Motorola Atrix 4G
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The Motorola Atrix 4G is a high-end Android-based smartphone
by Motorola
, introduced in CES 2011 on January 5, 2011. It was made available in the first quarter of 2011. It was introduced along with three other products, Motorola Xoom
, Motorola Droid Bionic
, and Motorola Cliq 2. It uses an NVIDIA
Tegra
2 dual core processor. It is the first phone to use the PenTile qHD display with 24-bit graphics. The Motorola Atrix 4G will be carried by the following wireless providers: AT&T Wireless
US, Orange UK, Bell Canada
CAN, Telstra
AU. AT&T released Atrix on March 6. It won CNET Best of CES 2011 Award in the Smartphone category, and won nine awards at CES 2011. With the launch of the Motorola Atrix 4G at CES 2011, Motorola and Google have been working together to integrate the software with the hardware.
In September 2011, Motorola released the source code of Webtop application at SourceForge
.
. On July 25, 2011 AT&T began rolling out the Android 2.3.4 update to the AT&T-branded Atrix 4G.
On October 11, 2011, AT&T announced the Motorola Atrix 2
.
, which has a 4.3 inches (109.2 mm) qHD multi-touch display and a 1 GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. It has an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with 720p recording capabilities, a VGA front-facing camera for video chat and self-portrait pictures, and the Sprint ID customization app.
gave the Atrix 4G 9 out of 10, commenting on its sound quality and high-resolution display. CNET
gave it 4 out of 5 stars for its sleek design and 5 megapixels camera.
Atrix has been awarded 'Best of CES Awards' at CES
, held in January 2011.
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
by Motorola
Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. , formerly the Mobile Devices division of Motorola Inc. until January 2011, is a communications corporation headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Motorola's networks division pioneered the flip phone with the StarTAC in the mid-1990s...
, introduced in CES 2011 on January 5, 2011. It was made available in the first quarter of 2011. It was introduced along with three other products, Motorola Xoom
Motorola Xoom
The Motorola Xoom is an Android-based tablet computer by Motorola, introduced at CES 2011 on January 5, 2011. It was the first tablet to be sold with Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The Verizon branded Xoom was the first tablet to run Android 3.1 Honeycomb, however the 3.1 update has not yet been provided...
, Motorola Droid Bionic
Motorola Droid Bionic
The Motorola Droid Bionic is an Android-based, 4G LTE-capable smartphone designed by Motorola. It was originally scheduled for release in Q2 2011 but was delayed until September 2011...
, and Motorola Cliq 2. It uses an NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
Tegra
Tegra
Tegra developed by Nvidia is a system-on-a-chip series for mobile devices such as smartphones, personal digital assistants, and mobile Internet devices. The Tegra integrates the ARM architecture processor central processing unit , graphics processing unit , northbridge, southbridge, and memory...
2 dual core processor. It is the first phone to use the PenTile qHD display with 24-bit graphics. The Motorola Atrix 4G will be carried by the following wireless providers: AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., founded in 1987 as McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc., and now legally known as New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., formerly part of AT&T Corp., is a wireless telephone carrier in the United States, based in Redmond, Washington, and later traded on the New York...
US, Orange UK, Bell Canada
Bell Canada
Bell Canada is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories,...
CAN, Telstra
Telstra
Telstra Corporation Limited is an Australian telecommunications and media company, building and operating telecommunications networks and marketing voice, mobile, internet access and pay television products and services....
AU. AT&T released Atrix on March 6. It won CNET Best of CES 2011 Award in the Smartphone category, and won nine awards at CES 2011. With the launch of the Motorola Atrix 4G at CES 2011, Motorola and Google have been working together to integrate the software with the hardware.
Specification highlights
- Also known as Motorola Atrix MB860/ME860 (In Asia market)
- NVIDIANVIDIANvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...
Tegra 2 (dual-core 1 GHz Cortex A9 + GeForce ULP) - HSPA+ at 14.4 Mbit/s down (Category 10 HSPDA), 5.76 Mbit/s up (Category 6 HSUPA) where available
- Android 2.2 (Upgradable on most carriers to 2.3 "Gingerbread" except Europe)
- 1 GB LP-DDR2 RAM
- 16 GB Internal memory, expandable by microSD 32 GB, total of 48 GB
- 4-inch PenTile qHD display (540×960) with Gorilla GlassGorilla GlassGorilla Glass, manufactured by Corning, is an alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass engineered specifically to be thin, light and damage-resistant. Its primary application is portable electronic devices with screens, such as mobile phones, portable media players, and laptop displays...
- 5.0 MP with dual LED flash, 4× digital zoom and autofocus, 720p video capture at 30 frame/s
(Full 1080p video capture will be officially supported via software upgrade sometime post-launch, unofficially available since 15 May 2011 via customized package) - VGA front-facing camera for video calls
- TriColor LED notification light
- Fingerprint scanner
- 1930 mAh user-changeable battery
Webtop
Atrix is one of the first device which integrated the Ubuntu-based 'Webtop' application from Motorola. Atrix launches the Webtop application when Atrix is connnected to the external display through Laptop dock or HD multimedia dock. In Webtop mode, offering similar user interface of typical Ubuntu desktop, Atrix can run several applications on external display such as Firefox web browser, SNS clients and 'mobile view' application enabling total access of Atrix and It's screen.In September 2011, Motorola released the source code of Webtop application at SourceForge
SourceForge
SourceForge Enterprise Edition is a collaborative revision control and software development management system. It provides a front-end to a range of software development lifecycle services and integrates with a number of free software / open source software applications .While originally itself...
.
Accessories
Atrix accessories announced include:- Laptop dock
- HD multimedia dock
- Vehicle dock
- Standard dock
Updates
On April 30, 2011 AT&T issued an update to the Motorola Atrix 4G enabling HSUPAHigh-Speed Uplink Packet Access
High-Speed Uplink Packet Access is a 3G mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family with up-link speeds up to 5.76 Mbit/s. The name HSUPA was created by Nokia...
. On July 25, 2011 AT&T began rolling out the Android 2.3.4 update to the AT&T-branded Atrix 4G.
On October 11, 2011, AT&T announced the Motorola Atrix 2
Motorola Atrix 2
The Motorola Atrix 2 is an Android-based smartphone by Motorola. Originally announced on October 11, 2011, it is the successor to the Atrix 4G.-Webtop:Similarly to the Motorola Atrix 4G, it has the integrated Ubuntu-based 'Webtop' application from Motorola...
.
Variants
In June 2011 Motorola and Sprint announced the release on July 31 of the Motorola Photon 4GMotorola Photon
The Motorola Photon 4G is a high end Android-based mobile smartphone that is distributed exclusively by Sprint Nextel. A very similar model based on the same hardware is available as the Motorola Electrify from U.S. Cellular. -User Interface:...
, which has a 4.3 inches (109.2 mm) qHD multi-touch display and a 1 GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. It has an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with 720p recording capabilities, a VGA front-facing camera for video chat and self-portrait pictures, and the Sprint ID customization app.
FCC approval
FCC ID: IHDP56LS1 Approved January 20, 2011Reception and Awards
The Atrix 4G received largely positive reviews from critics. EngadgetEngadget
Engadget is a multilingual technology blog network with daily coverage of gadgets and consumer electronics. Though on appearance Engadget functions much like a blog and may be defined as such, much of its editorial content takes the form of an online magazine...
gave the Atrix 4G 9 out of 10, commenting on its sound quality and high-resolution display. CNET
CNET
CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
gave it 4 out of 5 stars for its sleek design and 5 megapixels camera.
Atrix has been awarded 'Best of CES Awards' at CES
CES
CES may stand for:*Closed ecological system, an ecosystem that does not rely on matter exchange with any part outside the system*Constant elasticity of substitution, an economics production function*The ISO 639 code for the Czech language...
, held in January 2011.
See also
- Motorola XoomMotorola XoomThe Motorola Xoom is an Android-based tablet computer by Motorola, introduced at CES 2011 on January 5, 2011. It was the first tablet to be sold with Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The Verizon branded Xoom was the first tablet to run Android 3.1 Honeycomb, however the 3.1 update has not yet been provided...
- Motorola Droid BionicMotorola Droid BionicThe Motorola Droid Bionic is an Android-based, 4G LTE-capable smartphone designed by Motorola. It was originally scheduled for release in Q2 2011 but was delayed until September 2011...
- Motorola PhotonMotorola PhotonThe Motorola Photon 4G is a high end Android-based mobile smartphone that is distributed exclusively by Sprint Nextel. A very similar model based on the same hardware is available as the Motorola Electrify from U.S. Cellular. -User Interface:...
- Motorola Cliq 2
- List of Android devices
- Comparison of smartphonesComparison of smartphones-Hardware and OS:-Networks and connectivity:...
- Comparison of Android devices