Motorola ATRIX 4G

Bringing the new strategy to control the mobile phone market and to pursue the old-throne, Motorola is looking to go one step further with its latest flagship of its new Android-based lineup, the ATRIX 4G. The Motorola ATRIX 4G is powered by a Tegra dual-core CPU with each core running at 1 GHz to deliver up to 2 GHz of processing performance and 1 GB of RAM, the Motorola ATRIX 4G smartphone is designed to act as the brains of a computer that can be taken with you. Moreover, to being what Motorola calls the “world’s most powerful smartphone,” the Motorola ATRIX 4G is also designed to slot into external docks that turn the mobile device into the engine for a desktop or notebook.

What we really like about this Android 2.2 Froyo-powered ATRIX 4G smartphone is the netbook accessory and the desktop dock. It is possible to connect a monitor to the dock, via HDMI and you can view the smartphone on a full monitor. Mouse and keyboard connections are also supported, giving you a full desktop experience from a smartphone. It takes a moment for the smartphone to activate the Motorola’s Webtop interface (a windowed UI that runs a full Firefox 3.6 browser with support for Flash 10.1 and provides multi-tasking capabilities) that powers the full screen experience but once running, it’s reasonably nippy.

The standard smartphone interface is then contained within a window on the desktop, making it easy to control the smartphone aspects of the mobile device with ease. One of the most obvious uses for the smartphone in this configuration is watching video, which it excels at. 1080p video plays back flawlessly and looks great. Moreover, the Motorola ATRIX 4G also comes with an integrated Citrix Receiver application to provide secure access to virtual desktops as well as Windows, office, and web applications hosted on Citrix XenDesktop.

Motorola ATRIX 4G Smartphone

At CES 2011 – Las Vegas, Motorola was demonstrating the ATRIX 4G Tegra 2 smartphone being used with the Laptop Dock and the HD Multimedia Dock. The mobile phone connects to the docks via its mini USB and mini HDMI ports. The HD Multimedia Dock then provides three USB ports and an HDMI port, so it can be connected to a monitor or HDTV, and USB input devices such as a keyboard and mouse. There’s also a remote for controlling multimedia content from the couch when using the device’s Entertainment Center application.

Meanwhile, the Laptop Dock features an 11.6-inch screen, trackpad, full keyboard, two USB ports, and stereo speakers and provides up to eight hours of battery life. Weighing in at 2.6 lb (1.17 kg), the Motorola ATRIX 4G slots into the back left of the device behind the display to give users a notebook form factor that leverages the power of the smartphone.

When users undock the smartphone, it retains the state of the Webtop application between sessions so when it is plugged back in – even to a different dock – the previous session is automatically restored. The content is also available when the smartphone is undocked, so if you didn’t finish reading a web page on your monitor before you had to head out the door, you can pick up where you left off on the train on the way to work.

TRIX 4G

There is no sign of a shutter button for the 8MP camera but it does at least have twin LEDs. Under the backplate is a whopping 1930mAh battery (most smartphones use 1500mAh ones) that should keep this smartphone running for several days, despite its dual-core processor. You will also find a microSD slot, giving you the option to add another 32GB of storage to the 16GB onboard. The 4-inch LCD screen display is excellent. Motorola ATRIX 4G’s 960×540 pixels resolution makes it really sharp, while color reproduction and viewing angles are both very good. It’s easily one of the best we’ve ever seen.

Other ATRIX 4G’s specifications include VGA front and 5MP rear facing camera with LED flash, 2.4 GHz and 5GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, built-in fingerprint scanner, and 1930 mAh battery to provide up to nine hours of talk time and up to 10.4 days on standby. There’s also support for AT&T’s Mobile Hotspot service for connecting up to five additional Wi-Fi enabled devices.

The Motorola ATRIX 4G smartphone measures 2.5 x 4.6 x 0.4 inches (6.35 x 11.6 x 1 cm) and weighs 4.8 oz (136 g). In the U.S. market, the Motorola ATRIX 4G will be available exclusively through AT&T in Q1 2011.

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