The Motorola Atrix is one of those phones that come along every now and then that completely changes the face of the smartphone industry. Be it by introducing cameras, music playback, or capacitive touchscreens, certain phones have a huge impact on the subsequent development in the mobile phone industry by bringing in a completely novel idea.

With more and more power being crammed into smartphones many have wondered if they could be used to power larger devices such as netbooks. This is the question that the Atrix seeks to answer, and at first glance the answer seems to be a resounding yes. Combined with a laptop dock the Atrix can be transformed into a fully functional laptop complete with its own operating system and fully tabbed version of Mozilla Firefox.

Even besides its laptop and media hub docks the Atrix is an astounding phone. With dual core processors the Atrix offers a level of computing power not seen before in a smartphone device. With its glorious 4″ capacitive screen with sharp 540 x 960 resolution there is no better phone for viewing videos. The Atrix supports 1080p video playback and via a future software update will be able to record 1080p videos on its camera as well.

At point of sale the 5 megapixel camera will be capable of 720p, which is a highly desirable quality in itself. The Atrix can also have 4G network support, although unfortunately outside of the United States 4G networks will not be in place for some time. The Atrix also comes with DLNA enabled Wi-Fi and an HDMI port allowing recorded videos to be played through a larger home TV.

The Atrix is set to transform the mobile phone industry by offering the first realistic convergence between smartphones and laptop devices. With excellent messaging, video and web features the Motorola Atrix is certainly a phone of choice to look out for, regardless of its additional docking ports.

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The Windows smartphone segment has seen a number of new launches recently, with a number of companies like HTC and Samsung entering the frame. Now LG have also joined that pack, with their new LG Optimus 7Q, which promises to blow the competition away given its features and specifications.

The LG Optimus 7Q is a phone which packs in a quite a number of features in a small form factor. And that vast feature list is kicked off, with the large 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen. Since being a capacitive touch screen this allows the user to pinch to zoom. But, the best feature of the phone has to be the full QWERTY keyboard, which makes the task of inputting text a breeze in this phone.

The phone has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus as well as Panoramic Mode for great 360-degree shots. The camera can also record videos in HD 720p format. Once recorded, these videos can be played on your High Definition television or Home Theatre system using the DLNA connectivity feature, which offers great and uninterrupted connectivity with these devices.

The LG Optimus 7Q has 16 GB memory space for storing those favourite movies. The phone also has a powerful 1 GHZ processor making it possible to run Windows Phone 7 OS without any glitches. There is also 512MB of RAM available in the phone. Other connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G. It has FM radio and music player with Zune connectivity option to take care of all your entertainment needs. The phone also offers social networking support with Facebook and twitter integration.

The phone is expected to be launched in the UK and all across Europe shortly, with prices for these markets and details for mobile contracts yet to be announced.

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Another Walkman music-based mobile device, the Sony Ericsson W20 is a small touch screen mobile phone with a heavy focus on music backed by Sony Ericsson′s popular software and commitment to music quality. Sony Ericsson has combined their music know-how with social networking features to create a device that is perfect for on-the-go entertainment at an affordable price. Pick up the best W20 contracts by shopping online, but to get the best deal make sure you compare the market with sites like best mobile contracts. The W20, also known as the Sony Ericsson Zylo, is available in Asian and European markets on a number of providers in Swing Pink, Chacha Silver, and Jazz Black colourations. Implementing Sony Ericsson’s human curvature design philosophy, the W20 is both comfortable to use and aesthetically appealing.

The W20 features a 2.6” 320×240 QVGA TFT LCD screen capable of displaying over 65,000 colours that is fairly large for its price point. Additionally, to make use of this screen real estate the W20 allows video playback with support for streaming video from Youtube; the 3.2-megapixel camera, with support for geo tagging to add location information to your media, and 2x digital zoom makes it possible to record your own video as well. The W20 also comes with photo fix functionality that attempts to automatically optimise image quality on the fly and adjusts the white balance and contrast of your pictures to keep them looking their best. With integrated social networking apps for services such as Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook, as well as send to web functionality, you can share your images and video on personal web sites and blogs or your favourite social network.

The main focus of the W20 is Sony Ericsson’s popular Walkman software and the many music options it provides; the Walkman music player allows you to easily organise your library with automatic playlists or listen to your favourite FM radio station. As the first Sony Ericsson phone to support playback of the high-definition FLAC format, the W20 offers superb audio quality when using the 3.5mm stereo headphone jack and Bluetooth support . Sony’s helpful TrackID software allows you to record a few moments of any song you might hear and compares it to an online database to fetch album, artist, and track information for any one of millions of songs.

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