Updated:2011/4/26 11:28
Tags:mobile phone|digital hub|Motorola|Microsoft|INTEL|HUB|Bluetooth
A new breed of mobile phone is set to change how we think of the devices that millions of us carry every day: One - billed as the most powerful smartphone in the world - can even power its own laptop.
This phone, the Motorola Atrix, is only one attempt to redefine the digital landscape. In the same week as its launch in the United Kingdom was announced, Microsoft unveiled "The Collection", a thrice-yearly bid to guide consumers to a selection of computers it says are as elegant as they are powerful.
According to its own survey, Microsoft found that users considered a new computer to be as much a fashion purchase as a practical one. More than a quarter spent as much time working out what computer to buy as they did on choosing a new house.
That is a long way from the big beige boxes that housed computers of the '90s and it is even further from the huge mobile phones yuppies slung over their '80s shoulders. But what does this new generation of devices really offer beyond marketing and attractive packaging?
Two trends are coming together: Intel, the chip-maker that defined computers for a decade, is set to define the next one, too, with new processors; and mobiles are now using "dual-core" processors, making them twice as fast. This is a tipping point for both types of technology.
What that means in practice is that the handset in your pocket is now wasted on the tiny screen it is attached to. Motorola's solution is to make it a digital hub: Plug your mobile into a dock attached to your television and it will act as a media server for films, television and music.
The Lapdock offers all the laptop most users ever need. A wireless Bluetooth keyboard is also available, as is another dock for use on the bedside table. This "ecosystem", as it is known, is the shape of things to come.
Source:todayonline
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