Motorola FlipOut

Motorola has made few Android phones before, but none has got the appreciation HTC does for its Android phone sets. HTC is indeed the leading mobile phone manufacturer with great Android phones. At last, Motorola has tried a bit hard and made a phone set that is trendy, smart and Android based. The new Motorola FlipOut has a smart design that has never been used before in any Android based phone set. This is the first Android phone by Motorola that is getting recognition and appreciation.

Before reviewing the phone set, le us have a look at its specs.

Specs:

• 2G network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G network: HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 1900
• Announced: June 2010
• Status: coming soon
• Dimensions: 67 mm x 67 mm x 17 mm, 76 cc
• Weight: 120 g
• Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
• Display size: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.8 inches
• QWERTY keyboard
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto rotate
• Proximity sensor for auto turn off
• Multi touch input method
• Alert types: MP3 ring tones, vibrations
• Speakerphone, 3.5 mm audio jack
• Phone book: practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Internal memory: 150 MB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• Card slot: microSD 2GB card included, expandable up to 32 GB
• GPRS: class 12
• EDGE: class 12
• 3G: HSDPA, HSUPA
• WLAN: Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth: v 2.1 with A2DP
• USB: microUSB v2.0
• Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels, geo tagging, face detection
• Video recording
• Operating System: Android OS v 2.1 (Éclair)
• CPU: TI OMAP3410 600MHz processor
• User Interface: MOTOBLUR UI v1.5 with Live Widgets
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, AMS, IM, Email, Push Email
• Web browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Games
• Colors: White, Fairway Green, Raspberry Crush, Poppy Red, Brilliant Blue, Licorice, Saffron
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java: via third party application
• Other features: Digital compass, Social networking integration with live updates, Google Maps with Street View, MP3/eAAC+/WAV player, MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter apps, Organizer, Document viewer, Voice memo/dial, T9
• Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1170 mAh
• Standby: Up to 365 h (2G) / Up to 380 h (3G)
• Talktime: Up to 6 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)

Features:

The first noticeable thing about this phone is its tiny size and compact form. This phone fits into one’s hand without any difficulty at all. It is easy to put it in your pocket and move around comfortably. FlipOut flips and we can see that it is joined with the lower pane via a hinge on a corner. This hinge has to be strong or otherwise it will be a big concern for the company. The keyboard has five rows which have been slightly raised as to offer easy typing. There is a separate row for numbers which indeed pleases us. There’s a D-pad in the lower part of keyboard that allows cursor moving.

Photo by CCS Insight

As we all know that Android is a power hungry and non-energy efficient system. Thus, the small size of FlipOut’s battery concerns me. A great and genius feature of the phone is that its media player knows what song is being played and it (tries to) display the lyrics along with the song itself. You get seven customizable home screens as well. Camera is just okay; it takes photos and you should be thankful for this!

Product’s Unique Selling Points:

• Nice compact size
• Customizable social networking apps
• Genius media player
• Unified address book
• Swappable covers

Limitations:

• Small screen
• Average camera

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