I'm glad the OP is posting. Many of us have upcoming flights that will be impacted by this ban. I'm interested to learn how Emirates deal with those coming from connecting flights. It's good to learn that he didn't have to check from his originating airport, implying that Emirates has figured out how to take the electronics at the point of his connection. I'm concerned as to how secure he feels his electronics will be against theft.
OP, please continue to update us on your journey.