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The Motorola Backflip is a touchscreen smartphone released for the AT&T network on March 7, 2010. It runs the open source Google Android software.

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General features

The phone is built on the Android Platform, Android 1.5. Motorola recently announced that the Android 2.1 software update will come out in Q3 2010.
Google search is replaced with Yahoo which cannot be deleted or uninstalled.
Sideloading is disabled, though there are workarounds that involve a PC.
The phone comes with Motorola's "MotoBLUR" UI.
It has a full QWERTY keypad with an unusual "reverse flip" design. When the device is closed and the screen is visible to the user, the reverse side is the keypad itself. Opening the device causes the screen to flip so that it rests above the keypad.
The phone allows the user to interface with multiple networking sites integrated on the home screen.

Camera

The camera has five megapixels and a 4x digital zoom.
The camera has an LED flash and automatic focus.
It has a video capture rate of 24 fps.^[1]

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Applications

AT&T has disabled sideloading.^[2] This has created some controversy with users, as some of them would like to install non-market apps. These users could use ADB to install unsigned apps to their phone, but that's clearly too much trouble for them. Motorola does, however, allow users to create their own apps in order to customize the phones to their personal needs.^[3]

Reviews

Michael Oryl, of "Mobileburn.com," likes the "Backtrack" mousepad on the back of the phone, but points out that large hands often activate it accidentally which can certainly be a problem.^[4] Victor Godinez, of The Dallas Morning News, suggests that the phone is aimed towards social networkers, points out that the price may be a bit much when compared to the memory of other options like the iPhone.^[5]

References

[1] ttp://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/ci.Motorola-BACKFLIP-with-MOTOBLUR-US-EN.alt

[2] ttp://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/t-blocks-non-market-apps-motorola-backflip/2010-03-09

[3] ttp://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=12263&NewsAreaID=2

[4] ttp://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=8975

[5] ttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/ptech/stories/DN-backflipreview_12bus.ART.State.Edition1.3ce6545.html

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 *Google search is replaced with Yahoo which cannot be deleted or uninstalled.
 *[[Sideloading]] is disabled, though there are workarounds that involve a PC.
+*The phone comes with Motorola's "MotoBLUR" UI.
-*The phone comes with "MOTOBLUR" which cannot be uninstalled or disabled. Workarounds have been discovered, though it requires the user's computer in order to accomplish this.
 *It has a full QWERTY keypad with an unusual "reverse flip" design. When the device is closed and the screen is visible to the user, the reverse side is the keypad itself. Opening the device causes the screen to flip so that it rests above the keypad.
 *The phone allows the user to interface with multiple [[Social network service| networking sites]] integrated on the home screen.