$99 Superdock turns Android phones into laptops — but why?

Stop me if you've heard this idea before: Imagine turning your smartphone into a laptop just by plugging it into a laptop "shell."

Yeah... it's not a new idea and yet Superbook, a product that promises to turn your Android phone into a laptop, has already smashed its Kickstarter campaign goal of $50,000 with more than $398,000 pledged as of this writing and 28 days left to go.

The product isn't complicated. You plug any Android 5.0 (or higher) smartphone into the Superbook via a USB cable and you immediately get an Android-powered laptop with an 11.6-inch HD screen, keyboard and trackpad and eight hours of battery life. Read more...