Saturday, July 23, 2011

Motorola Atrix 4G receives Android 2.3 Gingerbread


The Motorola Atrix 4G was recently being tested on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is now ready to make the update public. The Atrix 4G which is available in the U.S. through AT&T features a 4 inch touch display, 16GB of internal storage which can be expanded through microSD, a 5 megapixel camera capable of 720p HD video capture, a secondary camera for video calls and is powered by a 1GHz Tegra 2 processor with 1GB of RAM.

If you have rooted your device or unlocked the bootloader to download the beta version of the update, you will have to flash back to the original firmware before you can receive the new update (4.5.91) over the air.

This update offers a number of new enhancements and features on your device:
  • Gallery - Enhancements to the picture Gallery allow you to aggregate all your photos, your friends’ photos and photo comments from social networking and photo sites like Facebook and Picasa in one place for easy viewing.
  • Music - Enhancements so your Music player is now connected to a dashboard for music discovery. Plus, easy access to all your favorite artists, live, personalized recommendations for songs & videos and news and event updates.
  • User Interface - Updated user interface with simpler home screen design, including shift to use of white backgrounds in menus, enabling better viewing experience.
  • Dock Icons - Enhancement that enables easy access to favorite apps at bottom of each screen.
  • Organized App Tray - Enhancement that helps you personalize and categorize favorite apps into groups so you can be more efficient.
  • Location Based Recommendations - Enhancement that provides access to social content in one place so you can find out what is happening around you. You can use Yelp reviews and Facebook check-ins to find out what others are recommending.
  • Faster Webtop Browsing - Enhancement to webtop application includes Firefox 4.0 so you can browse faster than with previous versions of Firefox.
  • HD Video Playback - Enhancement that now enables HD Video Playback in 1080p for better viewing experience.
  • Multiple Recipient Emails - Create groups for multiple recipient emails so you can communicate faster.
  • One touch conference call access - Enhancement that makes it easier to dial-in to conference bridges while you’re on-the-go.
  • Task Management Tools - Enhancement that makes it easier to create, edit & delete tasks, and to assign priorities and reminders.
  • Productivity Tools - Enhancements to business ready security features so you can get more work done on-the-go which includes robust VPN, device and SD card encryption, device management via 3rd party console and remote wipe capability.
  • Notification Tray - Enhancement that enables you to dismiss notifications one at a time. 
Once you have updated your firmware, please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section
DJRipster Web Developer

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