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KT’s Spider Laptop acts like an external screen and battery for Android smartphones

Categories: Android, Devices, KT
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 at 2:07 AM

Korea Telecom is working on an awesome hardware that promises to usher the new era in mobile computing. It’s a laptop computer that has no memory, no CPU and no OS inside it, relying instead on an Android smartphone to provide the intelligence. In that sense, KT calls it the smartphone accessory that provides users with a larger screen and full-sized keyboard, something Motorola and Asus (with their Padfone) have been offering for quite some time. However, KT says that thanks to their own software, smartphone and laptop connect using a single “MHL cable.” Needless to say, KT applied for a patent on this technology.

KT said that it plans to launch a low-priced model and cooperate with many manufacturers to introduce various versions of Spider Laptop. At the same time, the carrier will continue to expand the smartphone models that can be connected to Spider Laptop.

Love how it sounds and I can’t wait to give it a try. :)

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  • http://twitter.com/sndplace Steven aNd Diane

    would love something like this if its affordable. Also a place to house the phone. I like the concept of this.

  • http://digg.com/users/OmegaWolf Silver Fang

    It is compatible with all Android phones?

    • http://www.intomobile.com Dusan Belic

      It should be though we’re not sure…

  • Guest

    What ever happened to the KT Spider phone that they demo’d last year, with netbook, tablet and game dock accessories?