Motorola anounced a new Android Smartphone-Motorola Flipout on Jun 2, 2010, which features stylish and innovative diamond shape, mutiple color models, popular social interation with MOTOBLUR and so on. Let’s review Motorola Flipout today. It’s believed that Motorola Flipout will be your eye opener.
Motorola Flipout
If Motolora Backflip is the first phone that flip back in history, Motorola Flipoutwill be the first Android phone using flip-out design, while it’s not Motorola’s patent, Nokia has launched the similar model last year named as Nokia 7705 Twist.
QWERTY Keypad of Motorola Flipout
Seven colors are available in the rear cover. This one is Orange Model.
45 keys on QWERTY Keypad + colorful Rear Cover: Compact and Stylish
Motorola Flipout adopts 45 keys QWERTY keypad design
As the saying goes, you can’t have your cake and eat it. At the sametime of owning fashion appearance and slim stature, the size of Motorola Flipout QWERTY keypad is also limited. As each key design is quit tiny, it is indeed not a small challenge for men with thick figures.The good bit is that Motorola Flipout remains four navigation controls to avoid the reduction of operation handle.
The match color in front and flank of Motorola Flipout looks very like Motorola Backflip’s.
Users acquainted with Motorola Android phones may have found out that except the vivid match color in the rear cover, Motorola Flipout overall design style is amazing similar to Motorola Backflip, especially the color design in screen frame, QWERTY keypad and body frame. Motorola Flipout may be considered as the small version of Motorola Backflip.
Motorola FLIPOUT pink, green, yellow models
Speaking of color match, Motorola Flipout has the priority to speak. Motorola Flipout owns seven colors including white, green, red, blue, orange, which not only greatly meets young users’ demands in the pursuit of fashion and individuality, but also attracts many female users. It’s possible that many people will deem Motorola Flipout as girls’ carry-on make-up bags.
Interface Design: Conciseness and Practical
Volume Button in the left side of Motorola Flipout
Due to size limitation, there are not complicated interfaces or keys around Motorola Flipout. A Volume button is in the left side of Motorola Flipout, Micro USB interface in the right, power key/screen lock key and 3.55mm headset jack at the top, and rear cover snaps in the bottom.
MicroUSB interface in the right side of Motorola Flipout
Power key and 3.5mm headset jack at the top of Motorola Flipout
rear cover snap in the bottom of Motorola Flipout
Motorola Flipout is very practical for users in listening to music and transferring data with simple circum design. It’s a pity that Motorola doesn’t own a shortcut key for photographing.
Function Configuration：700MHZ+Google Android 2.1＋MOTOBLUR
2.8 inches QVGA TFT of Motorola Flipout
Motorola Flipout measures only 67x67x17mm and weights 120g. The square box style resembles girls’ mini cosmetic bag with good portability whatever in pocket , purse or shoulder bag.
Although the body size is not the only factor to judge configuration, most small mobile phones are not equipped with powerful hardware specification and Motorola Flipout is not exception. Motorola Flipout owns a 2.8 inches TFT touch screen with a resolution of 240×320 pixels, and a built-in 3 MP camera without auto focus function, but a Self-Portrait Mirror is prepared for the users like taking photos by themselves.
A built-in 3 MP camera and self-portrait mirror
As another Motorola Smartphone, Motorola Flipout has current mainstream Android 2.1 system platform, 700MHZ OMPS3410 processor, 256MB RAM and 512MB ROM. Motorola Flipout supports up to 32GB memory card expansion in the condition of stochastic matching 2GB Micro SD.
Motorola Flipout Supports Kodak Perfect Touch technology
It is worth mentioning that Motorola Flipout also supports Kodak Perfect Touch technology based on Texa Instruments OMAP platform, which not only can promote the image quality in mobile phone, but also can simplify sharing further between handset and handset, handset and net, handset and printing device.
In addition, Motorola Flipout gives favorable operation experience for users by adding MOTOBLUR function (or update to MOTOBLUR 1.5) which Motorola specially develops for network social intercourse, presetting current popular social applications such as Facebook、MySpace、Twitter, and combining with GSM/EDGE, WCDMA network. Motorola Flipout also has many other functions such as E-compass，A-GPS navigation, USB 2.0, Bluetooth, WLAN.
For the sake of screen size, three function buttons under the screen are changed to the right side.
The unlocked interfaces of Motorola FLIPOUT
In the standard configuration of 1170mAh BT60 Lithium battery, Motorola Flipout separately gain standby time of 377 hours(WCDMA) and 365 hours (GSM) as well as Call duration of 275 minutes and 357 minutes each.
1170mAh BT60 Li Baterry of Motorola Flipout
Android 2.1 main menu interface of Motorola Flipout
Summary：Unique and Innovative Google Mobile Phone
Unique pivot diamond shapeof Motorola Flipout is impressive.
Motorola Flipout is another individual design Android phone of Motorola after Motorola Backflip. Motorola Flipout is easy to be remembered by rare diamond pivot appearance, and affluent color models which increases young users’ favorable impression. Moreover, Motorola Flipout not only shows Motorola Designers’ creative talent, but also indicates that Android terminal also steps further in diversification.