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By Gareth Jale


It's not a big shocker that the Motorola ATRIX 4G is probably one of the most popular smart phones among sports fanatics. For starters, it has a large, brilliantly bright 4.0-inch capacitive touch screen, and Motorola has developed a wide range of accessories designed to protect it. You won't have any trouble finding that perfect case or screen protector. The ATRIX screen is ideal for watching great video quality. With 16GB RAM, a dual-core processor and a dedicated 3D graphics unit, it's a great choice for watching video. The phone also features the 4G network, which has been proven to be fast enough to directly stream HD video from the Internet to the device.

But where does that streaming video come from? Well, sometimes it comes straight from the source. For baseball enthusiasts, one of the most popular services is MLB.TV. This pay-for service streams all non-blacked-out baseball games directly to Motorola Atrix through a custom app. That app ensures that you don't have to have any technical knowledge. All one has to do is install the application, run it, type in the MLB.TV account information and then pick any game to view. It's that simple. NHL has also started to offer a similar streaming service through Yahoo's site.

Not all streamed sports require a paid subscription. In fact, since the Motorola Atrix can surf traditional websites just as well as a desktop-based browser can, it can access most of the popular Web-based streams. These free streaming services stream sports directly from the site. You simply navigate to the site and watch the streamed video in the window that they provide. Another popular technique is torrent-based clients, and these have recently begun to make their way to Android. Not all streams are exactly legal so we don't entirely recommend it.

An online sports book is arguably one of the easiest and cheapest way to access legal stream online. The sports book requires an account and most of these have security measures in place so people cannot simply bypass the system for free accounts. Many limit the games you can place a bet on. One problem with using a smart phone with the sports books is that most don't have dedicated apps. However, they do all have Adobe Flash players, and the Atrix can access these Flash-based players flawlessly.

Last but not least, another popular choice for streaming is a dedicated provider. Consider how many cable and satellite providers there are who deliver TV services to homes. If these services have the games that you want, then they are an extremely convenient and cost-effective way to access them. It's important to recognize that these cable providers have had trouble adding streaming sports and popular channels to their lineup. So before you sign a monthly contract with a provider, make sure you know what you're getting out of it.




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