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Motorola Atila – Moto’s touchscreen answer to Apple’s iPhone 3G

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 2:37 PM

Motorola AtilaMeet the Motorola Atila. This here all-touchscreen handset is reportedly Motorola’s touchy-feely answer to Apple’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 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 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]

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Zak

    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

  • BenS

    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.

  • Al

    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.

  • John

    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.

  • Al

    I suppose you never make spelling mistakes when you type on your mobile?
    Jack ass.

  • John

    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.

  • Al

    Thanks

  • Arturo Tejada

    Why Motorola is not developing in Linux anymore? I just can´t imagine the rationale for this decision…

  • Zak

    @Al & John
    … wow

  • Zak

    But I do agree w/ the fact that as a consumer, I’m sick of QVGA screens.

  • Akceptor

    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 :(