AT&T gives you 60 second run-down on ATRIX 4G [video]

By on Feb 4, 2011 at 8:12 PM
mobile February 4, 2011

AT&T has posted a new episode of its “Mobile Minute” segment to YouTube, and this week’s subject is the Motorola ATRIX 4G. If you want to see a quick, Cliff’s Notes-style video describing what’s new and notable on the dual-core, Android handset, hit the jump… the clip is waiting for you.

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  • Bob G

    Yum

  • Nottingham

    Is the phone as cool as the guy is dorky?

  • Anonymous

    I, for one, am still excited about this device.

  • http://www.techbitts.com George Tinari

    I had a weird dream that the add-on laptop accessory for this device was going to be $500. Obviously this isn’t happening because I have yet to annoy the hell out of Motorola with countless complaints.

    • http://www.facebook.com/cameronlee.ya Cameron Lee

      The laptop accessory is $500. Although if you buy it when you buy the phone, they’ll bundle both together for $500 total (the phone costs $200, so the laptop accessory is therefore reduced to $300). But if you decide you want the laptop latter… $200 + $500 = $700 total.

  • Michael Scrip

    AT&T: Life after the iPhone…

    • http://www.google.com/profiles/107430353005607798966 KiriusKris

      It’s like a friend who got dumped by his controlling girlfriend. He used to follow her around like a puppy and drink her Kool Aid viewpoints. Now that they are split, he’s cool again and fun to hang out with like the old days. He can eat meat, drink beer, drink whiskey, go to the strip club, smoke cigars, and play video games again all without having to go behind her back or borrowing your cologne/mouthwash to cover up it up to her.

      • Anonymous

        That sounds autobiographical.

      • http://www.google.com/profiles/107430353005607798966 KiriusKris

        She broke my heart… :(

      • Anonymous

        Except he’s always been kinda of a selfish prick and demands you do more for him than he’s ever done for you(500 dollar dock) and then you forget what a douchebag degenerate deadbeat he is as he’s always borrowing money and never paying you back every month(20 dollar tethering plan to get the “subsidized” 500 dollar dock). Yeah, what a greedy bastard…he kinda needed the controlling girlfriend as no other decent girl would give him the time or day.

      • The Om3ga Man

        ROFLMAO

      • Anonymous

        Well AT&T and the iPhone didnt break up…they just decided to have an open relationship lol. If the iPhone goes to another network, i will call it a slut. =)

      • Young Joc

        yeeap, no break-up here, they’re having fun (or more the iPhone is) lol

      • The Om3ga Man

        Man UP! Get your Atrix on and Spam the hell out of her with pics of you and all your new conquests! :)

      • Young Joc

        this was cute and hilarious (idk how they go together, but they do)

  • http://www.adammiarka.com Adam Miarka

    $500 for a docking station….hahahahahahahaha!

  • Anonymous

    i like the fingerprint ID idea, but i can’t help thinking of that guy rubbing his phone in his pocket…swype

    • The Om3ga Man

      Creepy…

  • Anonymous

    Nice phone.

  • Me

    I have a question: how can you justify $500 for a netbook shell that doesn’t even contain a CPU or hard drive?

    • http://twitter.com/willgilliland Will Gilliland

      Ask iPad users. They spent $500 on a huge cellphone that doesn’t make calls.

      • Michael Scrip

        So the Motorola Xoom makes phone calls too?

        Sweet!

        Oh… it can’t? Troll fail…

      • The Om3ga Man

        Yes. it can….

      • Neller2000

        Really? Does that mean I should instantly stop calling people from my iPad then, since, you know, you’re claiming I can’t call anyone on it?

      • Erock

        Neller, this guy should be shot…. He prob hates Mac because you dont get viruses

      • Anonymous

        Will you are correct. Only on the DROID Xoom 4G LTE can you make calls and have a wonderful tablet experience.

      • numetheus

        How is it a phone? The apps that are for the iPad feel like desktop grade apps and can’t run on my iPhone. My $500 iPad is a lot faster, lasts longer on battery, and is far superior on the move than my $500 netbook.

      • http://twitter.com/willgilliland Will Gilliland

        If your iPad is faster than your laptop, you need an upgrade. For some, iPad could replace what they do on their laptop. My work requires more horsepower and real keyboard and mouse. Yep you pack along those items for your iPad, lean it up against a wall and POOF, you have a weak laptop. If you love your iPad, for reading, Angry Birds or fart apps, great.

        I’d like to see how the ATRIX measures up to the iPad, beyond being able to make cell calls.

      • numetheus

        I’m comparing the top end laptop/net book with comparable price. Absolutely none of them have instant on and instant loading of all apps. On my iPad I can open a spreadsheet instantly without having to open files with a couple of taps. The comparably priced laptop can’t be used conveniently on the go. I can’t walk up to someone at work and instantly show them a document with a laptop. I have to find a good place to park it, open it up, load my application and document. Regardless they will be waiting. A laptop cannot match the convenience of a dedicated tablet … Whether it be iOS or Honeycomb. And … the similarly priced laptop with the speed you speak of will not last all day without plugging it in with heavy usage. That makes iPad a far better road trip device as well. And no … You obviously haven’t had experience with the apps. Anyone who claims it’s mostly angry birds or fart apps is pretty much ignorant and stuck with old first day news looking to troll.

        And another thing. You’re an idiot. Atrix is a phone, not a tablet. I think you don’t know what the difference is. Now, if you want to sound like something other than an ignorant troll, you would measure the iPad up with the Motorola Xoom or RIM Playbook. You are seriously trying to compare a go-kart to a full size car. Only idiots do that.

      • http://twitter.com/willgilliland Will Gilliland

        If you like instant on, try a laptop on hibernate. Want faster, get an SSD drive. And what do you mean “park” a laptop. A laptop you open the lid. An iPad you open the protective case. A laptop is far more flexible with extra battery life, more powerful processing, memory, if you wish. Let’s face it, the keyboard on the iPad just sucks. No one that touchtypes can do it on an iPad unless they get an external keyboard, but then you’re back at a weak, expensive laptop.

        If

      • numetheus

        So, if you want the same instant start you have to get an SSD. That kind of defeats your entire price argument. You might be able to get a netbook and SSS for the same price, but then you have to deal with sluggish performance. Flip open a protective case? No I don’t. I use only ghost armor. I just pick it up like a pad of paper and use it. Park it means set it on the table or your lap. Holding a laptop up with one arm and using your mouse in the other on the move is inconvenient and wieldy. As far as typing goes. I don’t know where you get off saying everyone types slow just because you have no hand eye coordination. But I get over 50wpm on the iPad. Lots of people who use it for a while are up there as well. So yeah, I would much rather have an iPad or honeycomb tablet on the move than a laptop.

      • http://twitter.com/willgilliland Will Gilliland

        Don’t try to legitimize the iPad as a business tool. Have you seen anyone create a spreadsheet on one?
        Back on topic, this phone has a more powerful CPU than an iPad and for the same price you get a crazy powerful cellphone and fullsize keyboard and screen when need be. My original reply stands: When asked would pay $500 for a laptop with no CPU. Who would pay $500 for a giant cellphone that doesn’t make cell calls?

      • numetheus

        Yes actually. I see it all the time. Lots of businesses issue them now a days. Even if not to create content, being able to get to data is much more convenient on a tablet. Many times I was able to check out an address off a spreadsheet or get user info without stopping my pace. On the phone to access a spreadsheet and able to walk into the next room to show a co-worker without stopping is something you can’t do with a laptop. Period. And no it’s not professional to show a group of people data on your phone is not professional. Insurance agents use them religiously now. Imagine taking a freaking laptop on an incident walking while calculating at the same time on the move. Prior to tablets you would take assessment on a paper form and transfer it to a laptop later. With a tablet you don’t need to do this. Collect data and do work on the move literally is something you can’t so well on a laptop. Nobody uses a laptop like this. Tablets on the other hand? Different story. So yeah convenience is more expensive. It always has been.

      • numetheus

        I bet you were one of those idiots who said silly things like … “all touch screen phones will never take off because people want keyboards!” Well … you were wrong. I am willing to make a long term bet that tablet use will surpass laptops as a primary mobile for-work on the move device. Whether it be Android, Apple, or something else doesn’t matter. The convenience of a tablet is what people want, and it will cannibalize netbook sales even more than they are when other types come out. You are probably behind in the news, but it’s well known Netbook sales weren’t doing so hot after iPad became the thing the masses want. And it’s only going to get worse for them when there is actually competition between tablet makers.

      • hide kids/wife

        you are dumb, very very dumb…

    • Anonymous

      Well, the dock is better than a laptop because it’s useless unless you plug the Atrix into it. On the other hand, a laptop you can use anytime even without the Atrix, you can install your own software on it, it comes without ATT crapware, and you don’t need a data plan for it, so it’s much less expensive.

      Did I get that wrong ATT? I’m still trying to figure out the rumor that you have to buy a tethering plan with the Atrix, because it’s not a laptop.

      I want to like this, but I’m afraid it’ll be 2013 before I’m able to afford it. Maybe I can find a nice Nexus One with a broken screen…

  • http://twitter.com/mbcls ask me

    why is time/clock on the phone keep going down? shouldnt the time tick higher instead of ticking lower?

    • The Om3ga Man

      Poor continuity checking when editing the video. Probably done by at&t’s in house marketing group.

  • Anonymous

    Does anyone notice what is really going on? Motorola and att knew of the vzw and iphone launch way before official announcement. Why motorola gives the atrix to att when before all att cafed about the iphone. They knew vzw wouldnt pimp the atrix like they will do to the iphone or even ic they did like it would really matter now because the must have verizon device is the iphone.

    What motorla needs to have is somebody that will pimp theyre device heavily like verizon did with the original droid remember thats how motorola put a stopage to the bleeding. Now that the iphone is on verizon it will hurt its sales on verizon thats why att and motorola need each other right now motorola to sell the atrix to stay in the game and att to attract customers as well as offer better selection overall with android something they didnt have before

    • The Om3ga Man

      You do know it is the U.S. Carriers that commission the manufacturers to create these specialty phones for their networks, not the other way around, right?

      Also Verizon is “Pimping” the Motorola Droid Bionic, as their “Version,” of this platform, but without the fancy (translation:expensive) keyboard dock, un-fortunately. It also does not have the Bio-Lock that NYCLady likes so much.

      • Jobee87

        I’ve always thought of it as a mix. Moto will make several products and AT&T and Verizon will negotiate on which phones they decide to pick up. It can also start earlier than that where the carrier does demand or request certain features they think will sell.

        If the Atrix came to Verizon, I wouldn’t be getting the iPhone.

      • Pdf42

        Its actually a little bit of both (some handsets are specifically commissioned by a carrier and some are collaborations of manufacturer/carrier roadmap targets…) Don’t lose interest in the laptop dock just yet… I have a feeling we’ll see some interesting “bundles” coming from both AT&T and BBY…

  • http://www.facebook.com/omgitzjose Jose Guitian Cicero

    nice showing off a 4G phone running on 3G LMAO also whats with it saying AT&T on the top bar? way to waste space ATT.

  • Anonymous

    The phone is not bad for $199, the $500 dock, not so much. Why you you pay $500 for a dock that’s useless without the phone when you can get a fully functional laptop for $400.

  • Scott

    Way stoked for this phone! Too bad the dock is way too much. But I’ll cross my fingers that BB or some other place drops the price down. Then I’ll root and keep my unlimited plan.

  • Neller2000

    I lost interest in the device after watching the video, more specifically riiiiight around 0:36.

    • http://www.facebook.com/MrNobodyWTB James DeWitt

      just get a custom rom (I know they won’t be available right away, but it is an option once they become available)

    • Pdf42

      Motoblur can be scrubbed… com’on, who let the apple zelot in here.

  • Ezyesm

    You know what gets me about AT&T and t-mobile’s claim of 4g? If you look at the screen on the device in the video it still says 3G!!

    • TiredOfPeople

      Isn’t it great to be ignorant and talk about something you do not know anything about? T-Mobile’s 4G phones say H on it not 3G. Dumb ass.

  • chado

    I really wish vzw would have held out till summer on the iphone. Now granted im an Indirect agent 4 them and selling the iphone is gonna be like shooting fish in a barrel, but im really pissed that att got this phone. i’ve played with it, and the bionic, and all the other cool phones while I was at CES and the atrix is seriously a bad a$$ phone! The laptop dock is wicked cool. The multimedia dock is killer too. Check me off as one seriously jealous vzw guy right now.

  • http://twitter.com/thelanai ME and ME

    whats the point of all these speeds when you can blow through your 2gb cap in days using these faster data phones?

  • MiKEdELIGHT

    Im curious to know… will the Motorola Atrix be able to Sync with the Motorola Xoom, just as the Playbook & blackberries does with each other?

  • AmbientTech

    What does Motorola say about battery life? I bet for most people the Atrix battery will die by early afternoon.

  • Anonymous

    What does Motorola say about battery life? I bet for most people the Atrix battery will die by early afternoon.

  • Bricko

    Who cares…none of the Android devices SYNC with your Outlook desktop via USB. Not the least bit interested in the “cloud” crap. No Google Calendar, no Google mail, no Hotmail web based mail etc. Why is the iPhone the only device that can sync with Outlook with one click via USB. But ALL other phones can not. Even Microsofts own new Win 7 phone can NOT SYNC with millions of customers Outlook on the PC desktop. It ONLY SYNCS with an Exchange version of Outlook. NOT the Home Outlook. What nonsense.

  • Brian Crashancbuild

    Yawn, wake me when this is sold unlocked from a reasonably priced dealer – AT&T is a nightmare for anybody who keeps an eye on their connectivity and finances.
    Rolls over and goes back to sleep……

  • Bamboojackson

    greedy ass at&t killed this whole idea with their crazy pricing….

  • Edaddy

    After much debate and thought, I won’t buy this phone. I can’t stand the thought of anything but pure google on my phone. Yes, I’m still waiting for Gingerbread on my N1 but its worth the wait. Hopefully the next Nexus will NOT be made by Samsung.

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