New Smartphone from Motorola Competes with Netbooks

New Smartphone from Motorola Competes with Netbooks

Motorola's inventive but expensive Lapdock is driven entirely by a top-of-the-line Google Android phone. Motorola released its Android flagship Atrix 4G at the CES in Las Vegas this January.The Atrix smartphone is one of the most well equipped smartphones to date, with an Nvidia dual core CPU, it providing it with enough performance to run a Personal computer-like practical experience.

The concept right here is that the smartphone has sufficient performance to function as a notebook and by putting it in the Lapdock you will get just that. The thing that really comes about is that the phone starts up an app known as Webtop, that powers the display of the Lapdock. The Lapdock has no separate operating system, the Webtop application includes a complete FireFox 3.6 web browser with support for Adobe Flash.

In effect, you receive a relatively competent personal computer that can do just about the same things as netbooks. You can also watch video clips and do other tasks you would expect from a common mini laptop. According to early testers, web pages download quickly, and it's experienced more or less as utilizing a normal small laptop.

The Atrix docking station also appears just like a modest laptop, with a normal display and a battery that will keep it alive for up to ten hours in addition to a pair of USB ports and speakers.

One of the best aspects with the dock is that you have a normal-size keyboard to work with. It is a backlit variant and somewhat reminiscent of Mac keyboards in terms of layout. It also has a track pad with multi-touch that supports gestures, which is a more and more common characteristic in today's laptops.When you get started with the Atrix Webtop application it launches a desktop environment that looks a lot like Mac, with animated tray icons at the bottom of the screen.

One additional function is that even when the Atrix is docked on the back of the display you can nevertheless use it through an application known as mobile view.

This is basically the screen on your phone but with complete access to all functions. If the smartphone is in the Lapdock you can also make use of the mobile view application, adding phone functionality in windows on the desktop.

It ought to be fairly clear that the Atrix and Lapdock can't replace a real laptop or desktop PC. Despite the fact that it is about the same dimension as a thin and light laptop it is not quite as capable. However, it's nonetheless an awesome concept that really exhibits the power of the Motorola Atrix and the Linux-driven Android OS. Regrettably, the dock is not included when you purchase the Atrix but will cost you nearly the same amount, or a lot more if you order a plan or extension with the Atrix 4G. As such, this inventive solution has an obvious weakness.

Hopefully the price tag will tumble at some point, mainly because it's a terrific idea. It's a clever way to put to good use the progressively potent mobile phones with fast CPUs and a lot of memory. At some point Motorola will offer all of their leading Android phones with the Webtop app, so it seems that the manufacturer believes in the idea and will proceed to improve it further.

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