One thing about the Android community that I love is the amount of unselfish help that can be obtained via online forums and readers alike.  Yesterday I got an email from a new Android user who picked up a Motorola Backflip with AT&T the other day.  Unfortunately, he feels the Backflip has been unlovingly killed Continue Reading…

Yesterday was the first day you could pick up your very own Android phone complete with AT&T service in tow.  The Motorola Backflip comes with MOTOBLUR inside and AT&T 3G service pushing all that social network data your way.  Was the wait for an AT&T powered Android phone worth it?  Or should you hold out Continue Reading…

AT&T has put together a nice introduction video of the Motorola Backflip and provides a nice 3min+ video demonstrating the phone’s features and capabilities.  It’s a really nice video and if you are thinking about the Backflip at all, I’d suggest giving it a watch.  I’m particularly liking the back track pad area as a Continue Reading…

It’s obvious that Motorola thought long and hard about how to make this phone functional, even comofortable for heavy texters. But will the gimmicky nature of the Backflip keep this potential leap forward for input technology from gaining traction?

As the resident AT&T user here, I think the news that AT&T is taking up the Android mantle is great. However, the press release gave us only 3 specific pieces of information. They said that among their 5 Android phones would be: 1) “Motorola’s unique form factor smartphone”, 2) Dell’s first smartphone, based on the Continue Reading…

Motorola announced during CES a new type of Android phone with a “reverse flip” QWERTY keyboard.   The keyboard of the phone faces out when the hinged phone is closed, and behind the screen is a trackpad like feature they have dubbed backtrack.  It also features Android 1.5 with MOTOBLUR and will be upgraded to Android Continue Reading…