I'd say that this is a pretty great way to kick the weekend off. The Motorola Atrix 4G has finally received its update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and the good news is that the new software is available for manual download right now on Moto's website. To install the update, which is version number 4.5.91, you'll need to download it from Moto's website, move it to a microSD card with at least 200MB of space, and then head into the System upgrades portion of your About Phone menu. So what kinds of improvements can be found in this update? The full list, courtesy of Moto's release notes, is as follows:
- Gallery: Enhancements to the picture Gallery allow you to aggregate all your photos, your friends' photos and photo comments from social networking and photo sites like Facebook and Picasa in one place for easy viewing
- Music: Enhancements so your Music player is now connected to a dashboard for music discovery. Plus, easy access to all your favorite artists, live, personalized recommendations for songs & videos and news and event updates
- User Interface: Updated user interface with simpler home screen design, including shift to use of white backgrounds in menus, enabling better viewing experience
- Dock Icons: Enhancement that enables easy access to favorite apps at bottom of each screen
- Organized App Tray: Enhancement that helps you personalize and categorize favorite apps into groups so you can be more efficient
- Location Based Recommendations: Enhancement that provides access to social content in one place so you can find out what is happening around you. You can use Yelp reviews and Facebook check-ins to find out what others are recommending
- Faster Webtop Browsing: Enhancement to webtop application includes Firefox 4.0 so you can browse faster than with previous versions of Firefox
- HD Video Playback: Enhancement that now enables HD Video Playback in 1080p for better viewing experience
- Multiple Recipient Emails: Create groups for multiple recipient emails so you can communicate faster
- One touch conference call access: Enhancement that makes it easier to dial-in to conference bridges while you're on-the-go
- Task Management Tools: Enhancement that makes it easier to create, edit & delete tasks, and to assign priorities and reminders
- Productivity Tools: Enhancements to business ready security features so you can get more work done on-the-go which includes robust VPN, device and SD card encryption, device management via 3rd party console and remote wipe capability
- Notification Tray: Enhancement that enables you to dismiss notifications one at a time
Additionally, the update includes to ability to sideload apps onto the Atrix, a feature that many users have been clamoring for since the handset launches. If you haven't already done so, Atrix owners, hit up the Motorola link below and get your bakery-fresh helping of Gingerbread. Just be sure to let us know how the update's working for you when you're done, k?
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