Comments on: AT&T Strikes Back: Atrix Laptop Dock Not Pricey Next to Tablets http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mp01886 http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-95135 Mp01886 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-95135 I also pre-ordered the Atrix yesterday and opted to not purchase the laptop dock as well. The mandatory tethering option I’d need to modify my data plan to include was a major part in the decision, however I also couldn’t justify spending so much money on a “laptop” dock that was useless without the phone. I did opt for the HD multimedia dock so I could add on USB devices and I believe a HDMI-connected monitor. If this ends up providing me something like a “desktop experience” I personally still think that’s a win.

]]> By: Mp01886 http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-95136 Mp01886 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-95136 I also pre-ordered the Atrix yesterday and opted to not purchase the laptop dock as well. The mandatory tethering option I’d need to modify my data plan to include was a major part in the decision, however I also couldn’t justify spending so much money on a “laptop” dock that was useless without the phone. I did opt for the HD multimedia dock so I could add on USB devices and I believe a HDMI-connected monitor. If this ends up providing me something like a “desktop experience” I personally still think that’s a win.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-94808 Guest Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-94808 I purchased the Atrix yesterday. I would not get the laptop dock. I had to give up my current data plan and go over to the new ones. Just buying the phone I could keep my plans intact. Since I use my phone with corporate data the new plans are horrible. This little known fact is huge.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-94809 Guest Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-94809 I purchased the Atrix yesterday. I would not get the laptop dock. I had to give up my current data plan and go over to the new ones. Just buying the phone I could keep my plans intact. Since I use my phone with corporate data the new plans are horrible. This little known fact is huge.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-94810 Guest Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-94810 I purchased the Atrix yesterday. I would not get the laptop dock. I had to give up my current data plan and go over to the new ones. Just buying the phone I could keep my plans intact. Since I use my phone with corporate data the new plans are horrible. This little known fact is huge.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-94811 Guest Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-94811 I purchased the Atrix yesterday. I would not get the laptop dock. I had to give up my current data plan and go over to the new ones. Just buying the phone I could keep my plans intact. Since I use my phone with corporate data the new plans are horrible. This little known fact is huge.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-94812 Guest Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-94812 I purchased the Atrix yesterday. I would not get the laptop dock. I had to give up my current data plan and go over to the new ones. Just buying the phone I could keep my plans intact. Since I use my phone with corporate data the new plans are horrible. This little known fact is huge.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-94813 Guest Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-94813 I purchased the Atrix yesterday. I would not get the laptop dock. I had to give up my current data plan and go over to the new ones. Just buying the phone I could keep my plans intact. Since I use my phone with corporate data the new plans are horrible. This little known fact is huge.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93737 Anonymous Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93737 Technically, the Atrix is not 4g. It runs HSPA+. It won’t run LTE when AT&T launches the real 4g network. It’s speeds are capable of 14mps where true 4g runs at 56mps. It is fast but AT&T is being quite deceptive about their current “4g” network.

$499 for something that is a brick without the phone is a monumental fail. If the laptop dock ran software on its own without the phone that would be one thing, but without the phone the thing is a paperweight. There is no way that I will ever pay $499 for a paperweight. AT&T needs to lay of the greedy crack pipe. It’s bad enough that they are calling the connection between the phone and the dock tethering. Idiots. Tethering is sharing your connection with another device, not using the same device in a dock!

]]> By: Keat http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93723 Keat Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:51:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93723 What Moto should do: Open up the ‘API’ for their docking interface, and encourage a 3rd-party ecosystem of docks and attachments to flourish.

]]> By: Carrier over-charge http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93689 Carrier over-charge Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93689 HA!
Maybe they should just say, ‘not pricey compared to anything we carriers deal with.’

In other words, if a carrier is dealing with it it will be pricey. . . thanks for purchasing.

]]> By: NikiTachev http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93677 NikiTachev Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93677 I have a little question can i use the Atrix on non 4g networks like in europe for example?

]]> By: NikiTachev http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93678 NikiTachev Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93678 I have a little question can i use the Atrix on non 4g networks like in europe for example?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93676 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93676 Agreed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93670 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93670 They can argue what they like, but for me personally they are not competing against a tablet with the Atrix but a netbook/phone combination. One of the main (perhaps THE main) point of having a tablet form factor is to have a larger screen than a phone without having the extra weight and bulk of a keyboard permanently attached. I would rather pay for a true tablet and get either a keyboard case or a separate bluetooth keyboard if I felt the occasional need for one.

There is not point in purchasing a phone and their laptop attachment for that price when I can have a phone and a real netbook with more processing power, more flexibility for applications and not much more weight (maybe a pound) for the same price or less.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93671 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93671 They can argue what they like, but for me personally they are not competing against a tablet with the Atrix but a netbook/phone combination. One of the main (perhaps THE main) point of having a tablet form factor is to have a larger screen than a phone without having the extra weight and bulk of a keyboard permanently attached. I would rather pay for a true tablet and get either a keyboard case or a separate bluetooth keyboard if I felt the occasional need for one.

There is not point in purchasing a phone and their laptop attachment for that price when I can have a phone and a real netbook with more processing power, more flexibility for applications and not much more weight (maybe a pound) for the same price or less.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93672 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93672 They can argue what they like, but for me personally they are not competing against a tablet with the Atrix but a netbook/phone combination. One of the main (perhaps THE main) point of having a tablet form factor is to have a larger screen than a phone without having the extra weight and bulk of a keyboard permanently attached. I would rather pay for a true tablet and get either a keyboard case or a separate bluetooth keyboard if I felt the occasional need for one.

There is not point in purchasing a phone and their laptop attachment for that price when I can have a phone and a real netbook with more processing power, more flexibility for applications and not much more weight (maybe a pound) for the same price or less.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93673 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93673 They can argue what they like, but for me personally they are not competing against a tablet with the Atrix but a netbook/phone combination. One of the main (perhaps THE main) point of having a tablet form factor is to have a larger screen than a phone without having the extra weight and bulk of a keyboard permanently attached. I would rather pay for a true tablet and get either a keyboard case or a separate bluetooth keyboard if I felt the occasional need for one.

There is not point in purchasing a phone and their laptop attachment for that price when I can have a phone and a real netbook with more processing power, more flexibility for applications and not much more weight (maybe a pound) for the same price or less.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93674 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93674 They can argue what they like, but for me personally they are not competing against a tablet with the Atrix but a netbook/phone combination. One of the main (perhaps THE main) point of having a tablet form factor is to have a larger screen than a phone without having the extra weight and bulk of a keyboard permanently attached. I would rather pay for a true tablet and get either a keyboard case or a separate bluetooth keyboard if I felt the occasional need for one.

There is not point in purchasing a phone and their laptop attachment for that price when I can have a phone and a real netbook with more processing power, more flexibility for applications and not much more weight (maybe a pound) for the same price or less.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93675 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93675 They can argue what they like, but for me personally they are not competing against a tablet with the Atrix but a netbook/phone combination. One of the main (perhaps THE main) point of having a tablet form factor is to have a larger screen than a phone without having the extra weight and bulk of a keyboard permanently attached. I would rather pay for a true tablet and get either a keyboard case or a separate bluetooth keyboard if I felt the occasional need for one.

There is not point in purchasing a phone and their laptop attachment for that price when I can have a phone and a real netbook with more processing power, more flexibility for applications and not much more weight (maybe a pound) for the same price or less.

]]> By: geolemon http://www.slashgear.com/att-strikes-back-atrix-laptop-dock-not-pricey-next-to-tablets-09132382/#comment-93668 geolemon Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=132382#comment-93668 This is mind-numbingly, jaw-droppingly idiotic.

The Atrix isn’t a netbook… the Atrix dock certainly isn’t a netbook.

But the DOCK ALONE is priced more than a netbook. For $500, what does the dock do – alone (no phone docked in it) compared to a $500 netbook? Less than nothing. The dock should be $250.
Major fail.

And how do you compare something to something that it isn’t?
It isn’t a tablet – it’s much more a netbook than a tablet. How do you say you are competing with a tablet? Is it even a touchscreen?

That would be like Kawasaki saying “Our new sportbike costs $25,000… because our competition isn’t motorcycles, it’s sports cars. I think you’ll find it competitive when you price it against sports cars.”

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