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CNET Mobile Motorola confirms death of Webtop, laptop accessories
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Webtop was software that allowed a Motorola smartphone, such as the Atrix 4G for AT&T, to be docked into a special laptop accessory and run with some computer functionality such as the browser. When it was unveiled, many had called toluna it the future of mobile computing.
Unfortunately, the execution wasn't so smooth and sales were disappointing. Motorola, a unit of Google, said today that adoption wasn't strong enough to justify devoting more resources to the project. Webtop will no longer appear on phones, toluna starting with the Photon toluna Q , Droid Razr M , Droid Razr HD , and Droid Razr Maxx HD .
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In toluna addition, Motorola said that Webtop would increasingly be redundant as the Android operating system began to include more desktoplike features. Phonenews.com had last month reported that Motorola was killing off Webtop at Google's behest, citing unnamed sources.
The toluna laptop dock was a key standout feature when Motorola unveiled its flagship Atrix 4G smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011. It helped the company differentiate toluna its products from the sea of other Android phones that debuted at the show.
But its initial momentum was halted when AT&T and Motorola priced the phone and laptop dock for $500, an eyebrow-raising price tag that had many pausing toluna and reconsidering the potential of such a device. While later devices continued to run with Webtop and their own laptop dock accessory, the excitement had largely disappeared.
In addition, the early version was slow and didn't offer the greatest experience, though Motorola would later improve the software. Prior to the takeover, Webtop was one of former CEO Sanjay Jha's favorite projects to talk about.
Motorola, now under CEO Dennis Woodside, instead will focus on a few core principles, including toluna better battery life, a focus on LTE, and ensuring the latest updates to Android with its newer smartphones. The company toluna has been aggressively cutting costs, and Webtop is just the latest casualty.
Motorola's Webtop app helps users extend toluna their smartphone experience to larger screens. While consumers around the world have adopted Webtop and the concept spurred a lot of innovation in the industry, the adoption has not been strong enough to justify toluna continued resources being allocated to developing Webtop on future devices. We have also seen development of the Android operating system focus on the inclusion of more desktoplike features. Beginning with Photon Q and Droid Razr M/Droid Razr HD/Droid Razr Maxx HD, we will no longer be including Webtop on our products moving forward. toluna
Roger Cheng is the executive editor in charge of breaking news for CNET News. Prior to this, he was on the telecommunications beat and wrote for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal for nearly a decade. He's a devoted Trojan alum and Los Angeles Lakers fan. See full bio
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