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Motorola sent me a boatload of accessories for the Droid Razr, including an external battery (just plug it in and you have an external power supply), a car dock, a multimedia dock and the company's updated Lapdock 100.

The new laptop dock improves upon the original, though it still has issues. For example, Motorola has wisely allowed this new Lapdock to work with a wide variety of Motorola smartphones by having a universal connector that plugs into more than one device.

Unfortunately, this design doesn't actually let you dock the phone. Instead, you can only rest the phone in a cut out in the Lapdock. For a phone like the Razr, with the ports on the top of the case, you can't even rest the handset in the Lapdock, so you're forced to leave it plugged in on the table.

The new laptop dock has two-finger scrolling, a welcome change, though its performance it still pretty terrible and it makes navigation a maddening experience. The keyboard is improved, though key layout and size isn't optimal, either.

Motorola's webtop concept is still very much a concept and not something I'd ever consider using regularly. It's easier to just use the phone itself than the clunky laptop-like accessory.


@CNNMoneyTech - Last updated November 29 2011: 6:48 AM ET
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