When Motorola had proudly showcased the Atrix 4G earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, the Motorola Atrix received accolades for the features that it packs. Being among the first 4G (HSPA+) devices with a high resolution 960 X 640 qHD display, the Atrix was deemed the most powerful smartphone in the world thanks [...]
With rumors swirling about a successor to the Atrix, which we’ve lovingly referred to as the Atrix HD in the past, for AT&T, we are now saddened to learn that the forthcoming device’s FCC regulatory filing in the U.S. makes no mention of 4G LTE network support. A recent filing for a device called the [...]
So you’re looking to get a new Motorola phone that runs on one of the various 4G networks in the United States. While weighing your options, you may have stumbled upon a trio of well known devices. The first, the still unannounced but very real 4G LTE enabled Motorola Droid Bionic on Verizon. A second, [...]
Best Buy has a one day sale planned for tomorrow, Wednesday August 16th and it will have three Android phones up for free, a list that includes AT&T’s Motorola Atrix 4G, the WiMax-enabled Sprint Nexus S 4G, and last year’s Verizon Galaxy S device, the Samsung Fascinate. Of course, free in the smartphone world usually [...]
Worried that your HTC Inspire 4G wouldn’t be getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread? Or maybe you thought that your Samsung Infuse 4G would never get the sweet taste of an upgrade to Gingerbread? Well my friends, I have some good news for you as AT&T has announced that all Android post-paid smartphones released in 2011 will [...]
Motorola and AT&T are now unleashing the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the dual-core Atrix 4G. The HSPA+ smartphone can now decode 1080p video files, though those videos will be played at scaled down resolution on the phone itself as the 4-inch qHD display of the Atrix can only support 960 X 540 pixels. The [...]
We had heard that it was coming soon and sure enough, Motorola has begun to roll out emails to members of the Motorola Atrix 4G Gingerbread Update soak test telling them that the 4.5.91 update will be rolling out to them today, the update that is going to be the one that has Gingerbread on [...]
Own a Motorola Atrix 4G or a Motorola Droid X2? Well, then you’ll be happy to know that Gingerbread is likely going to start rolling out soon for both Motorola smartphones as a soak test is definitely about to happen for the Atrix 4G and is likely going to begin soon for the Droid X2. [...]
While it’s still unknown if Motorola plans to unlocked the Motorola Atrix bootloader with the upcoming update to Gingerbread, there is now a known way to get the bootloader unlocked which should be exciting for those that have wanted to be able to fully customize their dual-core device. The method which was posted over at [...]
The Motorola Atrix 4G has a lot of good stuff going for it lately and you can add another thing to the list as Amazon is now offering the dual-core handset for a only a penny with a new two-year contract. Now is as good of a time as any to pick up AT&T’s Android [...]
Information on the Motorola Atrix Gingerbread update keeps on pouring in and from the looks of things, this is going to be one heck of an update for Atrix owners. Last night, we learned that there is a possibility that the bootloader will be unlocked when Gingerbread arrives and now we have some intel pointing [...]
Just a few hours ago, it became known that the Motorola Atrix 4G Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread update would be arriving in July. What we didn’t know was that the Gingerbread update is going to be unlocking the Atrix 4G’s bootloader. With HTC unlocking the bootloaders on all of its future phones, Motorola has taken some [...]
If a report from BriefMobile holds up, AT&T’s Motorola Atrix 4G will be seeing its Gingerbread update roll out at some point during the month of July as Motorola and AT&T have finally gotten down to the final build. We had previously heard that the Atrix 4G’s boost to Android 2.3 would arrive in June [...]
With Father’s Day right around the corner we wanted to give you a look at the hottest Father’s Day gifts for dad’s that love technology, gadgets, cameras and more. Dad doesn’t need to be a geek to appreciate these incredibly cool Father’s Day gifts, but it will help. You can head over to Notebooks.com for the full [...]
The WWDC keynote has come and gone without an iPhone 5 announcement and that means that many people, especially those looking for an upgrade on AT&T, might be looking in a different direction. Well, if you’re thinking about going Android, AT&T’s got you covered as it has dropped the Motorola Atrix 4G to its cheapest [...]
It’s time to get excited Motorola Atrix 4G owners because not only do we have a release window for your boost up to Android 2.3 Gingerbread but we also have a preview video of said update which will show you some of the new goodies that will be coming with your update. BriefMobile was able [...]
Qualcomm is touting the prowess of its single-core 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, now in its generation, and has uploaded a video to YouTube highlighting that its applications processor is faster than the 1 GHz dual-core Tegra 2 from rival NVIDIA. Is a single-core faster than a dual-core at the same speed? While on the surface, [...]
I had recently stopped by an AT&T corporate-owned retail store to check out the recent crop of phones and accessories, and on my visit I found that most of AT&T’s Android-based smartphone come pre-loaded with a looping video tutorial that highlights the features of the devices; when a user interacts with the phone and touches [...]
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Recently, we had a look at the 5 best Android phones coming out this summer and now, we present to you what we here at GBM think are the five best Android smartphones on the market right now for the four major carriers in the U.S . There are some new phones and there is [...]
Given Motorola’s recent confirmation that it would be bringing the Laptop Dock accessory to more smartphones in the future and the company’s CEO stating that the Droid Bionic will be delayed and will be launching with a new form factor, it begs the question if these two separate statements may in fact be correlated with [...]
For those of you with a Motorola Atrix 4G that don’t want to wait for the 4.1.8.3 update with HSUPA support to roll out OTA, well, you’re in luck because there is a way to snag it from Motorola right this instant if you so choose. If you head over to Motorola’s support page, you [...]
It looks like that Motorola Atrix 4G update, you know the one that’s bringing HSUPA support, is going to be rolling out starting tomorrow, April 29th, at least according to an internal document that has risen to the surface. The internal document plainly states, as you can see above, that Motorola will be releasing the [...]
AT&T promised official HSUPA support for the Motorola Atrix 4G would come at some point during April and it looks like the update will in fact be hitting devices at some point during the next three days as beta testers are in the process of testing and Motorola has posted the changelog for all to [...]
AT&T hasn’t coughed up the HSUPA goods for the Motorola Atrix 4G yet but that doesn’t mean you can’t get HSUPA speeds on your Atrix 4G this very moment using some magic from the folks over at XDA-developers. Now, the process isn’t an easy one. If you’re not familiar with flashing or RSD Lite (a [...]
Back in December, Google announced that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread would follow Android 2.2 Froyo as the next operating system coming to Android OS smartphones. As of today, April 21st, there are only 3 phones that currently boast official Gingerbread leaving many device owners to wonder: Am I going to be getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread? [...]
For those of you looking to get a dual-core Android phone on the cheap, look no further than the amazing deal with Amazon has going on for AT&T’s Motorola Atrix 4G which is on sale for a mere $50 with free shipping. Of course, that price will come at the cost of a new two-year [...]
Users on AT&T’s HSPA+ networks and devices, such as the recently launched HTC Inspire 4G and the Motorola Atrix 4G, can finally experience real 4G speeds come this April according to an AT&T spokesperson. Speaking in regards to AT&T’s controversial position on not enabling full 4G high speed uploads on devices that advertise such capabilities [...]
Motorola has made an update for the Motorola Atrix 4G, version 4.1.57, available, but unfortunately it won’t bring closure to those call quality issues or the lack of HUSPA support. Fortunately, it does bring a bunch of things that Atrix owners will be pleased about. The update includes an improved multimedia experience with Bluetooth headsets, [...]
While my experience with the tegra 2 dual-core powered Atrix 4G has been a positive one so far–I’ve been using it as my daily driver for the past few weeks–the handset does have glaring glitch that may force me to carry a secondary back-up phone. In three separate instances over the past week while in [...]
It looks like the HTC Inspire 4G may not be the only phone plagued by slow upload speeds as my experience with the Motorola Atrix 4G–a dual-core Android smartphone that supports AT&T’s faster 14.4 Mbps theoretical 4G HSPA+ network–also suffers from slow upload speeds despite the carrier’s claims that HSUPA, or high speed upload packet [...]
Thanks to Motorola’s implementation of a locked bootloader, the new Motorola Atrix 4G dual-core flagship Android smartphone for AT&T will not be able to handle custom ROMs. Despite the fact that the handset was recently rooted, which allows for certain features like ability to install non-Android Market purchased apps that was prevented by AT&T, the [...]
With the wide availability and highly anticipated launch of the Motorola Atrix 4G on AT&T on Tuesday, February 21, 2011, as a flagship Android smartphone, the smartphone is bound to attract a lot of attention. However, the way that AT&T is handling pricing and sales of the device, it’s caveat emptor as checks with a [...]
It looks like we now have new release dates for Motorola’s flagship phone and its new Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablet. The new AT&T report indicates that the Motorola Atrix 4G will go on sale starting on February 22, which is arriving sooner than previously anticipated. A few days ago, AT&T reps at a corporate-owned AT&T [...]
After losing out on iPhone exclusivity, U.S. carrier AT&T may be turning the bulk of its attention on Android with an aggressive push to launch at least a dozen devices in 2011. The carrier announced that HTC’s two Facebook-centric phones running on the Android OS–the HTC Cha Cha and HTC Salsa–will be appearing in its [...]
AT&T is justifying the price of its Motorola Atrix 4G flagship Android smartphone with the optional companion laptop dock as a tablet-equivalent product. The bundle, when purchased together along with a two-year contract and accompanying data plan and tethering option through AT&T, will cost $500. However, separately acquired, the phone will cost $200 on contract [...]
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When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
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