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**crea78** · 02-02-2011, 06:39 PM

A Best Buy Mobile employee got some pretty concrete info we are all dying to read. Some pretty awesome things he had to say about the Atrix..

Source:

Ok so I have some time to kill now so here we go (pictures will be posted when I get home) Some of the stuff might be stuff we already know but was news to me to bare with me:

First off,

The battery life is impressive. The rep played 1080p trailers through hmdi out (not the dock, the actual port on the phone) and downloaded apps, showed up a ton of stuff, and after an hour of use the phone was still at full charge which is a good sign. He uses the phone as a personal phone and said he makes it through an entire day of heavy use (he hasnt gotten to low battery yet) (this is also partly because of the laptop dock but we will talk about that in a little bit)

You guys will be happy to hear that while in the dock or in webtop mode, the phone did not heat up at all which I think was something some people were worried about.

Qik is pre installed and will be the primary video chat app however Tango and Fring were tested and work well with the front facing camera.

The screen is an interesting one ill tell you that. The colors were accurate and text was sharp but the biggest thing was the brightness! It was extremely bright. I feel like its a good mix between the retina display and the Super amoled. While it does not have the pixel density the retina display has, or the color saturation that the Super Amoled has, it finds its place right in between with a high resolution and above average brightness.

(sorry if it sounds like im jumping around im going off the list of notes i wrote)

There will be a wireless keyboard available aside from the laptop dock and its really nice! i felt it was on par with the mac book style keyboards and it also has all the buttons you would need to control media on the phone (volume, play etc)

Webtop mode will feature not just internet apps, but cloud based computing. You can upload stuff to your motoblur account and access them from the cloud anywhere you are which i thought was a pretty cool feature. From the rep told me, there might be a special SDK released to develop apps from webtop, but i feel like cloud/web browser computing is where it will remain.

The fingerprint reader worked very well. It was quick, almost instant, and accurate. Everytime i tried to unlock the phone, it said finger not recognized but every time the rep swiped it, it unlocked instantly, no lag. And for extra security, you can still have a password or unlock pattern in addition to the finger print reader.

the only gripe i have with the reader/unlock button is that it was kind of awkward to use due to its location and shape, but i got used to it pretty quickly.

The phone will be running moto blur 1.5, and if you want to use another launcher, the motoblur apps will not work quite right.

HDMI and Dock out were fast. They loaded and played content instantly with no lag, no heating, no hick ups.

The camera quality is good. Pictures looked great on the TV he was connect to and showed clear vivid detail with average to good color representation.

HSPA + in our area was good, although he did say that it isnt fully launched in the bay area yet so speeds were hindered. With 2-3 bars/5 of service, we were getting 3-4 mb/s down which i feel is good enough, but the rep said it will go up in the next coming weeks.

Hulu was blocked on both the phone and webtop mode, didnt get a chance to try netflix.

Qhd screen has 16:9 aspect ratio and is 35% more battery efficient than a Super Amoled.

Rated talk time: 9 hours

Laptop dock lasts for about 6 hours with constant media playing.

Screen is gorilla glass

It took 15 sec from cold boot for the webtop mode to launch on the laptop dock, and was nearly instant to load after that .

There was no sign of lag in webtop mode with 4 windows open while streaming flash based ESPN content.

The laptop dock is extremely sturdy and is all metal. It feels like a real quality item. though the viewing angles on it were not impressive at all. It does come with decent speakers built in though!~

I asked the rep to compare it to the Bionic. He said its a different phone even though people think its in the same family. He said that the Atrix can do webtop mode because of AT&T's gsm network. (voice and data at the same time). The bionic will not have motoblur though.

The speaker was clear, but the volume was average. He played some music through it and while we could hear it with no distort at full volume, i feel like it could use a volume hack.

Side loading is blocked, but the rep would not comment on the bootloader (sorry hackers)

The phone did not stutter. I can describe the experience as extremely snappy. I would have liked to see some nice subtle transition effects to really demo the snappiness and smoothness but its nothing launcher pro cant take care of.

unfortunately I couldnt try out phone calls so i dont know what the call quality is like.

Anyways, thats about it...ill have some blurry ninja pictures for you guys tonight when i get to my computer.

but to sum it up:
motorola will be getting a lot of my money!

if i missed one of your questions let me know, i might have forgotten to write the answer!

EDIT: about the release date:

So the rep wouldnt comment about the release date saying he still hasnt been given a concrete date but has an idea but he wouldnt share. From what it sounds like, the 14th still is a good day to expect it, but it definitely looks like a febuary launch because it looks like he was using a final release model. but there is no date for sure yet!!!!!!! so everything is still speculation!!

**textiaac** · 02-02-2011, 06:53 PM

News Tiped! Great article.

**john_v** · 02-02-2011, 07:23 PM

Thanks for posting...although I probably shouldn't have read it cuz now I'm drooling on my keyboard, and it' making the waiting even harder!

But in all sincerity, thanks for the post.

**defdrums** · 02-02-2011, 07:34 PM

Thanks for the post!! Love the details

**SaltyDawg** · 02-02-2011, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by crea78

I asked the rep to compare it to the Bionic. He said its a different phone even though people think its in the same family. He said that the Atrix can do webtop mode because of AT&T's gsm network. (voice and data at the same time).

That doesn't make any sense to me. What does simultaneous voice and data have to do with webtop? And even if that is a requirement for some crazy reason, Verizon has simultaneous voice and data on their 4G phones, and has said that they are even making their 3G do simultaneous voice and data.

**Cyber Warrior** · 02-02-2011, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by crea78

I asked the rep to compare it to the Bionic. He said its a different phone even though people think its in the same family. He said that the Atrix can do webtop mode because of AT&T's gsm network. (voice and data at the same time). The bionic will not have motoblur though.

Good info.....The Bionic will have Motoblur by the way....but it's a new and improved Blur.

**btgrave** · 02-02-2011, 07:50 PM

Woot! Saw that earlier today over there too.

The stuff about motoblur is pretty awesome!! (mostly the cloud services thing). Looking forward to it

A bit sad that the back is plastic, but at least the guy said it is higher quality plastic and feel compared to the Galaxy S phones.

**mrro82** · 02-02-2011, 07:51 PM

Thanks for the info. Getting more and more antsy with every new bit of info.

**cadman** · 02-02-2011, 08:03 PM

Odd because I thought Blur was going away because of Google developing their own UI.

Also, I don't doubt the guy is going for training, but I call BS on the battery.

Regular phones don't keep a charge after talking for an hr anymore.

Thanks for the info though.

**stonecoldjedi** · 02-02-2011, 08:16 PM

Good info!!!

**scrounger** · 02-02-2011, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by Bob Brown

A bit sad that the back is plastic, but at least the guy said it is higher quality plastic and feel compared to the Galaxy S phones.

When you put it in an Otterbox case you will not have to worry about that.

**btgrave** · 02-02-2011, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by scrounger

When you put it in an Otterbox case you will not have to worry about that.

haha yeah, which is what I'm doing anyways......but for those few naked moments before it slips into the protective cover.

and if you guys are wondering what keyboard he is talking about:

it works with the Xoom too!

**jddroid** · 02-03-2011, 07:58 AM

I have a best buy training tomorrow but its only verizon products, so I can at least tell you how the new motoblur feels... Oh and honeycomb!

**lsutigers03** · 02-03-2011, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by jddroid

I have a best buy training tomorrow but its only verizon products, so I can at least tell you how the new motoblur feels... Oh and honeycomb!

If you're going to use the Bionic then it will have a different version of Blur than the Atrix.

Also the guy works for AT&T not Best Buy. It sounds like the Atrix will be a pretty amazing device. I was wondering about the fingerprint scanner but it looks like it works great.

**Jonneh** · 02-03-2011, 08:40 AM

The phone will be running moto blur 1.5, and if you want to use another launcher, the motoblur apps will not work quite right.

I was planning on using either LauncherPro or (more likely) ADW Launcher. What apps will I be missing out on? Does this mean I'll miss out on the cloud-based motorola apps you were talking about?

The laptop dock is extremely sturdy and is all metal. It feels like a real quality item. though the viewing angles on it were not impressive at all. It does come with decent speakers built in though!~

Just for clarification, what you mean by this is that, depending on where you are sitting and which angle you are looking at the screen of the laptop dock, you can't really see the screen, right? I hate that

Maybe I'll have to try the dock out before buying it.. will it even be available in-store to try out like that though?

The speaker was clear, but the volume was average. He played some music through it and while we could hear it with no distort at full volume, i feel like it could use a volume hack.
(My first Android phone, btw) How easy it is to increase the volume output on the phone, then? is it as easy as rooting and then installing an app and that's it?

Thanks for all this great information, and sorry for the somewhat n00b questions!

**textiaac** · 02-03-2011, 08:42 AM

Here are some pics he took

**mrro82** · 02-03-2011, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by textiaac

Here are some pics he took

I'm not seeing the pics.

**lsutigers03** · 02-03-2011, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by mrro82

I'm not seeing the pics.

**mrro82** · 02-03-2011, 10:18 AM

Thanks lsut! I'm geeking out over here. lol

**mrro82** · 02-03-2011, 10:19 AM

On the left side between the control and alt key, what is that key? I see the home key on the top right.

**blopez24** · 02-03-2011, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by mrro82

On the left side between the control and alt key, what is that key? I see the home key on the top right.

I think it is a home key ala windows key for a computer. Since its wireless to sync with the xoom or atrix maybe its just to go back to home or open up the home and select apps.

**mrro82** · 02-03-2011, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Blopez21

I think it is a home key ala windows key for a computer. Since its wireless to sync with the xoom or atrix maybe its just to go back to home or open up the home and select apps.

Seems plausible.

**btgrave** · 02-03-2011, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by Blopez21

I think it is a home key ala windows key for a computer. Since its wireless to sync with the xoom or atrix maybe its just to go back to home or open up the home and select apps.

Actually, it is a "Fn" key, for the alternate function number keys at the top row.