At this years Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, NV, all the major tech companies were showing off their latest tablets, smartphones, 3D devices, or all three. My favorite thing that came out of CES was the Motorola Atrix 4G (above). Not only is a great Android smartphone, it also has the ability to be docked to a PC, laptop, or home theater system. Typically, when a smartphone is docked to a PC, it is either syncing media or charging it’s battery via USB. The Motorola Atrix, however, will be the PC / laptop / home theater system when docked. When docked to a PC, the user will be presented with the desktop version Android OS on their monitor, and will interact using their keyboard and mouse. Additionally, the user will see an on-screen representation of everything on their phone, including all home screens, apps, and widgets. The laptop dock is similar to the PC dock, but it also retains the accelerometer functionality. This would make playing accelerometer-based games on a larger screen possible. Lastly, when docked to a home theater system, a media center like interface is shown on-screen and can be used with its included remote similar to any other set-top box. I’m looking forward to this docking functionality making its way to other Android smartphones eventually, especially those on Verizon.
Check out the video and article at Engadget for more info:
Engadget – Motorola Atrix: another look (video)
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