Motorola Atrix finally arrives on our shores, RM 1,999 with no contracts

Ever since it won the title of best smartphone at CES 2011 in Vegas, we've been waiting in earnest for it to arrive at our shoes and today, it just about has. The Motorola Atrix itself is a nifty phone with a nice form factor and 4inch qHD, Gorilla Glass screen. Powering the Atrix is an Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual-Core processor with 1GB of RAM (which is double most other smartphones) and Android 2.2 at launch. While it sounds like nothing special, where the Atrix truly excels is in its flexibility and hybrid nature.

The Atrix gets its gold star with its peripherals, each giving the Atrix a different use and look. You can dock the phone in a lapdock, making it a mobile workstation with the help of the decent WebTOP pseudo-OS. The lapdock even charges the phone for you, extending the battery life by an estimated 8 hours. The best thing is that included with the OS is a full-fledged Firefox Web Browser and flash support.

On the flip side, flexing its multimedia muscle, the Atrix also has a multimedia dock which allows you to connect it to a TV or monitor with a HDMI port and use peripherals such as keyboard and mouse to make the Atrix a decent Multimedia PC. Streaming 1080p videos with ease, you can see where the processing power is used, delivering a smooth user experience even between menus.

The Motorola Atrix will be available starting today from all Brightstar distributors at an RRP of RM 1,999 for the phone only. The lapdock will run you an extra RM 1,399 and the multimedia dock an extra RM439. Currently there's no word on telco tie-ups as yet thought.
source: 2DayBlog.com