Motorola ATRIX 4G Hands-on

[Viva Las Espuelas]

almost got this today. it's purrrrrrrrrrrdee. maybe friday.

[Clutch]

Very neat. I am extremely satisfied with my HTC Inspire 4G right now though.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Very neat. I am extremely satisfied with my HTC Inspire 4G right now though.

Somebody told me to check that one out as well. What's your experience with it? I really like the connectivity it has. No, not with the laptop. That's simply over priced and why is it an android that uses an linux OS for the laptop and equip it with Firefox? ??? Makes no sense, but that's why I'm not interested in it. I like that I can hook it up to my tv and basically use it as a computer, stream music and movies, Micro SD slot and all that. I realize this is the first generation of these multi-core phones but I want a new phone. And now!

[Xevious]

So no more carrier X is better than carrier Y bull . Does anybody actually own this phone? Any thoughts?

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I decided to hold out a bit longer for a new phone. Could've gotten this one a couple of times but I just didn't. I'm gonna let my contract expire(july) and probably hop over to tmobile BUT that all depends if I see that their merger, att-tmobile, will eventually go through. I haven't really been keeping up with that, so I'll have to see. If it does, my reasoning is I'll get the G2x(same guts as the atrix but half the memory), get on a cheaper plan, and be grandfathered for 2 years when the deal is approved. Maybe a long shot but if anything I'll have more phones to choose from.

[cheguevara]

just got a MAtrix.

props to Motorola. Not afraid to put some crazy features on this one. Fingerprint reader, webtop mode, lapdock mode. - which actually launch a Linux instance within the phone! ppl already hacking this so you can install your favorite flavor of Linux then, the sky is the limit

Gingerbread update coming up in the next couple of weeks

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Did you get it from att? If so, what's the price tag on it now?

[cheguevara]

att. $50

I really wanna like this phone but after a week, I find some things pissing me off.
#1 - it gets hot as . I mean radioactive when using browsing/gps/etc WTF?
#2 - battery life sucks. or maybe that's all smartphones? 1 hour of use, it's already 50%

everything else is good except for the android bugs that piss me off (music stops playing when phone goes to sleep, android email sucks, etc)

Is there anything at ATT I can exchange it with??? come out already Galaxy S2. I have 3 more weeks to exchange

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Oh damn. That sucks outside of what you paid. Kinda disappointing too.

[MannyIsGod]

Custom ROMS will almost always improve smartphone battery life drastically but i have no idea of where to get a good one for Atrix. My phone does not ever get very hot but I also don't have a dual core.

[cheguevara]

for real. Dual core + 1GB PC class RAM in this little . I really think I could cook and egg. If I have the time I'll make a youtube of this.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

So I don't know if it's well-known, but I know about this type of tech.

What's the advantage of getting a dual core phone at the moment? Outside of gaming or the ability to watch 1080p or 3D on a mini-screen(yeah, not for me), give me some reasons to choose a dual core phone now, if any.

[cheguevara]

just like PCs, new apps + OS require more CPU. you will be fine until a couple of years from now when your phone will slow to a crawl.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

So for an average user like me, there really is no reason to choose a dual core phone just yet.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Correct.

[in2deep]

I heard this thing is getting an update with gingerbread, open bootloader and higher clocking on its cpu. It's got the NVidia Tegra which is a beast especially in games. After the update should be one of the most powerful phones out there.

[Nathan Explosion]

just like PCs, new apps + OS require more CPU. you will be fine until a couple of years from now when your phone will slow to a crawl.

Then he can make treads ing about how his outdated phone was slowed to a crawl by a new OS, and it's the phone makers fault it happened and not his.

[MannyIsGod]

Then he can make treads ing about how his outdated phone was slowed to a crawl by a new OS, and it's the phone makers fault it happened and not his.

Only if his cell phone company tells him to upgrade first.

[hater]

Then he can make treads ing about how his outdated phone was slowed to a crawl by a new OS, and it's the phone makers fault it happened and not his.

and you still won't be able to play flash

[cheguevara]

I heard this thing is getting an update with gingerbread, open bootloader and higher clocking on its cpu. It's got the NVidia Tegra which is a beast especially in games. After the update should be one of the most powerful phones out there.

just got my gingerbread

battery life improved 100%
heat emission decreased
photo quality improved

now it's really a top phone IMO. runs like on steroids and the fingerprint reader is way underrated feature. Don't think I could do without it anymore.