Motorola Flipout QWERTY Android Phone

Motorola has announced its latest mobile technology called Motorola Flipout with a cool folding design. This handset will be sold in china with a name of Motorola M511. It has a 2.8-inch touchscreen display with a 3 megapixel camera and a 5-row QWERTY keypad. The Flipout runs Android 2.1 with a 600 Mhz processor, microSD up to 32GB, 512MB ROM and 512MB RAM. It also has the latest version of Motoblur, Motorola’s controversial custom UI skin that goes on top of Android, 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi connectivity and FM radio. The Motorola Flipout has a price range from $29.99 on a 3-year to $347.99 no contract.
Motorola has revealed another smartphone that will surely capture mobile users because of its clever design. The mobile phone is dubbed as the Motorola Flipout Android phone.  Consider it odd, but the Motorola Flipout Android phone comes packing with its 180 degrees twist yet with a flipping QWERTY keyboard in five rows.  The QWERTY keypad is given after you have slide the mobile phone around.

Running the Android 2.1 OS, the Motorola Flipout features the latest MOTOBLUR user interface.  The MOTOBLUR UI syncs your friends, messages, emails, pics, Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace feeds with continuous updates through the message widgets.

Motorola Flipout Android Phone Specs

• Dimensions: 67 x 67 x 17mm
• Weight: 120 grams
• 2.8-inch display with 320x240p resolution
• Texas Instrument OMAP3410700MHz processor
• HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps
• Android 2.1
• WiFi 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP
• MotoBlur UI v1.5 with Live Widgets
• 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM
• 2GB MicroSD memory card slot included: supports up to 32GB
• 3.15 MP camera
• GPS w/ A-GPS support
• FM Radio tuner w/ RDS
• 4.5 hours talk time and over 15 days standby time
• Li-Ion battery 1170mAh

The Motorola Flipout Android Handset comes with variety of colors – Black Licorice, Saffron, Fairway Green, Poppy Red, Raspberry Crush, Rebel Pink, Dark Sapphire, Raspberry Crush, and Brilliant Blue. Motorola says the Flipout will be available by the second quarter of June 2010, most probably mid-June.   No words about the price yet when released.

FULL SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
		HSDPA 850 / 1900
	Announced	2010, June
	Status	Available. Released 2010, June

SIZE	Dimensions	67 x 67 x 17 mm, 76 cc
	Weight	120 g

DISPLAY	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
	Size	320 x 240 pixels, 2.8 inches
		- QWERTY keyboard - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Multi-touch input method - MOTOBLUR UI v1.5 with Live Widgets

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
	Speakerphone	Yes
		- 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	150 MB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB card 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; HSUPA 2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
	Features	Geo-tagging, face detection
	Video	Yes, 352 x 288 @ 26-30 fps
	Secondary	No

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
	CPU	TI OMAP3410 600MHz processor
	Messaging	SMS, AMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes
	Colors	White, Fairway Green, Poppy Red, Raspberry Crush, Brilliant Blue, Licorice, Saffron
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Via third party application
		- Digital compass - Social networking integration with live updates - Google Maps with Street View - MP3/eAAC+/WAV player - MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - Facebook, MySpace, Twitter apps - Organizer - Document viewer - Voice memo/dial - T9

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1170 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 365 h (2G) / Up to 380 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 6 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)