The Motorola Backflip is a quad-band GSM phone with support for the 850/1900/2100MHz 3G bands (coincidentally, AT&Ts 3G bands), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The smartphones design is really what sets it apart, however. At first glance, the Backflip looks like a sleeker

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The Motorola Backflip is a quad-band GSM phone with support for the 850/1900/2100MHz 3G bands (coincidentally, AT&T's 3G bands), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS. The smartphone's design is really what sets it apart, however. At first glance, the Backflip looks like a sleeker, smaller version of the Motorola Cliq, but instead of a slider design, the phone opens up like a book. In addition, in its closed state, the full QWERTY keyboard is located on the back. For those concerned about durability, Motorola said the keyboard is strong enough to take a beating and keep on clicking, but of course, that remains to be seen.

Another unique feature of the Backflip is the trackpad, which Moto calls Backtrack, located on the back of the display (when the phone is open). It works just like a traditional trackpad, allowing you to navigate through menus, flip through photos, scroll through the home screen panes, and more. It's certainly an interesting twist, but we're not completely sold on it. You can also interact with the smartphone through the 3.1-inch HVGA touch screen.

Like the Motorola Cliq, the Backflip uses Motoblur software and though it will launch with Android 1.5, the smartphone will be upgradable to Android 2.1. Other highlights of the smartphone include a 5-megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, 2GB internal memory (expandable up to 32GB), and a full HTML browser.

SPECIFICATIONS:

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

Size Dimensions 108 x 53 x 15.3 mm

Weight 133 g

Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective)

Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.1 inches

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- Reverse flip with QWERTY keyboard

- BACKTRACK touch panel

- MOTOBLUR UI with Live Widgets

Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Speakerphone Yes

- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo call

Call records Practically unlimited

Internal 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM

Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory

Data GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

EDGE Class 12

3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera Primary 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features Geo-tagging

Video Yes, CIF@30fps

Secondary No

Features OS Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake), upgradable

CPU Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz processor

Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser HTML

Radio No

Games Yes

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java Via third party application

- Noise cancellation with dedicated microphone

- Google Maps with Street View

- MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA9 player

- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV9 player

- Facebook, MySpace, Twitter apps

- Photobucket, Picasa integration

- Organizer

- Document viewer

- Voice memo/dial

- T9

Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh

Stand-by Up to 315 h

Talk time Up to 6 h

Misc SAR US 0.58 W/kg (head) 0.60 W/kg (body)

NOTE 2: All of our Unlocked GSM Phones come from around the globe. As such, most carry an "International" warranty from the Manufacturer, which will be detailed within your product packaging, if appropriate. Only DOA (Dead on Arrival) Exchanges will be made for this product through the GSM Support Center. No returns are allowed otherwise. There are no exceptions. All of our unlocked cellular phones are only designed to work on GSM networks such as Cingular and T-Mobile. These phones are NOT compatible with CDMA carriers such as Verizon and Sprint. If your intended service provider is not among those four major carriers, please contact that provider to determine GSM compatibility.

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