[Atrix 4G Android Development] starrwulfe:
I installed this ROM and I absolutely LOVE IT!! I was using Darkside, then Wet Dream, and before that, I can't remember. The only reason I never stuck to pure AOSP CM7 is strictly due to me needing webtop. However because LS HDMI is now built in to the weeklys, I've decided to give it another go.

I think I can make this work now, even using the lapdock! By only using the HDMI mirroring, battery life on both the phone and dock lasts like forever...

Here's my current configuration....

*Neutrino GS ROM

*Dolphin HD browser (better than the webtop version of Firefox 9 even! Faster, supports flash, and X-marks bookmark syncing. Plus I can spoof user agents and look like an iPad to get access to websites that support a tablet UI when I'm lapdocked.)

*Splashtop (the best damn remote desktop app for android AND iOS IMHO. My mac mini is always online at home, and I also have a VPS running Windows serving up my websites... may as well use those to help me get some work done-- all without having to buy another laptop just to run those OSes. I've installed Office on the VPS, and I have Apple's iWork as well. No excuses not to get stuff done.)

*Pogoplug, Dropbox and Box (This is what you'll need to get files back and forth between phone and workstations. My Pogoplug is what I use most, since it's private. The VPS and the Mac mini see it as a connected hard drive whereever they are, and so does the Atrix. Of course you already know about the other two ;))

*Quickoffice Pro (in case something silly happens with my networked PCs, I can still get stuff done. Bear in mind, at work I always have access to the computers in our labs at the university, so I'm never totally without a full PC for that long. However I've been very surprised at the stuff I can actually do on QO. Also it connects directly to the networks I mentioned above along with Google Docs. )

This is what "cloud computing" is supposed to be like I think. I live in Yokohama and work in Tokyo, and commute on very crowded trains for at least an hour each way. There's no freaking way I'm taking my MacBook Pro to work everyday and risking my $1600 baby's life like that! But I carry the Atrix and its light-as-a-feather lapdock everywhere. Couple that with unlimited 22Mb internet and very good coverage either by hotspots or 4G in Japan, and I really don't need to carry my laptop anywhere anymore...

Thanx to the ROM Cook, Atrix Dev Team, and everyone else who helped make my toy into a practical machine for getting things done!

Now I have a few questions...

*is there a way to smooth the text in HDMI mode? It looks pixelated in the lapdock. I'll live with it if there's no other way.

*also the lapdock's trackpad is IMPOSSIBLE to use. Left clicks make the cursor jump to the left... Right clicks just act like a back button. I usually use a portable USB mouse anyway and it's unaffected, so no big deal...but just in case...

*Anyway to prevent the onscreen keyboard from popping up when I'm docked? Where's that NO keyboard APK?

*How do I reverse the action of the CURSOR keys on the keyboard? With LS Mirroring, the screen is rotated properly, but the arrow keys still act like they're in portrait mode (left is down, right is up, etc)