Motorola unveils 4 new Android devices at CES 2011

By George Wong on 01/05/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

[CES 2011] The first Android device to be revealed is the Atrix 4G. Motorola have branded it as “the world’s most powerful smartphone” and it’s for a good reason. It packs a dual-core processor and a whopping 1GB of RAM, but that’s not all. The Atrix 4G can be placed in a dock to become some sort of minicomputer – you can output the phone’s screen onto a HDTV with a HDMI cable, you can connect a mouse and keyboard to the device as well and have a fully functioning computer. In this mode, the phone will run a special full-screen version of Android. Now that’s innovation! The Atrix 4G can also be inserted into a laptop dock to turn the phone into a smartbook. Possibilities with this phone seem endless. But it looks like they started the show with the best device. More devices after the break:

Motorola unveils 4 new Android devices at CES 2011

The second product is the Cliq 2. We caught wind of last week in leaks and it is now official. It will pack a 5 megapixel camera, a funky turtle-shell style keyboard, and it will run on T-Mobile’s 4G network. It’s going to use Motoblur, a custom software from Motorola that is people centric, so expect it to fill the need of a “social phone”.

Motorola unveils 4 new Android devices at CES 2011

The third product to be shown off is the Motorola Droid Bionic. It’s an LTE smartphone for Verizon’s network (finally). It packs a 4.3″ screen, a front facing camera, a dual-core processor with 512MB of RAM. The Motorola Droid Bionic will also run on Android 2.2 when it is released.

Motorola unveils 4 new Android devices at CES 2011

Last but not least, Motorola has officially shown off the Xoom to the whole world. Their upcoming Android tablet will be powered by a Tegra 2 processor and run Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) – of course, this is all stuff that we’ve known before, but it’s good to have official confirmation from Motorola themselves. The tablet will be shipped in Q1 2011.

Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

CES: CES is the acronym for the (International) Consumer Electronics Show, one of the largest consumer-electronics shows in the world. Although it is held in Las Vegas today, the first CES happened in June 1967 in New York City and Bob Gavin, the CEO of Motorola was the opening keynote speaker for that first edition. Subsequently, CES was held twice a year: the summer edition was in New York, and the winter edition was in Las Vegas, that is, until 1998 when CES became a once-a-year show. CES has been the introduction place for key products and technologies, including: Pong (1975), Nintendo NES (1985), Tetris (1988), Compact Disc (1991), HDTV (1998), Xbox (2001), Blu-Ray (2003), OLED TV (2008). Check our latest CES Coverage

Motorola: Motorola is an American telecommunication company that has been split in two: Motorola Mobility (now a Google company) and Motorola Solutions. Motorola Mobility now focuses on handsets and set top boxes, while Motorola Solutions works on infrastructure and enterprise products. Motorola Mobility's best products are the Motorola RAZR M, RAZR HD, and RAZR Maxx HD. In Europe, Motorola has partnered with Intel to build the Motorola RAZR i.

Verizon: Verizon Communications Inc is a broadband and telecommunications company. It is mainly known for its Verizon Wireless division which is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, and one of the largest in the world. Verizon Wireless has traditionally used CDMA technology and was the first U.S carrier to deploy a 4G LTE network (Long Term Evolution). Learn more about U.S 4G Networks.

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