Motorola Atrix 4G | Starting a Smartphone Trend
Unveiled at CES in Las Vegas the ATRIX 4G by Motorola was by far the most impressive phone. This rang true not only in the fit and finish of the phone but also in Motorola’s vision of what the next wave of smartphones will look like.
Let us first take a look at the full list of specs. for this new monster that runs Android 2.2.
- A dual-core processor capable of opening web pages twice as fast as most other smartphones, rendering games faster and displaying HD video on big-screen TVs
- A full 1 GB of RAM for twice the RAM of most smartphones to deliver effortless multi-tasking, such as watching a movie while receiving and responding to email
- The world’s first qHD display for a smartphone, offering high resolution and 24-bit color, making it easier to read indoors and outdoors
- Front- and rear-facing cameras and the ability to record in HD
- Convenient biometric fingerprint reader for easily unlocking your phone while providing extra security
- Up to 48GB of storage (16GB internal and optional 32GB MicroSD card) – enough to store thousands of songs, photos and movies
- 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi 802.11n support, enabling as much as 50 percent faster download and upload speeds in WiFi mode compared to most other smartphones
- Optional AT&T Mobile Hotspot service for connecting up to five additional Wi-Fi-enabled devices
- Under 11 mm thin with an extra large 1930 mAh battery for extended standby and talk time
- Two microphones for noise-reduction technology so your calls will be heard loud and clear in even the noisiest environments
- Supports HD video capture and replay for most multimedia standards
If the full list of features and specifications was not enough, Motorola is changing the way we think about using our smartphone. The Motorola Webtop application allows the ATRIX 4G to be used with a multimedia dock or a laptop dock. Once plugged in the Motorola Atrix now serves as the user’s primary digital hub to create, edit and interact with documents, media and content. The Webtop Application runs a full version of Android and provides a full Mozilla Firefox 3.6 browser and supports Adobe Flash Player.
The ATRIX 4G was truly the most innovative smartphone out of CES this year. As consumers, a trend we will watch emerge is that of ‘one device for all computing needs’. Motorola is starting this by adding the laptop and multimedia docks to their offerings. As NFC (Near Field Communication) technology emerges we may see more and more manufacturers creating the ability for full computing inherent in a smartphone. Is the laptop dead? Not yet but be open to the fact that smartphones are now just as powerful as the computers we lived and died by just a few years ago.
