http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/ Engadget Comments for NU's universal docking station adds more storage to (almost) any netbook http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/]]>May 6th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/I wonder what too a company so long to develop a device like this.

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I took a cheap cooler apart and there really is a ton of space in there for...stuff.

I even considered cobbling my own docking station together using it, but I slept that one off luckily.]]>May 6th 2009 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/
I'd actually consider buying a product like this, when I get around to chucking all the bulky computers in the house.]]>May 6th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.nu-global.com/product.aspx?cid=C_00000005&ccid=C_00000027&pid=P_00000069]]>May 6th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/
A real docking station would automatically connect and latch into place through a port in the bottom or back of the lappy.

Granted, most netbooks probably aren't set up to do that, but that still doesn't make this a docking station.

I'd call this a laptop cooler with accessories. ]]>May 6th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/
Why not, rather than loading up on accessories like this, learn to use ISOs, online storage (i.e. Amazon S3), and the like? I really think the portability factor of a netbook should remain, no matter what.]]>May 6th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/
if you opted for that super cool 16gb SSD, then you're not packing much space.]]>May 6th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/Now that people are made aware that they can do what they actually need with netbooks instead of spending twice as much with regular laptops, there comes the accessory market to help turning Netbook into desktop replacement machines. I'm not surprised. I'd be surprised if Apple or MS came up with software that makes people think "yeah, now I know why I need a £1000 machine"]]>May 6th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/May 6th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/nus-universal-docking-station-adds-more-storage-to-almost-any/
Anyway, personal feelings aside, I think you see a lot of tilted stands around because that's the only way to raise up the screen - which is even more important for your posture and comfort - while still enabling you to type on the built in keyboard.

It would be totally ankward to type on it if the stand had a rectangular profile. This way, you can still do that and using an external keyboard is a matter of personal preferencies, not a prerequisite.]]>May 6th 2009 1:23PM