Motorola ATRIX 4G

MOTOROLA ATRIX

The already eagerly awaited Motorola Atrix is making headlines again this time making a hint of 1080p video capture. Having a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU roaring inside, it should come as no surprise that this monster droid would offer Full HD recording much like the Optimus 2X, for instance.

The device is set to initially come with 720p video recording and 1080p playback via it's HDMI port but a vigilant read spotted a remark in the manufacturer's specs that promises 1080p video recording via a post-launch software update.

So far information on the update concerns only the AT&T version, the Atrix 4G, so we can't be certain if it will be available for the European version as well.

MOTOROLLA ATRIX 4G

Motorolla Atrix 4G SideView

It's some great news for the fans waitig eagerly for the official launch of the Atrix, especially now that the Tegra-loving LG Optimus 2X is already flaunting it's fullHD capturing capabilities.

Since the 1080p video capture will probably be a major selling point of the Atrix 4G, we really hope Motorola doesn't take long with the update as it did with the updates of most of its other GSM Android smartphones.

Alongside the announcement of the Samsung Infuse 4G handset, another impressive device was revealed at AT&T Developer Summit today at CES. The Motorola Atrix 4G runs Android 2.2 and is the first to...

New Motorola Atrix 4G

Classic Motorolla Atrix 4G

MOTOROLLA ATRIX 4G

GENERAL                2G Network           GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network           HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

Announced           2011, January

Status     Coming soon. Exp. release 2011, March

SIZE         Dimensions           117.8 x 63.5 x 10.1 mm

Weight   136 g

DISPLAY Type       TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size         540 x 960 pixels, 4.0 inches

                - Biometric fingerprint reader

- Gorilla Glass display

- Touch sensitive controls

- MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets

- Multi-touch input method

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

SOUND   Alert types            Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Speakerphone      Yes

                - 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY               Phonebook           Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo call

Call records           Practically unlimited

Internal  16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM

Card slot                microSD, up to 32GB

DATA      GPRS       Yes

EDGE       Yes

3G           HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA

Bluetooth              Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR

Infrared port         No

USB         Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA                Primary  5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features                Geo-tagging, image stabilization

Video      Yes, 720p@30fps, 1080p (via future update)

Secondary             Yes, VGA

FEATURES              OS           Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)

CPU         Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 chipset

Messaging             SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email

Browser HTML

Radio      Stereo FM radio with RDS

Games    Yes + downloadable

Colors     Black

GPS         Yes, with A-GPS support

Java         Yes, MIDP 2.0

                - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

- HDMI port

- Digital compass

- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player

- 1080p MP4/H.263/H.264.WMV/Xvid/DivX @ 30 fps playback

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk

- Facebook, Twitter, MySpace integration

- Photo viewer/editor

- Organizer

- Document editor

- Adobe Flash 10.1 player

- Voice memo/dial/commands

- Predictive text input

BATTERY                Standard battery, Lithium 1930 mAh

Stand-by                Up to 250 h

Talk time                Up to 9 h