FlipOut (150 MB)

The Motorola Flipout is an Android 2.1 QWERTY smartphone sporting a sleek swivel form factor. The phone comes with a 2.8 inch capacitive touchscreen that supports 256K colors and packs 320 x 240 pixels. The Flipout is powered by a 600 MHz ARM Cortex A-8 processor , and handles all the commonly used apps (Facebook,file/task managers and games) without the slightest hint of lag. Motorola Flipout ships with four interchangeable covers allowing you to choose between red, white, black or green panels. Motorola has also thrown in a magnifier selector, which comes handy when you want to place a cursor in a precise location while editing text. The Flipout is fitted with a 3.1 megapixel camera with a preview mirror for taking self-portraits. The phone can also record videos in 352 x 288 pixel resolution at 30 fps. Design Below the display are the three touch-sensitive buttons of Menu, Home and Back. When you nudge the bottom left corner of the screen upward, the phone 'flips out' to the right, revealing the QWERTY keypad. The hidden physical keypad on the Flipout looks small but is actually larger than many other portrait-style keypads. It's a full 5-row QWERTY keypad with good amount of travel and spacing. The phone features an accelerometer sensor for auto-orientation and a proximity sensor for auto-turn off. Battery and Storage A Li-Ion 1170 mAh cell powers the Flipout and gives a talk time of 5 hrs on 2G networks and 4 hrs 3G networks. The 150 MB of internal memory in the Flipout can be expanded up to 32 GB with microSD cards. Connectivity and Features Connectivity-wise, Motorola has packed all existing wireless options into the Flipout, including 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and A-GPS for satellite navigation. The preloaded Google services in the phone include Gmail and Google Contacts, an Android browser and Google Maps. The Flipout supports access to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter with live updates on your homescreen. The Motorola Flipout features Motorola's CrystalTalk technology, which filters out background noise on the user's end so the other party can hear you more clearly. Other features in the phone include Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Voice memo, Organizer and Voice dial.