Motorola’s (MOT) added another SUPERPHONE to its Android portfolio, the Backflip. Unveiled at a press event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the device is similar to Verizon’s Droid in that it features both a touch-screen and keypad, but with one interesting twist: a reverse QWERTY flip keypad that folds out from behind the display. Most people are used to a forward flipping keyboard or an upward slider,” Motorola’s Paul Nicholson explained. “The Backflip’s keyboard opens up in the reverse direction.”
Otherwise, the BackFlip is similar to its predecessors. It’s got a 3.1-inch display with a 480×320 resolution (HVGA) touchscreen, a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, 32 GB of expandable memory, and a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and an LED flash. It runs Android 1.5 and, like the Cliq before it, offers Motorola’s customized MOTOBLUR social networking service. Overall, a slick little device, though far more evolutionary than revolutionary.
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