AT&T after having lost their deal with Apple to keep the iPhone restricted to their network, decided to try their hand at a new concept. That concept is called the “Motorola Atrix 4G”. It weighs 4.76 oz. and runs off of HSDPA (voice and data) technology with a 4in multi-touch display. It lacks the new Android OS 2.3 by using the older version 2.2 that unlike the iPhone supports Adobe Flash. The Atrix 4G comes out with a 5MP front-facing camera (720p) with a LED flash bulb. It is GPS capable with 16GB of internal storage and additional storage option via a Micro SD card. The lithium ion battery is rated to last 9hours while talking and 250 while used under standby.
Here is the cool part; the phone has a docking station that essentially turns the phone into a laptop. The laptop is basically a shell for the phone so when the phone is detached, the shell is rendered functionless. There is a mobile view of your phone on the laptop screen which allows you to still make calls while using the other apps on the screen. The user can “Goggle” a location (Wal-Mart, Taco Bell, and Hospital) and when the results appear you can click on the phone number to dial the chosen location. There is an alert system that lets you know when a text, email, or call is coming in. On the back there are some USB 2.0 ports for extra storage. Gaming works on the docking station just as it would on the phone. My favorite feature is the option to allow the phone to work as a mobile hotspot for other surrounding devices. Outside of these features the docking station is still fairly basic.
Now that is something, so moving forward our primary purchase will be the phone instead of the laptop. I read a few years ago that Asian markets were moving away from laptops and toward sophisticated phones. Nice post
ReplyDeleteGood post. I guess we will only need one device in the future. I can just see that desktops will one day be considered the "dinosaurs" of computer technology along with mainframes.
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