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| How the Atrix could look if running ChromeOS |
Now Google owns Motorola Mobile Division, thoughts on that new and interesting products will emerge from the joint forces, can begin. One of the products I would really like to see is a updated version of the Motorola Atrix. The phone gone netbook idea really appeals to me and a couple of minor fixes to the existing platform could make it a real game changere.
The Atrix today uses the Firefox browser as the main feature of the Webtop system that starts every time the Atrix is docked. From what I understand from the reviews I have seen and read, it is also the Achilles' heel of the system. The promise of the full browser experience is not there and the system is slow. Google now have the change to chance that and at the same time make the perfect bridge between its to major OS’es. If they change the Webtop OS to ChromeOS, it will secure the full browser experience and make sure that the Atrix platform is 100% integrated into Google infrastructure. We have all ready seen ChromeOS running on Android hardware, ChromeOS on the Asus transformer, so the hardware and software is compatible. Actually I always wondered why Motorola decided on Firefox and not Chrome for the Atrix. If Google/Motorola at the same time upgraded the hardware so it included the latest quard core processor, the processing power should be there to make the entire experience like using one of the Chromebooks all ready in the marked.
A ChromeOS Atrix will address a lot of needs in the marked. Firstly it could easily be the benchmark Ice Cream Sandwich Android phone. Secondly it will be able to eat in to the netbook marked in a very price competitive way. The netbook dock is prices at around $200, a lot for at dock, but not if you get a Chromebook out of the investment. This setup could be very interesting for for the average consumer, but its one of the software developers for ChromeOS that will make this a killer product. Citrix launching its viewer for ChromeOS will open up a ChromeOS based Atrix to the businesses traveler and could very easily be all the hardware a company would have to give them. Since they will be working via a Citrix connection data is secure, even if the unit is lost.
So by changing 1 - 2 components in the existing Motorola Atrix, Google/Motorola could win over not just the consumer marked, but the business marked at the same time.
Update: I had a change to test the Atrix, read the test here (only available in Danish)
The Atrix today uses the Firefox browser as the main feature of the Webtop system that starts every time the Atrix is docked. From what I understand from the reviews I have seen and read, it is also the Achilles' heel of the system. The promise of the full browser experience is not there and the system is slow. Google now have the change to chance that and at the same time make the perfect bridge between its to major OS’es. If they change the Webtop OS to ChromeOS, it will secure the full browser experience and make sure that the Atrix platform is 100% integrated into Google infrastructure. We have all ready seen ChromeOS running on Android hardware, ChromeOS on the Asus transformer, so the hardware and software is compatible. Actually I always wondered why Motorola decided on Firefox and not Chrome for the Atrix. If Google/Motorola at the same time upgraded the hardware so it included the latest quard core processor, the processing power should be there to make the entire experience like using one of the Chromebooks all ready in the marked.
A ChromeOS Atrix will address a lot of needs in the marked. Firstly it could easily be the benchmark Ice Cream Sandwich Android phone. Secondly it will be able to eat in to the netbook marked in a very price competitive way. The netbook dock is prices at around $200, a lot for at dock, but not if you get a Chromebook out of the investment. This setup could be very interesting for for the average consumer, but its one of the software developers for ChromeOS that will make this a killer product. Citrix launching its viewer for ChromeOS will open up a ChromeOS based Atrix to the businesses traveler and could very easily be all the hardware a company would have to give them. Since they will be working via a Citrix connection data is secure, even if the unit is lost.
So by changing 1 - 2 components in the existing Motorola Atrix, Google/Motorola could win over not just the consumer marked, but the business marked at the same time.
Update: I had a change to test the Atrix, read the test here (only available in Danish)
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