Motorola have been pretty dormant for the last few years but this year they are back with a vengeance. The new Motorola Atrix Andriod phone was shown recently at CES to great applause, and more recently released in the States, and parts of Europe, it will be coming to South Africa soon. The phone has a dual core processor, 1GB Ram, a 4” qHD screen, and 16GB on-board memory that is expandable to 48GB.
To me what sets this apart are the incredible ways you can dock it with other devices making it a real laptop replacement for some. Motorola have released a small dock station with 3 USB ports, an HDMI out, and a charge point, You can use this to connect your phone to a screen, keyboard, and mouse and use the phones webtop application to browse the web and other applications (it includes a full PC grade firefox browser, Flash10 support, and much more). You can also use it as a media hub with the supplied remote control so you can watch movies, share pictures, or give presentations etc. They have also released a laptop deck that’s essentially a thin laptop shell with battery allowing the phone to be docked in a cradle at the back so you can again use the webtop app to use your phone as you would a normal computer.
It may not be as good looking as an iPad2 or iPhone4 but its unique capabilities sure set it apart. To see it live in action click here.
Specs:
- nVidia’s dual-core Tegra 2 processor
- 1 GB RAM
- 4 inch qHD multi-touch display
- HSDPA (up to 14.5mbps) + GSM + UMTS + EDGE
- 5mp camera with dual LED flash+ VGA front camera for video calls
- Wifi + Bluetooth 2.1
- 3.5mm headphone jack + HDMI
- 1930 mAh battery (9h talk time, 250hours stand-by time)
- Fingerprint recognition reader
- Two browsers: Android’s default and Firefox 3.6
- Android 2.2 with Motoblur (upgradable to android 2.3)
- 16 GB internal memory with SD Card slot supports up to 32 GB
- Measurement: 2.5 × 4.6 × 0.4 inches
- Weight: 4.8 ounces
