Vobot Mini Dock: Does a dock need a screen?

I took a quick look at this docking station by ‪@vobot‬ that combines a clock, a dock and a small display. This could be a tinkerers paradise but some features might be lost on casual users.
To learn more, visit: getvobot.com/mini-dock
In the spirit of 100% transparency, the docking station featured in this video was supplied by Vobot and not personally purchased. My goal is to objectively review this product and this is not a paid endorsement. "Paid Promotion" is enabled since I accepted something of monetary value to produce the video, the product itself.
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0:00 Introduction
0:51 Unboxing
1:10 Specifications
2:46 Product Overview
7:36 Conclusions

[@10lauset]

These docks must be a coming thing as I just saw a few similar items on AliExpress but I just use my cell phone for the time and have a docking unit for my laptop. Cheers from Edmonton.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Yes, not a device for everyone but something interesting to tinker with. I'm curious to see what people might create.

[@vobot]

Thank you for your professional review!👍
I would like to answer the questions mentioned in the video for you.
The reason why your computer cannot access this page is that the two are in different local area networks.
The URL of the configuration interface can only be accessed by devices in the same LAN. If you connect the computer and Mini Dock to the same LAN, the computer can also access the website.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Thanks for the comment. Both devices were connected to the same network. It did work earlier for me to capture some footage but then it stopped working. Not sure if a firmware update caused the issue or not.

[@ted-b]

Oh, I'm reluctant to let sketchy items onto my wifi, otherwise it looks a bit of fun.

[@LaptopRetrospective]

Understand how you feel on that. Security needs to come first.

[@TimiDaVinci]

I known the importance of security, but I guess this little thing is only connecting to the internet to obtain time, weather, and some simple data. I think privacy is important, but I think it is so simple. As the blogger said, the CPU seems to have weak computing power, so it should not be able to access these private data. In other words, your phone can access much more than it can, why is it allowed to connect to your WiFi?

[@USSMariner]

Learn how to setup a VLAN on your local network. Life changing. Let all the IOT crap run on its own VLAN separate from your PC and cellphone VLAN.