We spent a few minutes with the just-announce Backflip and, well, it’s a Moto Cliq with weird swivel keyboard. Really, everything about the device feels the same as the Cliq. Even the love-it-or-hate-it MotoBlur interface is still in place. But depending on the price and carrier, it could be a popular product.
The device is different and that’s important these day. The Backflip’s claim to fame is that there is touchpad on the backside of the screen. It allows users to interact with the phone without their fat fingers getting in the way. Controlling the phone this way wasn’t exactly instantly intuitive during our hands-on, but it was certainly.
But the interface is somewhat clunky and laggy just like the Cliq. It doesn’t have the power or the grace of the Droid — or the keyboard or the solid feel or the 5MP camera.
The Backflip isn’t anything that will change the Android landscape like the Droid or Nexus One. It’s just a solid entry-level Android device that tweens and geeks on a budget will probably dig.
Actually, it is a 5MP camera. You can even see the “5″ next to the camera on the second picture. Motorola also told me it was 5MP.
“Controlling the phone this way wasn’t exactly instantly intuitive during our hands-on, but it was certainly.”
Huh?
“The Backflip isn’t anything that will change the Android landscape like the Droid or Nexus One. It’s just a solid entry-level Android device that tweens and geeks on a budget will probably dig.”
It figures, ATT is releasing a strange toy.
Just get on with it and get a Nexus One with ATT 3G bands on board.
This will not compare to the iPhone. The iPhone is the best device in two decades. It rules all phones and will rule all phone a decade from now!
Not hardly…. there’s a lot of us still using Blackberrys and Nokias who don’t really care for Apple’s “our way or the highway” jerk routine. I personally have loved my Nokia for a very long time and use ATT with it.
My goal is not a bunch of goofy apps that don’t actually help me be productive. My goal is to use it as I always have to manage my life and work. IE interactive microsoft calenders, powerpoint presentations, emails, ect. And frankly I hate touch screens too. I’d rather use something that feels more like my computer because that’s what works for me.
Apple needs to stop counting its chickens before the eggs are hatched.
I really want one.
Now I have some phone with ATT but I really want a backflip
Bonjour, Nice to tie you, I am Susan