There are some excellent contract mobile phones available at present and Motorola’s Backflip is trying to position itself at the top of an ever growing list of smartphones. This one is a 3G smartphone which is a developed from the DEXT MB220 family of phones by Motorola. This model is also sometimes known as the Motorola Motus.
The phone uses an Android operating system which gives access to a whole range of apps and gadgets. It has Motoblur built in and offers live support for widgets. It has a full QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1 inch 262 colour TFT responsive touch-screen measuring 320 x 480 pixels. Wi-Fi and Push Email are incorporated and it is easy to link in to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.
The built-in navigation system uses GPS and A GPS navigation in combination with Google Streetview and Maps. The superb 5 megapixel camera has built-in auto focus and the music player can handle MP3, eAAC+, WAV & WMA9 formats.
The handset is a quite sleek looking, platinum silver colour with a black keyboard and a mechanism that reverse flips the keyboard (that’s where the model name comes from). It weighs 133 grams including the battery and a fully charged battery will give 315 hours of standby time, or 6 hours of continuous talk time. Connectivity with other devices is good because the Motorola Backflip covers a whole range of networks.
Overall it is a good looking phone and ideal if you like gadgets, apps of various kinds and music. The most outstanding feature for me is the excellent camera.
