It is the mobile phone designed to appeal to a man's inner James Bond - or those with secrets. The Motorola ATRIX is the first smartphone to operate using fingerprint recognition to ensure it can only be accessed by the genuine owner.
 

The ATRIX owner swipes their finger on the touchscreen a number of times when it is fresh out of the box to identify them as the authorised user.  From that point on, every time they touch the power button it will recognise the fingerprint and approve operation.

The ATRIX is marketed as the most powerful smartphone in the world on the basis it can be plugged into a range of docks that convert it into a laptop, personal computer, media centre, or a sat-nav.
 

Jeremy Marks, of Spymaster, the leading professional suppliers of security equipment, said: 'Biometric fingerprint security is the best way to protect your device.  'This type of technology offers consumers a new level of security surpassing anything we have seen before on a smartphone.'
 

Owners in the U.S. have been impressed with the ground-breaking security feature. One said: 'All phones should have a fingerprint reader like this - it's the future.
 

It said: 'It's rather amazing to connect your phone to an HDTV and play music, watch a movie, type up a real document, and even do your online banking with the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse connected, all from a 135-gram phone.'
 

'With its multimedia accessories and ground-breaking fingerprint swipe access, this is an innovative handset that Orange is proud to be bringing to the UK first.'