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Can you hook a monitor and keyboard to a smart phone??

Discussion in 'General' started by notbostrom, Aug 10, 2011.

  1. notbostrom

    notbostrom DaveK broke the interwebs

    well?? My vision is shot and I can't type on anything that small
     
  2. Venom51

    Venom51 John Deere Equipment Expert - Not really

    What phone? Several ways to go about it.
     
  3. SupermotoFan

    SupermotoFan deep Clothing Company

    How about an iPhone 4?
     
  4. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Bluetooth keyboard is easy. Never played with a monitor.
     
  5. notbostrom

    notbostrom DaveK broke the interwebs

    I was hoping for BT keyboard since some of the new phones have HDMI ports that maybe could be used for video.
     
  6. notbostrom

    notbostrom DaveK broke the interwebs

    you tell me, I'm a late adapter and will be purchasing my first smart phone

    the charger stopped working for my old motorola
    [​IMG]
     
  7. vnvbandit

    vnvbandit Well-Known Member

    Tether it to your laptop
     
  8. BC

    BC Well-Known Member

    How about hooking a fax machine to a smart phone? Droidx specifically.
     
  9. notbostrom

    notbostrom DaveK broke the interwebs

    whats a laptop
     
  10. kz2zx

    kz2zx zx2gsxr2zx

    Why not take a photo of the document and zoom/crop it?

    Also known as a 'Grandpa Box', it features large, independently-actuated keys in an array called a 'keyboard' and a large-ish flatpanel monitor, under a camera. It's for people whose vision sucks too bad to use a 'droid or eyephone like everyone else.

    (I think we're moving toward a larger phone/smaller tablet, and small displays that project and virtual keyboards, all with the phone/tablet not leaving your hip. Your wallet's moving into your phone, too.)
     
  11. notbostrom

    notbostrom DaveK broke the interwebs

    I guess I could wait for the iphone 6 (an Iphone3g duct taped to the back of an Ipad)

    seriously though, if anyone knows how to do this let me know. I need to check personal emails during the day but now work in a secure location so personal email on a company computer aint gonna happen
     
  12. Putter

    Putter Ain't too proud to beg

    My Incredible 2 hooks right to the TV with an HDMI cable.
     
  13. 178SV

    178SV now retired...

    Does it display the operating screens of the phone and emails, or just app driven stuff like video from NETFLIX?
     
  14. Putter

    Putter Ain't too proud to beg

    I actually don't know, I've never tried it.
     
  15. woodyracing

    woodyracing Well-Known Member

  16. Putter

    Putter Ain't too proud to beg

  17. Hyperdyne

    Hyperdyne Indy United SBK

    I have the Samsung Infuse and it comes with an actual HDMI out to hook up to a monitor. Add the bluetooth keyboard and off you go.
     
  18. SupermotoFan

    SupermotoFan deep Clothing Company

    Dropped by the apple store, and they have an adapter that plugs into the port on the iPhone and converts to hdmi. Didn't catch the price.
     
  19. 178SV

    178SV now retired...

    Yep, keyboards and HDMI cables, great! But again, what can you do with it? Can you see the OS screens? How do you select and launch apps with a keyboard? Anyone with actual experience doing it? First 4 pages of that forum talked about nothing but watching videos.....
     
  20. tunawest

    tunawest Well-Known Member

    Price=your left testicle
     

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