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SlideN'Joy Extender Adds Up To Two More Screens For a Multi-Monitor Laptop
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.
Is this just a pre-hype for a kickstarter to get people to rush on day one ? ...
come on slashdot this is not news yet
or am I getting old
who where what when now?
No thanks, I prefer to have less latency. Also, no word on resolution, but unless it uses HDMI 2.0 or DisplayPort, it's not going to be HiDPI. Who would want a non-HiDPI, 30Hz screen these days?
There are some useful apps to turn an iPad into a second monitor if you have a Mac - try Air Display or Duet Display.
They don't have hooking on aspect of the system in the article, but are still nice additions.
Thinking about the weight of this thing, the second picture in the article is more accurate. The one that looks like the screens are flat on the desk and keyboard in the air. Not quite ergonomic though.
Really? Sliden'Joy?
Their first action should be hire a marketing guy who will probably have them change the name lest it be automatically banned by various internet filters as a sex toy.
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Every laptop I've ever had died from hinge-strain breaking the hinges.
To the point that I'm always ultra-careful opening and shutting any laptop, but it still happens.
I'm quite impressed that the Samsung I use at the moment isn't showing a single crack yet, but I imagine it won't be long.
This just seems like the worst of bad ideas possible. And it hinges on the side? God, that's going to put tremendous strain on parts of the screen that were never designed to hold weight.
Even if it's not just a con, there's no way that's a practical product unless the original laptop is designed for that extra weight and strain. And, I'm incredibly suspicious of the price, and also incredibly suspicious of quite how you're going to get that to work with any laptop.
Just ask MojoKid - he is apparently the "Editor In Chief At HotHardware.com", according to his profile here. He regularly posts links to his articles, and they're usually lacking in some way or another, hence the need to spam Slashdot with them. A link to the actual company's site would be better, which can be found here.
I was a backer of this project that was pretty much the same:
Packed Pixels
Nice screen at 2048 x 1536, but not yet delivered. They just about hit their funding goal of £60,000 on 29th November 2014, and they're now taking pre-orders. It would probably be better to just pre-order one of these than back a whole new Kickstarter - at least these are close to production.
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Indeed, touchpads suck - tremendously. Even the best of them have unintended problems. But you don't have to live in a touchpad-or-mouse world. ThinkPads still have trackpoint, and there are a few business-class laptops from other vendors (Dell and HP, I believe) that also have them available.
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