Motorola BACKFLIP: Motorola’s third Android

The Motorola BACKFLIP will be available in stores sometime in 2010. The existence of the handset was confirmed by the mobile giant at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show). This isn’t standard protocol but was how Motorola decided to announce the soon-to-be arrival of its latest Android. This will be their third. The previous ones were the Cliq and the Droid.

One of the unique features of the handset is the keyboard. It is what is known as a foldover reverse flip QWERTY. This reverse flip action is how the phone got its name. The keyboard appears to be a bit odd at first but ends up working really nice.

The Backflip has a nice sized screen at 3.1 inches. It is a HVGA. The mobile comes standard with a 5 megapixel camera, which is one of the better mobile phone camera phones on the market. Many of the lower end phones stick with 3.0 megapixels or lower.

The Motorola Backflip works on the 3 G network, allows individuals to GPS their way out of being lost and offers Wi-Fi connectivity.

The Backtrack is one of the phone’s coolest features. It allows individuals to flip through their pictures, texts and emails on the back of the phone where ones view of the main screen is not hindered by their fingers and/or hands. The phone’s keypress is decent and the MotoBlur content delivery feature allows individuals to keep their social networks, emails and phone content in one place.

The recently announced Motorola Backflip appears to be a quality phone, at least based on the specs. They are pretty impressive. The phone has a nice camera at 5.0 pixels and a good size screen (3.0 inches). There hasn’t been any word on price so it’s not yet possible to get the entire picture in terms of value, but so far, it looks good.  Motorola keeps on pushing these Androids with the Backflip being the third. I suppose if it is a success we should expect to keep seeing them.

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