Hasta La Gadget!

We suspect the boys and girls over at AmazonWireless threw their Atrix 4G product page up early, because — among other red flags — the buy button doesn’t work, but one important detail we can glean from it is that they seem interested in selling it for $149.99 on a new contract or $599.99 off-contract. Now, there are a couple of possibilities here; first off, since the page likely isn’t supposed to be online, these prices might just be guesses or placeholders, but furthermore, keep in mind that AmazonWireless and other third-party wireless resellers typically charge less for devices on contract than carriers do, so we’d expect this to be at least $50 more directly from AT&T. Oh, and one other tidbit: searching for the phone on Amazon reveals a possible release date of February 11th, which would be even more aggressive than Moto’s end-of-February guidance. Again, possibly another guess or placeholder on Amazon’s part… but it’s a date to keep in the back of your head nonetheless.

[Thanks, Roman]

Update: Turns out the Inspire 4G is listed, too, for $99.99 on contract or $499.99 contract-free. Thanks, Justin S.!

Update 2: …and they’re gone. Whoops!

Motorola Atrix 4G goes up on AmazonWireless, $150 on February 11th — mistake? (update: Inspire 4G, too) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When we stumbled upon an $800 price for the Motorola Xoom yesterday, our instinctive reaction was to leap forward to the next obvious question: when? Well, that call has now been answered by an internal Best Buy document that’s just dropped into our inbox, which explicitly pinpoints February 17th as the launch date for Moto’s highly touted, Honeycomb-equipped tablet. Stock is expected to land at the big box retailer on February 16th, with the big party going down the day after. There’s a note confirming that the Xoom will come with its promised 32GB of onboard storage, but anyone looking for confirmation or denial of the earlier pricing leak will be left disappointed. Guess we’ll all have to set our calendar alerts for about a month from now and exercise patience in the mean time.

[Thanks, dajarbot]

Update: Our tipster has also uncovered a price: $699.99. That’s a hundred green leaves south of Verizon’s supposed pricing and should soothe a few agitated souls.

Continue reading Motorola Xoom launching February 17th at Best Buy (update: priced at $700)

Motorola Xoom launching February 17th at Best Buy (update: priced at $700) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Motorola files dozens upon dozens of FCC certifications a year, so what makes us so sure this here IHD-P56LS1 is the might Atrix 4G for AT&T? Fair question: for one thing, it’s got 850 and 1900MHz 3G (or 4G, in AT&T parlance). Furthermore, it’s approved for 5GHz 802.11n WiFi, which is extraordinarily rare for a phone — and it was a feature Moto was sure to pimp during the Atrix’s CES unveiling. Oh, and finally, it’s identified in the filing as model number MB860, which would be the Atrix’s model number. So yeah, there’s one more checkmark to tick off prior to release… which hopefully won’t be too much longer, because we’re seriously jonesing to do some laptop docking.

Motorola Atrix 4G gets FCC approval originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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To say Motorola’s had a stellar show would be a massive understatement. Betwixt the Motorola Atrix 4G, the Xoom, Droid Bionic and to a lesser extent the Cliq 2, they’ve been reborn and are the star of the show. Of course, in order to peddle your wares at CES you need a booth — the more garish the better, typically — and Moto’s is massive and bedecked and badazzled in light with more flair than you’d need to work in a place like Chotchke’s. So, we wandered about, took in the sights, the sounds, and grabbed some pics and a short vid of what we saw.

Continue reading Motorola’s CES 2011 booth tour

Motorola’s CES 2011 booth tour originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If this is the direction high-power smartphones are going, we like what we’re seeing. Though the software’s still a bit raw (there’s no Android Market, for example), the Droid Bionics on display here at Motorola’s CES event this evening look and feel pretty blazingly fast. A spokesman we chatted with said that Motorola is actually doing some manner of software optimization (and yes, it’ll launch with 2.2) to take advantage of the two cores out of the box, so it’s a promising start — as Jha says, it’s “2GHz of processing power.” We hope that’s true in practice!

Physically, the phone feels smooth in the same way a Droid 2 does, though a bit lighter — good news considering the LTE hardware and big display, but not entirely surprising when you take into account the lack of a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The patterned battery cover looks textured, but it’s actually quite smooth with a slight soft touch treatment. The screen looks great — in particular, the viewing angle looked superb, though all phone displays have a tendency to look a little better in this sexy lighting since they can’t wash out as easily. Follow the break for video!

Continue reading Motorola Droid Bionic hands-on

Motorola Droid Bionic hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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