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March 6th Release - Feb 13th pre-sale.

The final pricing on accessories is certainly unfortunate for the Motorola Atrix. They could have done justice by the consumer and released these as the originally rumored $60 dock and $150-$200 laptop dock and not required a tethering plan to utilize the features of the laptop dock.

That being said I think I'll still go for the Atrix but not get the accessories. To a degree these accessories are gimmicky but they also add a lot of excellent functionality.

At the end of the day at time of release it will be the most powerful and best overall Android phone spec-wise on the market. Dual Core Tegra 2 1.0GHz processor mated with 1GB DDR2 RAM alone make it the Alpha and Omega of smartphones. Not to mention excellent resolution, large amount of expansion storage, 4G, HDMI, etc...

This will be me first Android phone jumping from the iPhone 3GS. I finally got bored with the iPhone and Apple's walled garden. Granted I leave one walled garden for another walled garden of MotoBlur. But I still get far more flexibility in what I want to do with my phone.

I fully expect after a few months to see the laptop dock and hd dock to start popping up on eBay due to buyers remorse and I can them well under market price anyways.

The only other phones I was looking at to this point are the Bionic which is a clone of the Atrix only for Verizon. I'd rather stick with AT&T and the ability to do voice/data at the same time and faster 4G (I'm not so concerned about LTE). The other two being the HTC Thunderbolt and the LG Optimus 2x. The Thunerbolt is too far of a step backwards in spec and the LG is likely a T-Mobile phone which has horrible service in the Portland metro area.

Despite all the news I think I'm still going Motorola Atrix.
 
WarningSLO said:
I agree it's a little confusing but checkout footnote #3:

3 Laptop Dock - Firefox browser use with AT&T Mobile Broadband requires Tethering Plan.

AT&T Announces the World's Most Powerful Smartphone, the Motorola ATRIX 4G, will be Available for Preorder on Feb. 13
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Not really... If you want to use the firefox browser via the AT&T data network while docked you need a tethering plan. If you want to use the firefox browser via WiFi you need not have a tethering plain.

The gotcha is that in order to get the discounted laptop dock you HAVE to buy the tethering plan. Otherwise you need to buy the laptop dock separately at the ridiculous price tag of $500.
 
Why have we all jumped the gun over what wsj has said? I work for Att and I constantly look at our intranet home page for news on most of these phones, especially the atrix… When it was announced about the release of the Inspire it was on our intranet immediately…So until i see an official announcement on that page or from Att itself…I will view this all as speculation and say shame on wsj for starting all this madness… Also I have been looking at the Att press release website and there has been nothing the past month about the Atrix… Just my 2 cents…
 
Like the previous post, it is disappointing to see the prices of accessories. The $200 for the phone is worth it for the technology you are getting. I will be ordering one and can't wait to start enjoying it.
 
a laptop with no processor and no chip.... is $500. really? I'm guessing the phone off contract is $500-600. the numbers don't make sense. we need to organize and get this message to motorola and att. facebook page? twitter? seriously, it's not enough that we're here bitching to ourselves.
 
atlbuc said:
I look at it like this, if I bought the Inspire I would have used the Mobile Hotspot feature which requires a tethering plan anyway so I think I will stick with the Atrix.
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I agree, I'm sticking with the ATRIX for same reason.

AT&T also bumped up the hotspot and tethering plans to 4GB for the same $20. So for $45 bucks I can surf to my hearts content with webtop mode. I pay 30 bucks for by BB Bold data plan and the browser on BB is hardly worth 30 bucks a month :). I think the tethering+hotspot charge might be ok, just don't like that they force it on you with the docks. If you go over the 2GB normal data plan its 10 bucks each extra gig, so if you are going to use the webtop browser to replace browsing on your laptop you could easily run into overage charges.

I've been waiting for Android for about 6 months and my wife is on VZ right now so I'm planning on getting two when they come out and showing her what talk and surf is really like...not really. I just hope she doesn't scream att stinks after I make her join my plan.

I think I'm looking at at least 45 bucks for me and 25 for her as far as data goes because I'm sure I'll be using the webtop mode a lot more than her.

C'mon Amazon, CostCo, or Best Buy release this thing early at 150!
 
atlbuc said:
I'm guessing the phone will start to ship before March 6 for those who pre-order.
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Hmm, this is a bad situation for me. I would like to get the Atrix but it looks like I will have to wait until around March 14 now. If I can get it before March 4th then I would be happy. Otherwise, it looks like I cannot preorder it.
 
capitanbuzo said:
Hmm, this is a bad situation for me. I would like to get the Atrix but it looks like I will have to wait until around March 14 now. If I can get it before March 4th then I would be happy. Otherwise, it looks like I cannot preorder it.
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Why not?
 
age109 said:
I agree, I'm sticking with the ATRIX for same reason.

AT&T also bumped up the hotspot and tethering plans to 4GB for the same $20. So for $45 bucks I can surf to my hearts content with webtop mode. I pay 30 bucks for by BB Bold data plan and the browser on BB is hardly worth 30 bucks a month :). I think the tethering+hotspot charge might be ok, just don't like that they force it on you with the docks. If you go over the 2GB normal data plan its 10 bucks each extra gig, so if you are going to use the webtop browser to replace browsing on your laptop you could easily run into overage charges.

I've been waiting for Android for about 6 months and my wife is on VZ right now so I'm planning on getting two when they come out and showing her what talk and surf is really like...not really. I just hope she doesn't scream att stinks after I make her join my plan.

I think I'm looking at at least 45 bucks for me and 25 for her as far as data goes because I'm sure I'll be using the webtop mode a lot more than her.

C'mon Amazon, CostCo, or Best Buy release this thing early at 150!
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I think 4GB data total will be plenty, think about the places you go having free WiFi. Plus while at home I'll be on WiFi if I'm surfing in webtop. I think you'll use less data than you think.
 
atlbuc said:
I think 4GB data total will be plenty, think about the places you go having free WiFi. Plus while at home I'll be on WiFi if I'm surfing in webtop. I think you'll use less data than you think.
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I think you may use more data than you think if you are using the full firefox browser. You will no longer be receiving mobile versions of websites.
 
Well with the price of the dumbtop outa this world.. I still am on the fence on the Atrix itself. I normally by the phones out right (right now I have a Nexus One on AT&T).

So odds are IF i do go and buy the Atrix outright.. I would first want to see a demo/working phone at a AT&T store so that I can see what 2.2 they have (and what they try to hack out of 2.3) compared to my N1.

I do not tether that much.. (but if I need to it is nice to know i can do that with my N1 and laptops I have with my unlimited plan i have) so it comes down to buy the phone outright and slip my sim chip in the new phone and see if it will still tether like my N1.. if so then it will be a winner without having to pay all that AT&T extra crap (nice thing about buying phone outright since your not under their thumb/contracts)..

And if the Atrix dose not do it then AT&T will be out 600.00, keep my N1 and keep going on like the Atrix dose not exist.
 
knappkd said:
I think you may use more data than you think if you are using the full firefox browser. You will no longer be receiving mobile versions of websites.
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The point is that most places you frequent to use your laptop has WiFi so you wouldn't need to use your data.
 
atlbuc said:
I look at it like this, if I bought the Inspire I would have used the Mobile Hotspot feature which requires a tethering plan anyway so I think I will stick with the Atrix.
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HTC phones are really easy to root / flash though, so if you get the inspire, you can definitely get tethering without paying for some "plan," although it still uses your data just the same, of course.

Seriously, it's not even hard - anyone can do it, just follow the directions on XDA. I use my captivate to tether all of the time.
 
Komodo Rogue said:
HTC phones are really easy to root / flash though, so if you get the inspire, you can definitely get tethering without paying for some "plan," although it still uses your data just the same, of course.

Seriously, it's not even hard - anyone can do it, just follow the directions on XDA. I use my captivate to tether all of the time.
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Yes I know this, I'm no stranger to rooting and ROMs, I just don't want the Inspire
 
capitanbuzo said:
Because I am leaving the country on March 4th. I would really like to have this new device to use on my trip.
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So just pre-order on the 13th and if it looks like your not going to get the phone before you leave then cancel the order
 
substance12 said:
seriously, it's not enough that we're here bitching to ourselves.
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If you think bitching to Mot/AT&T is going to do any more good than bitching here, you need to spend some time in corporate America. If you want to send a message, don't buy (and convince others not to buy). You may manage to get a reaction from the spin doctors, but the only message most corporate decision makers "see" is the balance sheets.
 
MarcMaiden said:
don't get me wrong, the Atrix is a great phone, and I think you will be happy with it laptop dock or not ( and i think the $189 price for the hd pack is pretty good) but for me and a lot of people, the laptop dock is what made the phone.

Either way, you cant go wrong!
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Another long time lurker that signed up just for this thread...

$189 for a usb hub with an HDMI pass through? Really? That's even more ridiculous than $500 for a $25 screen, $2 keyboard and $10 battery.

AT&T and Motorola had the golden goose...and they just hit it in the head with a shovel because they only want the down for a pillow.

This phone with it's docks were the bell of the ball at CES. Nothing had more buzz. They would've sold so many of these things they'd have to add production capacity. There were people willing to jump ship from other providers to move to the one with the worst perceived service and customer service reputation in the business to buy this phone.

So they decide it's a good idea to charge the price of a full laptop or tablet for $50 worth of parts and labor, and then throw in a tethering and max data plan requirement that adds $720 to the cost of the product over the course of 2 years...thereby pricing the majority of potential customers right out of the market.

I had my heart set on this product, but now am waiting for MWC to see what the new Samsung dual core hummingbird looks like.
 
Aielman said:
Another long time lurker that signed up just for this thread...

$189 for a usb hub with an HDMI pass through? Really? That's even more ridiculous than $500 for a $25 screen, $2 keyboard and $10 battery.
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It's $189 for the HD dock, bluetooth keyboard, bluetooth mouse, and remote.
 
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