Motorola Atila – Moto’s touchscreen answer to Apple’s iPhone 3G
By Will Park on Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 2:37 PM PST In Devices, Motorola, Rumors, Windows Mobile, iPhone
Meet the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Atila. This here all-touchscreen handset is reportedly Motorola’s touchy-feely answer to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s iPhone 3G. The Motorola Atila is apparently borne of the same gene pool that created the Motorola Alexander. Thankfully, the Motorola Atila that you see pictured here nixes that too-weird sliding QWERTY keyboard on the Motorola Alexander.
The Motorola Atila boasts a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio with a right-proper tri-band (850/1900/2100Mhz) UMTS/HSPA radio that should have the touchscreen device pulling down wireless data at true-blue 3G data speeds. Following on the Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5’s abysmal lack of 3G data connectivity, we’re glad to see that Moto is pulling out all the stops and actually endowing their iPhone 3G-fighter with high-speed data speeds.
And, to take things right to the iPhone’s doorstep, the Motorola Atila will reportedly feature a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen display. Add to that some WiFi, Windows Mobile 6.1 and 7.2Mbps HSDPA with 1.8Mbps HSUPA for broadband-like data speeds on both the downstream and uplink, and you’ve got the makings of a seriously competent smartphone. The Motorola Atila even sports a design aesthetic the likes of which we haven’t seen from Motorola in a while. Whether the Motorola Atila can prove to capture a significant share of the touchscreen smartphone market, where handsets like the iPhone 3G, HTC Touch Diamond, and Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) XPERIA X1 are expected to reign king, remains to be seen.
Here’s a quick rundown of the Motorola Atila’s spec sheet:
- Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) 7201A chipset
- Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE
- Tri-band (850/1900/2100MHz) UMTS/HSPA
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA, 1.8Mbps HSUPA
- WiFi b/g
- 2.8? QVGA 240 x 320 screen
- 1130mAh battery
[Via: BGR]
I wouldn’t buy it.
But then again, I wouldn’t buy the iphone 3G either so I guess I’m not their target market.
It’s good to know that it’s on a real OS unlike other Moto devices.
And does anyone have any idea on the megapixel count?
I say 3.2 max
You know what, doesn’t matter. I’m not an iPhone fan at all because I think the iPhone is missing a few high end features (camera). But none of these other phones are delivering (in the US at least). All the while, the iPhone 3G is selling in the millions. I don’t know if it’s the manufacturers or the operators (AT&T!!!) but where the hell are my options? If Motorola really is working on this phone, which looks to be no better feature-wise than the iPhone, then releasing it 6 months from now is pointless and they should just scrap it.
QVGA? 240 x 320?
Too bad for Moto. Still behind the rest.
I’ve had a QVGA screen for 3 years now. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 has WVGA 480 x 800. The HTC Touch Diamond & Pro have VGA 480 x 640. That is 4 times more pixels than the Moto.
Unless this phone is 1/4 the price of the HTC, it is a looser.
Should Moto be concerned about the opinion of someone who can’t spell “loser”? I always thought they were selling to the up-market crowd that can actually spell.
I suppose you never make spelling mistakes when you type on your mobile?
Jack ass.
The comment was uncalled for in any case, mobile or not, and I wished I could have undone it after I hit “Submit”. My apologies, Al.
Thanks
Why Motorola is not developing in Linux anymore? I just can´t imagine the rationale for this decision…
@Al & John
… wow
But I do agree w/ the fact that as a consumer, I’m sick of QVGA screens.
Motorola develops Linux phones too: there are 4 product families (WM, Linux, Symbian & Sinergy).
But time from Atila’s announce to sales may be very long