With the keyboard dock attached, the machine weighs 3.1 pounds, and it's quite manageable, even for carrying one-handed.
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Down at the base, you'll find a proprietary charging port between two notches for the optional keyboard dock.
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The keyboard dock seamlessly connects to the tablet PC, transforming it into a full-featured notebook for a first-rate typing experience.
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In addition, the PadFone Station offers an optional keyboard dock that essentially turns the PadFone into an ultraportable computing device.
As we hinted at earlier, the best thing about the TF700's keyboard dock is that, well... you don't necessarily need it.
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Four dedicated configurations offer maximum versatility for Razer Edge users: Tablet mode, Keyboard Dock mode, Gamepad Controller mode and Docking Station mode.
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Connecting the tablet to the keyboard dock feels satisfying, but it can take a few moments to line up the connectors correctly.
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Completionists will need to wait until Q3 to pick up the keyboard dock though, as its form and price still aren't finalized.
Alternately, it could wind up as part of a keyboard dock for a future tablet, which would be closer to the filings illustrations.
An extended battery is able to connect with both the Keyboard Dock and Gamepad Controller, and doubles battery life for the Razer Edge.
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Obviously, though, if you buy into the Transformer lineup, you're presumably doing so with the hopes of buying that signature keyboard dock too.
The tablet slots into the top of the keyboard dock, with the Windows 8 button obscured slightly by the top of the dock.
In addition, the keyboard dock houses an additional battery, extending battery life up to 18 hours for multi-day use, further ensuring productivity and uptime.
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Down at the base of the device is where you'll find the micro-USB port flanked on either side by rectangular slits for the optional keyboard dock.
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As you'd expect, the keyboard dock packs a second battery, though it also makes room for an optional 500GB hard drive to complement the SSD inside the actual tablet.
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The bottom edge -- the one that connects to the optional keyboard dock -- is home to three connectors, including the 40-pin charging slot that works with the included AC adapter.
Since the Vivo Tab RT is a traditional tablet with an optional keyboard dock accessory (though it is currently included free of charge), the tablet itself is thin and light.
The micro-USB port on the tablet PC and full-sized USB on the keyboard dock enable quick and convenient connections to external devices, such as printers and external HDD or USB flash drives.
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As for the keyboard dock's built-in trackpad, it responds surprisingly well to two-finger scrolls, but the pad's tiny size means you won't actually have much space to pull off those kinds of gestures.
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Back when ASUS formally launched the PadFone, it trotted out a handful of accessories to go with it: a keyboard dock, tablet station and even a stylus that doubles as an earpiece.
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It's a lot to remember, and some of the pieces (the cradle, kickstand) don't lie flat, so they'll take up more space in your bag than a device with a regular ol' keyboard dock.
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An optional Keyboard Dock gives the Razer Edge the laptop experience with a traditional keyboard and mouse, supporting a removable 40 Wh battery, so gamers can play their favorite keyboard and mouse reliant PC titles.
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If you've set a JooJoo on an exercise bike rack to watch some video or placed the iPad in Apple's keyboard dock to compose some extended text, then a pound won't make much of a difference.
For users dead set on expanding that capacity, an optional keyboard dock will be made available that not only augments the S2110's storage via full SD slot, but also extends battery life by an extra 10 hours.
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Aside from its pedigree of simply being a ThinkPad (I will forever prefer that red TrackPoint to any other pointing device, and their keyboards are exceptional), it improves on the Yoga by boasting a detachable keyboard dock.
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It will reportedly include front and rear cameras as well as a possible microSDHC slot, and the accessories we see in the purported leak involve both a tiny keyboard dock and a cover that doubles as a kickstand.
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Razer says the Edge has specific "modes" based around these accessories -- the tablet alone features the obvious multi-touch tricks of Windows 8, and the keyboard dock gives PC gamers access to the familiar WASD controls they're used to.
As you see in our photo gallery, the tablet is roughly the same size and thickness of a netbook when combined with the keyboard dock, and we never felt like the slate was about to tumble out of its cradle.
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Other than that, we just wish the final keyboard dock will somehow get a slight weight reduction: for the screen size, 1.88 pounds isn't too bad for the tablet alone, but together with the heavy keyboard, the Q702 could become a nightmare for regular travelers.
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