Motorola Revolution: Atrix 4G Modular Smartphone

At CES 2011, held in Las Vegas, Motorola presented a truly revolutionary solution - a “modular” mobile phone. The concept is that the phone becomes a miniature personal computer (only 135 grams!), Which can be a module of any compatible electronic system — for example, by connecting the device to a monitor, we get a PC that can be carried in a pocket; to a special dock - get a laptop; to the TV - we get a streamer, video player or game console.


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Breakthrough technology in the field of smartphones was expected from anyone other than Motorola. However, the silence, which many regarded as noncompetitive of the company, turned out to be calm before the storm. The new smartphone has impressive features - a dual-core processor with a clock frequency of 1 GHz and 1 GB of RAM. Just a few years ago, not every desktop could boast such a bundle. The phone has a rather large screen - 4 inches, with a resolution of 960x540 pixels. Atrix 4G is equipped with a 1930 mAh battery. In addition, the device is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, frontal VGA-camera for video communication, has support for Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n, Bluetooth, GPS, etc. The phone worked on Android 2.2, but Motorola employees claim that the smartphone will go on sale with Android 2.3.



And now about the most important thing - about the modular concept of the device. In fact, this is a full-fledged personal computer, which has a small weight, modest size and sufficient (at least for office work) performance. For example, the device can be connected to a TV or computer screen - and here it is, a home personal computer that can be turned off at any time and put in a pocket:





Motorola also demonstrated a “laptop without brains” - a docking station that turns a smartphone into a laptop. The docking station has a 11.6-inch screen, keyboard, battery and a connector for a smartphone (located behind the display). Thus, by inserting the Atrix 4G into the slot, a full-fledged laptop is obtained, the Atrix 4G is used as a processor, memory, video card, and hard - all calculations and storage of information takes place on a smartphone. It looks like this:





However, the case is clearly not limited to office work. The device is based on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 platform, which allows it to run quite modern games. Of course, the performance of top video cards is still far away, but eyewitnesses claim that the demonstrated capabilities are impressive.



However, Atrix 4G can be used not only as a portable computer. Motorola produces a device under the simple name HD Multimedia Dock, which connects to any HDMI-compatible TV or home theater, allowing you to watch movies or photos, play (you can connect USB-devices, such as a keyboard or joystick). Thus, the smartphone becomes also a prefix and a streamer. The doc looks like this:



Device specifications are already available on PhoneArena: www.phonearena.com/phones/Motorola-ATRIX-4G_id4982 .
The appearance of Atrix on sale is expected in March-April 2011, sales, apparently, will begin in the United States, with AT & T subscribers.

Video - presentation of Atrix 4G:



Video, where the guys from engadget played on the dock with Atrix 4G:

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