battery to charge phone and drive peripherals.
The dock contains USB host connections.
The dock provides audio amplification and speakers. Using most of the internal free space of the dock's chassis for speaker cavities, this should be loud. Very loud. Like ghetto blaster loud. Perhaps 5watt L/R tops with a 50w subwoofer. High freq cabinets built into display. Subwoofer cabinet to run through remaining cavity in screen and connect down to chassis. I mean super rad loud.
Should be able to accept all bb10 phones with the HDMI/USB connector and housing adapter for individual phones.
Lightweight and robust. Would be nice if the plastic were the same as the z10's.
Relatively inexpensive. $150 ish.
Obviously the software would need to be able to turn on it's side in home and hub views.
BB would need to work on the way BB deals with keyboard shortcuts. No ctl+x for 'cut' ext? No deal. Needs to be sorted out. I'm not a legacy BB guy so I don't know BB keyboard shortcuts. IMO, a full sized keyboard should behave similarly to other platforms in terms of quintessential keyboard shortcuts. BB10 might, I just haven't found it yet. And obviously, keyboard shortcuts for q5/q10 should be what they always were as they are different keyboards.
I made the pics by editing some sketch up drawings I downloaded from the sketch up store. This was a quick sketch and nothing fits correctly so thats why I posted limited views. Maybe I'll fix em and update. Maybe not.
Either way, I want one of these. Maybe I should make it.