If you're a T-Mobile subscriber locked into a multi-year contract, you have to hope that AT&T's latest shenanigans aren't a sign of things to come. Following a bunch of complaints made to the Better Business Bureau, AT&T admitted to intentionally crippling the Atrix and HTC Inspire, which explains why owners of these two smartphone models have been unable to see anything near 4G upload speeds. Left unexplained, however, is exactly why AT&T did this.
Motorola is currently investigating a voice quality issue with its recently released Atrix smartphone. The issue at hand is that some Atrix users are reporting that their voice sounds muted or muffled to the person on the other end of the line. So far it doesn't appear Motorola knows exactly why it's happening, but the company's aware of the problem and is asking affected Atrix owners to provide certain details.Tegra 2 makes for a scary-fast smartphone
As far as referendums on nVidia’s new Tegra 2 processor go, Motorola’s and AT&T’s Atrix 4G is a shining success. It throws off beastly performance and also manages to greatly reduce power consumption. However, when viewed as a referendum on the ARM architecture’s potential to scale up and supplant x86 in laptops and desktops—or even run Windows—the outlook isn’t quite as promising.
We were lucky enough to get our hands on Motorola's much-touted Atrix 4G phone with the accompanying laptop accessory. At just under $500 (including a rebate and a discount for existing AT&T customers), it's a pricey bundle. But for the hardcore smartphonists, the Atrix is truly the first of its kind.
The Motorola Atrix 4G made a splash at CES in no small part due to its unique webtop docking experience. The phone can be attached to an HDMI dock, or laptop shell to run a full version of Firefox as well as some other apps on a larger screen. Venture Beat is reporting today that Moto CEO Sanjay Jha has told investors that the webtop experience will be coming to all "high-end" Motorola phones in the second half of the year.
