Remember that crazy lookin’ Motorola-made Android handset that leaked out a few days ago? The one that appeared to have a flip-out keyboard on a big ol’ hinge? It’s real – and it’s heading for AT&T.
The name is still up in the air, but it looks like it’ll be called either the “Backflip” or the “Enzo”.
Someone snuck a bunch of shots of the unique handset into Phandroid’s inbox, and there’s no doubt about which carrier this is on. As if the AT&T logo sitting smack dab on the keyboard didn’t seal the deal, AT&T-specific apps like AT&T Nav and AT&T Music are in plain sight. When closed, the keyboard acts as the back of the phone; when open, the backside of the keyboard acts as a trackpad for scrolling with minimal hand readjustment.
It’s a few years late on this train, but AT&T’s finally getting an Android phone. It’s just a bit wonky.
[Source: Phandroid]
That keyboard looks great for being so flat…the directional keys would have been a great replacement for the Dpad on the droid, and then went with this exact same layout.
he Motus has quad-band GSM connectivity and – weird enough – it looks like it also supports the 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz WCDMA bands, which means that both AT&T and T-Mobile could launch it.
http://bit.ly/motorola-motus-overview
how can that be better?? on the droid u just move your thumb around to go ALL directions… not go from key to key to do the same thing?
this thing looks like how logitech mice look.. from pictures they look awesome.. til you buy it. Then you press buttons and the countdown begins til the day them crappy plastic things will fall off or stop working!
I’m not sure I would like the keyboard on the outside of the phone. Doesn’t really seem to offer any advantages over a slider, and it certainly detracts from the look and feel of it. It does look like a nice keyboard though, even if it’s not offset.
Doesn’t look like anything special. It’s a bit of a stupid/pointless design. And the little design that it does have is about as original as deciding to use rectangular paper notes to represent money. It’s also a bit on the thick side. The only positive that I can see is that it’s running Android.
Fortunately, I dislike AT&T, so this phone couldn’t have gone to a better home.
It seems to compare poorly to the Motorola Milestone reviewed over on the El Reg website. Why can’t we have one of those in the States?
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/12/17/review_phone_motorola_milestone/
Really? The Droid offered by. Verizon puts this phone to shame!
Uhm… Motorola? Apple called, they sounded pissed… your iPhone with keyboard was their next idea for the iPhone 4.0
This must be a joke?! Wow, ugly!!!