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SlideN'Joy Extender Adds Up To Two More Screens For a Multi-Monitor Laptop

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-the-better-to-see-it-with dept.

MojoKid writes: Nothing beats the portability of a notebook when it comes to getting work done while on-the-go, but with that portability comes a number of caveats like a smaller keyboard and being forced to use a touchpad if you don't want to lug around a portable mouse. Then there's also the limitation of a single display, for those who need more screen real estate for certain tasks. Enter Sliden'Joy, a Kickstarter project that's set to launch on July 6. There's not a lot of technical detail given about it so far, but the basics are easy to understand. Sliden'Joy effectively hooks onto your notebook to allow you to extend one or two screens out of either side, giving you an effective dual or triple monitor setup. Two models of Sliden'Joy are going to be produced, offering either 1 or 2 displays, and sizes of 13, 15, and 17-inch are all going to be supported. There's no word on pledge levels quite yet, but the ultimate goal is to reach 300,000€ ($~332,000 USD) in 30 days.

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  1. Re: Adverts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If you're old, how about contributing to the Shenmue 3 kickstarter...

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3

  2. Re:You do'n't have to suffer with the touchpad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have had several of those Dell Latitude business class notebooks (D630/800/820/83), and an HP 12.5" Elitebook. They have both trackpoint and touchpad, and that is maddening for me as when I reach for the trackpoint, I almost always "touch" the touchpad, and randomize the cursor placement, and have to back up, and recover (if I notice in time, otherwise I start clobbering existing text).
    I recently got a Thinkpad Tablet 2 standalone bluetooth keyboard with only an optical Trackpoint, and love it. The lack of touchpad means more space for bigger keys, and those "missing" keys such as Home/End/PgUp/PgDn, and the right Ctrl key. It makes my keyboarding so much easier, more accurate, and thus it is far less frustrating.

    As for an extra travel monitor, I got a cool "kit" over eBay from a Chinese fabricator that let me turn my Dell D800 15.6" 1920x1200 screen into a VGA/DVI monitor. The kit is a bare circuit board with buttons for power and adjustments, and wiring harness to connect to the internal monitor connectors - cobby as Hell, but a bit of taping and other such Gerry-rigging has made it into a very useful and compact auxiliary travel display. That rigging included gutting the D800 so the exposed circuit board nestles down where the mobo was. To put it in use, I just turn the screen housing around so it has the lower part to the back like those newer notebooks in presentation mode, and I can lift the screen housing out of its hinge sockets to turn it around and close the unit for travel looking much like the original notebook when closed. You have to supply your own 2 amp power supply and video cables, but for just under $40 for the kit, and a free castoff D800 (from my brother-in-law), it is hard to beat for a portable add-on display.

    YMMV