Hands-on photos of Motorola’s Atrix/Droid Bionic 4G smartphone and dock

By Greg Mombert Published January 7, 2011

We got a chance to check out Motorola’s exciting new Atrix/Droid Bionic 4G smartphone at CES. The Atrix is one of the most powerful smartphones to hit the US market with a dual core 2 GHz processor capable of browsing the web at twice the speed of most competitors. Motorola’s webtop application allows a full Firefox 3.6 browser to be run with support for Adobe Flash. Possibly even more impressive than the phone is the corresponding Laptop Dock that turns the phone into an 11.6-inch laptop with full keyboard, speakers and three-cell battery. The phone is simply docked into the back of the device and all the phones apps can be enjoyed on the much larger screen. There are subtle hardware differences between the Atrix and the Bionic and with the Atrix being available on AT&T and the Bionic being available on Verizon.

Greg Mombert

Studio Director

Greg oversees homepage promotional imagery, long form content layouts and graphics, product photography, and the product…

Topics

Computing

AI’s chip hunger could keep memory prices painfully high for years

Memory shortages may haunt your next phone, laptop, and GPU for years

While recent reports claimed that memory prices may not fall till 2027, it seems like the memory chip crunch isn't a short-term headache. And that's bad news for anyone hoping phone, laptop, and GPU prices will get cheaper again soon.

Reuters reports that SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won said the global chip wafer shortage is likely to last until 2030, with artificial intelligence demand continuing to outpace the supply. Chey said the current shortage could remain above 20%, largely because AI systems require huge amounts of high-bandwidth memory and therefore burn through a lot of wafers.

Computing

One of the most controversial US agencies is reportedly taste-testing Anthropic uber-powerful Mythos AI

The agency's reported use of Mythos highlights a widening split inside the US government over AI risk

The US government's AI fight just got harder to square. The National Security Agency is reportedly using Anthropic's Mythos Preview even as senior Pentagon officials keep pushing to cut the company off over supply chain concerns. It shows how quickly real security needs can outrun official policy.

Since February, the Defense Department has been trying to block Anthropic and push vendors to do the same. Yet, according to an Axios report, the NSA appears to be moving ahead with one of the company's most powerful models anyway, suggesting cybersecurity demand is carrying more weight than the feud now playing out inside government.

Computing

AI streaming is going mainstream in China, whether audiences want it or not

IQiyi wants AI to make most of its content someday, and it's already starting.

China's Netflix, iQiyi, is making one of the biggest bets in streaming history. The company wants AI to create the bulk of its films and shows someday soon, and it's already restructuring its 16-year-old business to make that happen.

At its annual content showcase in Beijing, founder and CEO Gong Yu announced that iQiyi is pivoting its popular streaming platform into a social media destination built around AI-generated content.