Back in 2011, in the dark, pre-tablet days of the netbook, Motorola introduced a phone and laptop combo called the “Atrix.” The then-powerful 4G, dual-core AT&T phone slotted into a unique receptacle on the back of the optional laptop’s clamshell hinge — a bit like a game cartridge slides into a console. The phone then powered the Chromebook-like, highly stripped-down laptop. Let’s put it this way: Despite intriguing phone-heads of the day and garnering prominent in-store displays at RadioShack, the device didn’t take the world by storm.
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The IF Convertible: 3 Devices, 1 Data Plan
Posted by: Patrick Nelson October 29, 2013 05:00 AMBack in 2011, in the dark, pre-tablet days of the netbook, Motorola introduced a phone and laptop combo called the “Atrix.” The then-powerful 4G, dual-core AT&T phone slotted into a unique receptacle on the back of the optional laptop’s clamshell hinge — a bit like a game cartridge slides into a console. The phone then powered the Chromebook-like, highly stripped-down laptop. Let’s put it this way: Despite intriguing phone-heads of the day and garnering prominent in-store displays at RadioShack, the device didn’t take the world by storm.