[Atrix 4G Accessories] jjwatmyself:
First impressions review

OK, so the shipment from cnn.cn arrived today with a couple of Moto ruggedized battery covers. Here are my impressions.

Texture: It didn't appear to feel like a fury leaf as one enthused Atrix owner mentioned, but more like a smooth rubbery texture with a very subtle grip factor (9/10).

Size: The increase in size, when compared to the original battery cover, is absolutely perfect in maintaining a minimalistic case design. You can't see any significant difference, as is the case with most of the cases (10/10).

Fitment: The cover is a combination of stiffer and supple rubbery material. It has a smooth but slightly sticky interior surface which aids in the fitment on the phone. It almost adheres to the phone surface and is a true glove fitment around the phone. I would imagine that a rinse under warm water, phone removed of course, would be beneficial periodically. The outer edges wrap around the front face of the phone by about half a millimeter, aided by the interior surface texture of the cover. The volume rocker is completely covered. One area of disappointment is the area with the micro-USB and HDMI ports. The cover does not have any needed stiffness in the 2.5 cm area where the ports are. This enables the cover to flex onto and off the phone at the screen surface significantly more than any other area. A design improvement that Motorola could have utilized is to have infused a stiffer band of material directly around the front most facing circumference to achieve a stretchy stiffness and to have had a one hole per port instead of one combined hole. This would not have been difficult (7/10).

Usability: This is going to be great for using the Atrix as a camera and I won't be thinking about it slipping out of my hand any more with the addition of this cover. The phone can be placed on the back or front and be protected by the cover. The camera lense and phone screen will not have contact with the surface in either position. This is in contrast to the standard battery cover. The volume rocker continues to be easy to use and the bumped out area of the volume rocker is easy to find without looking at the phone. The phone easily fits in the car dock and lap top after removing the engineered inserts that each ship with. The standard/multimedia and HD docks will have no issues if the replacement dock insert is used in place of the existing insert. This is however, a difficult item to find as Motorola did not include it in their shipments, contrary to their documentation and are yet to ship to any of their customers who have requested it. We are waiting to hear if cnn.cn can source the additional dock insert (9/10).

Score summary: 9/10/7/9 --> 8.75 out of 10

Edit: I forgot to mention that I went to the post office to pick this up last night before they closed and they informed me that thy would not go downstairs to find the post man who had it. Half an hour later, the phone was plugged in charging at home on a side table. My son opened the draw of the side table to find his charger, only to catch the charging wire of my phone, knocking it onto the floor. The result was my first tiny battle scar on the painted leading edge of the phone. Had I had the ruggedized cover installed, it would have served its purpose and there wouldn't have been a scar. What an unfortunate coincidence!! :(