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Is It Your Type? Body The Three S's Dock

Feb 25, 2011, 3:27 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Phone Scoop goes in-depth with the Motorola Atrix 4G, a dual-core Android smartphone that can transform into a netbook replacement with the laptop dock accessory.

The Motorola Atrix 4G by itself is another me-too, slab-style Android smartphone. What makes the Atrix 4G unique isn't the phone itself, but the accessories that Motorola and AT&T have chosen to make for it: a laptop dock that converts the Atrix 4G into a netbook, and other docks for desktop and multimedia. Is this new-fangled vision the future of mobile computing, or just an expensive gimmick?

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About the author, Eric M. Zeman:

Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.

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Motorola Says When Some Devices Getting Android 4.0

May 18, 2012
Motorola has provided an update to its support forum pages, outlining when some devices can expect to see the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. The RAZR and RAZR MAXX should see Android 4.0 during the second quarter, while the Atrix 2, Atrix 4G, Droid 4, and Bionic should see ICS during the third quarter.

AT&T Updates List of Phones Slated for Android 4.0

Mar 22, 2012
AT&T today published a list of devices that it plans to update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the coming months. The devices include the LG Nitro; the Motorola Atrix and Atrix 4G; the Pantech Burst and Element; and the Samsung Captivate Glide, Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II Skyrocket, and Galaxy Tab 8.9.

AT&T Says All 2011 Android Phones to Receive Gingerbread

Jul 25, 2011
AT&T today announced that all of the Android handsets it has released in 2011 will receive the Android 2.3 Gingerbread system update. The Motorola Atrix 4G will receive Gingerbread starting today, and the HTC Inspire 4G will have access to Gingerbread in the coming weeks.

Motorola Offering Manual Gingerbread Update to Atrix 4G

Jul 23, 2011
Motorola has made Android 2.3 Gingerbread available to the Atrix 4G, which is sold by AT&T. This update must be first downloaded to a microSD card and then installed on the Atrix from the card rather than downloaded over the air.

Motorola Atrix 4G

4" display 540 x 960 pixels
dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H processor 1 GB RAM
1,930 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm), Fingerprint Reader

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ekb55

Mar 6, 2011, 9:49 AM

I tried and tried and tried

I really tried to like this phone and AT&T. In the end, I just could not put up with the terrible internet speeds so I ended up returning the phone. If and when they get the slow internet speed issue resolved, I will be back. In then end, I loved the phone but the network issues made the decision for me. Just my 2c

tinalm1965

Mar 4, 2011, 11:52 AM

Freezing up

I have had the phone about a week now, and it worked ok for the first couple of days. But now it is freezing up all the time. The battery life is not good either. I will do a reset on it and see if this helps with freezing. Battery life I can live with. if the freezing does not stop, I may return it. But the Android phones are defiantly the way to go!!! 😎

SporkOnline

Make sure you dont have to many widget running. but you can blame motoblur for the freezing

Manatee Man

Feb 26, 2011, 12:15 PM

Battery Life?

What android device makes it 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.? Ever since the 1ghz phones launched last summer, the only way you get that battery life is with jumping through hoops (unsyncing, task killer, etc). More of a drawback to android unless you can show that somehow the Atrix is so much worse.

atlp99

The G2 easily gets a full day on a charge with moderate to heavy use, and with light use could almost make it 2 days.

ekb55

The phone comes with a Motorola Task Manager. By using the task manager, no battery issues at all. Great phone by the way, I left an Iphone 4 for it.

atlp99

Feb 26, 2011, 9:42 AM

Firefox vs. Chrome

Firefox can be tweaked to run better than chrome on slower/ older hardware and on slower connections through the about:config options.

It may also have been easier to get Firefox running on ARM architecture since Mozilla is working on a mobile Firefox version, that is supposed to be based on the desktop Firefox code.

muchdrama

atlp99 said:
Firefox can be tweaked to run better than chrome on slower/ older hardware and on slower connections through the about:config options.

It may also have been easier to get Firefox running on ARM architecture since M

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muchdrama

atlp99 said:
Firefox can be tweaked to run better than chrome on slower/ older hardware and on slower connections through the about:config options.

It may also have been easier to get Firefox running on ARM architecture since M

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stallion0421

Feb 26, 2011, 6:21 PM

The Best Phone I have used

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I never really understand the premature reviews. I have used iPhone after iPhone, Samsung Captivate, and finally for about 5 days now the Motorola Atrix.

Since I have been using the Atrix I have been VERY VERY IMPRESSED. I realize that even at 5 days of use I think every review is premature since we have no idea of longevity.

I have been very saddened by Motorola lately. But oh my have they come back and came back hard they did. I will give my opinion on Signal, screen, battery life, speed, and accessories.

signal:
Motorola have been one of the best signal providers for at&t since the razr. This Phone although 4G is not in Michigan yet. who cares. The signal is very very impressive. Better than all the smartphones I have use...
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