KT Spiderpad - The ultimate Transformer

To put it simply, KT Spiderpad is an android phone. The phone was introduced during the IFA conference and one of the best things that happened at the venue.

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KT Spiderpad is a mainly a phone, an android smartphone, a power machine released by Korean Telecom. The phone looks pretty cool and comes with some awesome features.

a 4.5 inch display

a 1.5 GHz dual core processor

1 GB RAM

16 GB internal memory

microHDMI and microUSB ports

If these features are not awesome enough, then here's what makes it more awesome. The phone docks into accessories to be a tablet, or a gaming station or a laptop itself.

Tablet Dock

There’s a Tablet dock where the phone slides in and becomes the trackpad.  This dock contains a 6400 mAh battery & a 10.1-inch display, with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels  Dimensions are 249.8 x 176.5 x 12.5 mm & weighs 678 grams. This is a much better implementation than the Motorola Atrix laptop dock. This tablet dock transforms the KT SpiderPad into a large screen device, just like the Asus PadFone

Handheld Dock

The handheld dock is meant for gamers & looks a bit like a Sony PSP handheld gaming device.

Laptop Dock

The phone slides into a laptop and becomes the brain of the laptop also the trackpad for the laptop.

All the docks are just accessories. They do not contain any processor. The Laptop dock for example is just a keyboard and a screen with battery power. The processing power is provided by the Spiderpad Phone.

Here are some videos to make you fall in love with the SpiderPad.

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The pricing information is not released yet. The phone is said to hit japanese market later this year.

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LoJack

What is one of the most common differences between a laptop and a PC, the prior is mobile. What if you lose it or it gets stolen.....Well fear not because LoJack comes to the rescue........using which you can recover, delete, lock and locate your laptop to avoid disclosing of your personal info to some strangers or a thief.............



LoJack is a peronalised software from 'Absolute Software' which allows you to locate the actual position of your laptop, lock your laptop to unknowns, delete sensitive data and also provides you with the chance of recovering your laptop if its stolen.

These are, the most important features of LoJack

Recover

Here, If your protected by LoJack and your computer is stolen, the team can use their technology to track it, and work with local law enforcement to get it back in your hands.

Lock

Use Device Lock to block your computer remotely, denying potential identity thieves access to your computer and personal data. You can also choose to display a customized lock-out message onscreen. You could, for instance, display contact information that would help a good Samaritan return your computer to you.

Delete

The contents of your hard drive might be worth more to you — and a thief — than the laptop itself. But our Data Delete feature helps you prevent costly and traumatic identity theft. With it, you can remotely and selectively erase sensitive files, personal photos, financial data, and stored passwords. So you stay safe and in control.

Locate

Using GPS or Wi-Fi geolocation, LoJack for Laptops can map and display your laptop's current and past whereabouts. So you'll know whether it's simply left behind, or something more serious. Even when your laptop is safe and sound, you can see that LoJack for Laptops is on the job

And if you still don't understand what LoJack can do. Here is a video to explain in Simple words

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How to enable Laptop mode on Ubuntu and extend your battery life?

Its a very common issue among people who use linux on their laptop. The linux kernels are supposedly resource intensive and take lot of hard disk spins which actually drains the laptop battery at a faster rate than it should take. After a little googling I found out that the linux kernel has a laptop mode that can be enabled. Laptop mode was discouraged since Edgy 6.10 due to heard reasons of hangups found in few laptops. This mode can still be enabled by installing a package called laptop-mode-tools.

How to install laptop-mode-tools?

Step 1: You should first make sure your current version of kernel is compatible with laptop-mode-tools. Any version starting from 2.6.6 will be compatible.

Step 2: Install the package laptop-mode-tools by executing the following instruction in Terminal

sudo apt-get install laptop-mode-tools

Step 3: The installation creates a configuration file at location /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf

Step 4: Configure this file by executing

gksudo gedit /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf

The Configuration file laptop-mode.conf is pretty much self described with lot of comments. You get to configure options such as ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_AC, ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_WHEN_LID_CLOSED etc. For more details on configuring other parameters of this file, you can refer the man pages by executing the following instruction in your terminal -

man laptop-mode.conf

Or just check out the online man page here.

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