Atrix 4G laptop dock under fire for compatibility issues
One of the biggest advantages of buying a phone in person as opposed to online is the demo units. I get asked at least once a day what phone someone should buy. My response is usually the same: go to a store, find the phones you’re looking at, and see which one gives you a better feeling. The only way you can falsely advertise with a demo unit is by displaying something other than your selling. Unfortunately, such may be the case for the Motorola Atrix 4G laptop dock.
It’s being reported all around the web today that the Atrix docks on display in AT&T stores are not the same as the ones you’ll be taking home. The demo units for the dock feature multi-touch support on the trackpad, allowing for two finger scrolling. The docks being sold do not have trackpads compatible with multi-touch.
As Engadget has said, there are three possible explanations behind this:
“either these units are physically different hardware, they’re running a prerelease firmware upgrade, or they’ve got a feature that was pulled at the last minute, possibly because it didn’t work very well.”
According to Motorola, the dock is not compatible with multi-touch, and never will be. Hopefully Motorola and AT&T get this sorted out before someone cries demo-gate and tarnishes Ma Bell’s reputation even more.
Purchasers of the dock, what do you have to say?
Via Engadget
I just got my laptop dock and added it to my collection of accessories for my Atrix 4G. I think that the marketing on the laptop dock is wrong however the product is great. I enjoy typing here right now on a small keyboard instead of a mobile one and I enjoy the larger screen. The phone also charges when it's plugged into the dock even when it's running on its own battery power. I'm impressed however it should be marketed as a keyboard enabled tablet and not a laptop. As far as the multi touch, who cares, this device and accessories are so far advanced over other devices we should be happy with what we have for now. This is pushing the limits. The dock however is slightly sluggish when surfing the web when you have something else going on like I do now, Pandora in the background while surfing. That said I'm selling my Motorola Xoom and keeping my iPad2 but this device is going to get me in and out of meetings with notes very wonderfully. One thing that apple does poorly is dedicate it's direction to the business unit. Microsoft does this better than anyone however Android in my opinion is becoming a real competitor in the business needs tech market. Very excited to see the next 6 months.
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