Behold the Motorola Atrix 4G

[kodiak799]

This phone is HOT, but the thing that gets me so far is I wish they went with DDR2 RAM and went with Verizon to open, they could have single handedly destroyed iPhone sales with this right here, when this catches on with the public it will be a Juggernaut. Actually it still has a chance if they switch it to Verizon by Q2, but I don't know...but all I can say is that if this was on Verizon day one, my 07' HP Laptop would be on Ebay day two to pay for my peripherals.

I'd say there's a definite possibility of this phone, or another phone with the same capability, coming out the second half of the year. Maybe they learn from some growing pains and in 6mos VZW gets an improved, more powerful Atrix.

Will be interesting to see how this is received. Will people be satisfied with how it performs and what it does, or will they view it as more of novelty? It's cool, but personally wake me up when this thing has two gigs of ram and can run full-blown MS Office from the phone instead of some enterprise server. Although, that might be just what changes the game for WinMo.

 

[kodiak799]

People were speculating on the possibility of something like this, but this soon was a surprise. I wonder if there's any potential for the IPhone 5G to do something like that, although as a possible competitor to the IPad with "dumb tablets" I think not.

 

[Devinclfalcons]

I currently have an older unlimited data plan for like $30/month with my IPhone 3G. Can I continue to use that data plan or will they force me to change and limit me to 200mb/2gb? And can I just switch my current Sim Card to the Atrix or will this use a different Sim Card?

 

[jroc]

OK, that is pretty slick. But with HDMI out can't you do basically the same thing with user agent on your browser set to computer? The one issue, I suppose, is the keyboard but it doesn't seem that unreasonable that we should see a bluetooth keyboard capability at some point (if it's not out already).

I thought about that too. I wonder what would be the difference between Firefox on the phones in Desktop Mode vs. the full one in webtop mode. What about the other browsers like my favorite, Dolphin?

Something like Hulu. Would it still be blocked by using the browser on the phone?

Yea, someone on Engadget mentioned the Nokia N8 being able to do this already. After I did some digging, u need a USB hub and if you want keyboard n mouse working at the same time one had to be bluetooth. I dont know if both could be bluetooth.

So the bluetooth idea is already out there. Might work here too.

 

[andrew53517]

I currently have an older unlimited data plan for like $30/month with my IPhone 3G. Can I continue to use that data plan or will they force me to change and limit me to 200mb/2gb? And can I just switch my current Sim Card to the Atrix or will this use a different Sim Card?

I'm guessing since you'll have to sign a new contract they'll make you get the 200mb/2gb contract..

Does anyone else think with HSPA+ and the Atrix, 2GB is going to be a little hard to stay under? I know I think it might be...

 

[kodiak799]

Yea, someone on Engadget mentioned the Nokia N8 being able to do this already. After I did some digging, u need a USB hub and if you want keyboard n mouse working at the same time one had to be bluetooth. I dont know if both could be bluetooth.

So the bluetooth idea is already out there. Might work here too.

Nice thing about the docking station is you could plug in a printer, too. Or just get a bluetooth printer, I suppose. Wonder how Android would handle 2-3 bluetooth (4 with a headset?) devices connected at once.

Soon after people will be begging for a 2nd or 3rd USB port. No reason they can't do it, other than cost and space being the ultimate premium on a phone.

As someone who travels a lot for business, I love the concept, maybe leave the laptop at home on occasion. But like I said until we get 2gigs ram and something that can run full MS Office it's mostly a novelty, but those specs are maybe only a year away. Doesn't seem like many companies would mess with that on an enterprise server.

 

[kodiak799]

Does anyone else think with HSPA+ and the Atrix, 2GB is going to be a little hard to stay under? I know I think it might be...

Unless your on home wifi it seems almost criminal to sell an expected overpriced docktop and then gouge people on overages.

VZW CEO made a comment once he see 10gigs as being a "floor" for users. That MAY be a good thing for LTE caps, but it's unclear whether he was referring to what he thinks average home broadband use is or if that's what he sees mobile use approaching.

 

[MustangGT500]

@bgkris :

the atrix also haves ddr2 ram ! listen to the first minute of this video :
Motorola Atrix 4G, HD multimedia dock, and laptop dock hands-on -- Engadget

 

[jroc]

Yea, Anandtech did some hands on and lists it as DDR2 too. I think for both the new Motorola phones everyone is so excited there are gonna be wrong specs floating around.

Seeing as the Xoom has 1GB DDR2 Ram too, I dont think Motorola woulda went lower quality for the phone

 

[jroc]

Ok...I see Moto and/or AT&T are jump starting prompting this phone. Looking at the Ravens - Chiefs game:

"Replay Brought To You By Motorola Atrix"

 

[1linuxfreak]

This phone is HOT, but the thing that gets me so far is I wish they went with DDR2 RAM and went with Verizon to open, they could have single handedly destroyed iPhone sales with this right here, when this catches on with the public it will be a Juggernaut. Actually it still has a chance if they switch it to Verizon by Q2, but I don't know...but all I can say is that if this was on Verizon day one, my 07' HP Laptop would be on Ebay day two to pay for my peripherals.

I'd say there's a definite possibility of this phone, or another phone with the same capability, coming out the second half of the year. Maybe they learn from some growing pains and in 6mos VZW gets an improved, more powerful Atrix.

Will be interesting to see how this is received. Will people be satisfied with how it performs and what it does, or will they view it as more of novelty? It's cool, but personally wake me up when this thing has two gigs of ram and can run full-blown MS Office from the phone instead of some enterprise server. Although, that might be just what changes the game for WinMo.

Uh, it does run office programs, go to CES site and watch the full presentation.

 

[kodiak799]

Uh, it does run office programs, go to CES site and watch the full presentation.

Only off an enterprise server, so kinda not really when most companies don't have that capability, much less individuals.

It would be a challenge to run it directly from the phone since even Linux needs something like Wine to run Office, I believe. Office Mobile will be a possibility when it comes out.

 

[kodiak799]

Ok...I see Moto and/or AT&T are jump starting prompting this phone. Looking at the Ravens - Chiefs game:

"Replay Brought To You By Motorola Atrix"

Also a commercial saying "Atrix...the most powerful mobile phone in the world" with it going thru an airport scanner and showing up on the monitor as a laptop. Pretty slick ad.

 

[cb2000a]

I saw that clip before, but I looked at it again and paid a lil more attention this time....I thought the webtop only worked with the laptop dock. I see you can connect a keyboard and mouse to the multimedia dock.

That means I could have a decent web experience on my 46" HDTV without connecting my PC to it...

This phone is amazing...

Bingo, now you see what I see. It truly is. I thought it was a limited, gimmicky thing, but not know. I don't think Motorolla even realize the ramifications for the PC industry this powerful idea they are about to unleash may entail. I am kind of dumbstruck right now. :icon_eek:

It means the death of the netbook and soon the notebook. We are looking at dual 1.2 to 1.5 cpu's this year and dual 2. something next. Motorola just opened the Pandora's box and I want on board.

 

[kodiak799]

It means the death of the netbook and soon the notebook. We are looking at dual 1.2 to 1.5 cpu's this year and dual 2. something next. Motorola just opened the Pandora's box and I want on board.

Very soon for 95% of people. Don't forget Chrome OS which will probably converge with Android at some point.

Not there yet, though. Figure we are looking at 2gig+ ram for the phone and a separate "laptop" partition at 1 gig each to do what you and I are both thinking, that is unless Android can do both and probably will in a year or two.

The holy grail is the ability to run Office and then you are right. We'll see what happens with MobileOffice. With the specs out now it would be very weak, at best.

The ram and processor don't seem to be the bottleneck, really. I think the big one is $200-$300 contract price is the sweet spot for phones which is probably why we didn't get a phone out of CES with the latest tech on everything. The other one would be battery.