AT&T Motorola Atrix 4G: The World's Most Powerful Smartphone/Smartbook? [UPDATE]

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AT&T Motorola Atrix 4G: The World’s Most Powerful Smartphone/Smartbook? [UPDATE]

January 5, 2011 | by Michael Heller

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If these announcements from AT&T don’t scream, “We’re losing iPhone exclusivity, so we need more Android!” I don’t know what else could be happening. On top of the announcements for the Samsung Infuse, and HTC Inspire, to round out the big 3 Android manufacturers, AT&T announced the Motorola Atrix 4G.

The Motorola Atrix looks like the previously revealed Olympus, featuring 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage, a Tegra 2 processor, and an HDMI out port, with an HD dock. As with the other phones, “4G” means HSPA+ not LTE for the Atrix.

[UPDATE 1] Motorola has also announced that the Atrix will come with something simply called the “Laptop Dock”, which will pair with an app called “Webtop” to turn the phone into a smartbook.

[UPDATE 2]

The official Motorola Atrix website is up. The spec sheet is as follows:

NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core 1 Ghz processor
1 GB RAM
16 GB internal memory
4 inch QHD display (supposedly refreshes faster than other screens)
5 MP rear camera and VGA front facing camera
Fingerprint scanning security
Android 2.2 (Froyo) with MotoBlur
1930 mAH battery (one of the biggest I’ve seen in a phone)

As always, more info as it comes.

[Engadget]

AT&T, Motorola Atrix, Motorola Olympus

3 Comments

Basural said: On January 7, 2011

Atrix is the winner. I hate ATT, but they know when to recognize a game changing technology.

The fact that ATT got the iPhone and now the Atrix will keep them in the game longer than I would wish.

inseek.org said: On January 13, 2011

Verizon is getting dual core Motorola as well.. no more business for ATT

guest said: On January 30, 2011

Have been waiting for this phone for a while now, only will have to settle using it in a 2G market, thanks to At&t's weak 3G network. If only At&t would recognize they truly need to beef up/expand their 3G network infrastructure before trying to roll out a new LTE network I believe this would be of great importance. Considering how small their 3G network is compared to Verizon, it's pathetic and I'm stuck with them (work related contract). No doubt they have overall better coverage, yet when it comes to 3G service for the most part if you're not in a metro area you're stuck w/ 2G or less. Now that they've lost iPhone exclusivity they're going to have to do something or no doubt as we all know many will be jumping ship.

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