Sentences with phrase «proprietary charging docks»

Proprietary charging docks suck — but Motorola's much - anticipated Android watch could make things better The smartwatch market is still in the very early stages of development, and the three main platforms out there right now — Pebble, Samsung Gear and Android Wear — all have their own unique quirks.

Although we love that the Epic Sport lacks the liquid - vulnerable charge door, the trade - off is that you'll need to keep JLab's proprietary charging dock / cable on hand when you run out of power.

To juice up the Gear, you must place it in its proprietary charging dock and connect that to a power source via microUSB.

On one side of the Fit is a button that turns the display on and off; on its underside is an optical heart rate sensor as well as four metal contacts that connect magnetically to a proprietary charging dock.

We'd prefer to have a universal USB charger rather than a proprietary charging dock, but this is a minor complaint for a pair of headphones that otherwise tick all the boxes.

Like most smartwatches, the Forerunner 35 comes with its own proprietary charging dock.

Unfortunately the smaller profile means that the X3s now charge with a proprietary charging dock — although the tiny dock still uses micro-USB.

Not exact matches

Like many tablets today — including the Samsung Galaxy Tab — the Dell Streak 7 uses a proprietary docking port to charge or connect to your PC.

By plugging the Atrix into the proprietary $ 400 laptop dock depicted here - which lacks a CPU or storage, and only has a chiclet keyboard, touchpad, battery (which automatically charges your phone), and an impressive 1366x768 screen.»

On the bottom of the CherryPad you'll find a card slot (Cherrypal calls them «TF» cards, but don't let that confuse you — the slot is for micro-SD cards), and a proprietary dock connector for charging and syncing the CherryPad.

Also on the bottom edge of the slate itself, you'll find a proprietary charging / data / docking port, positioned at center.

Google designed the Nexus 7 with a bare minimum of ports, but did right by its users by employing a standard microUSB charging port instead of the proprietary docking connectors we've seen on so many other slates.

It has a 3.5 mm headphone jack, single speaker on the bottom, and Apple's own proprietary charging and docking connector.

Unfortunately, you must use the proprietary docking port to AC adapter cable to charge the tablet and the docking port to USB cable to sync with your PC.

The only connectors on - board are the proprietary dock socket, used for charging the tab and connecting to a PC, and the 3.5 mm headphone jack.

At the bottom in the back is the Multi Port proprietary docking / charging port connector, covered by a removable flap.

On the top sit a mini-HDMI out port for connecting to a TV or external monitor and a proprietary docking connector you must use to connect to either the AC adapter for charging or your PC for copying files.

The proprietary charging / docking port sits on the bottom as you hold the device in landscape, along with a headphone jack and a microSD card slot.

While on Apple's tablet you get only a proprietary port for charging / docking / extension modules and a 3.5 mm jack, the Slider offers as well a microSDHC card slot, mini HDMI port (Type C) and a ful - size USB 2.0 port you can use to connect a bunch of different accessories, like memory sticks, external hard - drives or a mouse.

Four air vents occupy the top of the tablet, while a pair of docking ports, pins and a proprietary charging port line the bottom.

A proprietary charging port sits at the bottom of the tablet along with docking slots and a pair of speakers.

Should also tell you a couple things about the ports on this one: you get a microSD card - reader, micro HDMI port, proprietary port on the bottom for charging and connecting the device to the docking unit or a computer, two speakers on both sides and a headset jack.

In terms of traditional hardware specs, my biggest complaints are that the Essential Phone is not waterproof and that there's no option for wireless charging (unless you count the proprietary dock Essential intends to sell someday that charges via those accessory contact pins).

Which brings me to another annoyance: Despite its glass - like back, the Essential Phone doesn't support standard wireless charging, apart from a proprietary dock that doesn't yet have a ship date.

I can't compare against the SONY and am not dissing the review or the choices they made, but I did want to state that the proprietary charger can be unplugged and you can charge it via the smallish wall wart without the convenient dock.

Those USB - C ports are also how you'll charge the X1 Carbon — Lenovo's dropped both the old blade - style charger and their proprietary dock connector.

This design is very convenient, as it prevents you from having to carry around a charger or worrying about losing a proprietary charging plate or dock.

Yes, you can charge the Z3 via the magnetic dock port on the left side, but if you don't want to shell out for the compatible dock or proprietary charging cable, you'll have to deal with the annoying cover.

It's also worth noting the Versa's proprietary charger comes with a clip - in dock (included), which makes it much easier to charge compared to the magnetic pin on the Ionic.

But because that category currently just includes keyboards and power docks, I'm less inclined to call it a true port so much as a proprietary charging solution for accessories.

When it is time to charge it the Sony SmartWatch 3 does at least benefit from having a microUSB port, so there's no need for the proprietary chargers or docks that most smartwatches favour.

Compounding the short battery life of the Moto 360 is the fact that it requires a bulky proprietary wireless charging dock.