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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Motorola Atrix 4G

   Now this device has the features I was expecting to see and to have this year on a smartphone. This is the most powerful phone ever and has a great design also. Is definitely not a tablet but acts like a computer especially when you are using it with the 'webtop' application and if is connected to 'Motorola Laptop Dock' or to a HD TV through the HDMI port.
   What I like about this smartphone is not necessarily that arrives with a NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz dual core processor, but the fact that has 1 GB of RAM. Enough memory for all mobile applications you want. Internal storage is not so bad either - 16 GB, and you can add a microSD card to that up to 32 GB. The display is a 4 inches touch capacitive with Gorilla Glass and is the world`s first qHD (Quarter High Definition) with 24-bit color feature. In terms of connectivity - there is no 'world`s first' here - just a normal Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi with DLNA, HSDPA, HSUPA, 3.5 mm audio jack and micro USB. Camera is a 5MP with Led flash and records video in 720p@30 fps and the 2nd VGA front one is for chat or video conference.
   Other 2 important things that I like at this phone are: the active noise cancellation and biometric fingerprint reader (I would love to see how that works) as great security protection. Regarding the software, Atrix 4G runs Froyo upgradeable to Gingerbread (and other future versions with that 1GB of RAM) included with the MOTOBLUR user interface (has live widgets) and HTML5 capability.
   In conclusion this is a great device. Is just that I see 2 things missing. One is the 8MP back camera, but the most important is the NFC (Near Field Communications) capability which can allow users to exchange contact data (like a poken device) or to pay with the phone. So this Motorola does not have it all as you perhaps thought. But I really would like to see this in my hands :).