Motorola BACKFLIP review: Back and forth

18 March 2010
Android elders must be staring at this one in disbelief. Looking down at it for all we know, measuring it up. What about the BACKFLIP? We guess it’s exactly the kind of gadget to stare back, humble but defiant. Android was a life...

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  • 22 Mar 2010

Is the limitation on the installation of applications outside the Android Market, and the Google search and other apps, due to AT&T? Or is it due to Motorola?

That is to say, an European Backflip will not have these limitations? Can someone confirm?

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    • Farhan, Mumbai
    • PId
    • 22 Mar 2010

    Stop Copying from &a, 21 Mar 2010actually it is so silly to see everyday big companies such ... moreDidn't Apple copied others by integrating a camera into their phone. Touchscreen market was already there before Apple arrived. LG had capacitive screen phone. The UI icons characteristic of the iPhone OS were first seen on Nokia 7710 ( have a look : http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_7710-pictures-921.php ). Wi-Fi, GPRS, 3G, GPS... Why don't you say that Apple copied all these things. Its easy to say that everybody is copying Apple until you get to understand the evolution of mobile phones. The only credit Apple can take is to bring all the good things together in one device good that is easier to user suitable for the dumb and marketed it well with their penchant of closed source and proprietory stuff.

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      • jjsoviet
      • qJm
      • 22 Mar 2010

      Phone, 22 Mar 2010U like it, then like it. U dun like it, then dun like it. ... moreWhat you said is undoubtedly right, brother.

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        • ijx
        • 22 Mar 2010

        Anonymous, 21 Mar 2010Samsung, Moto, and LG are such trying hard BS copying iPhon... moreU like it, then like it.
        U dun like it, then dun like it. Period.

        No one is forcing anything down anyone's throat

        I have not heard any patent bring infringed, so what is being copied?
        A phone is a phone. Life is more than I and phone.

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          • jjsoviet
          • qJm
          • 22 Mar 2010

          Stop Copying from &a, 21 Mar 2010actually it is so silly to see everyday big companies such ... moreBasically anything can copy from anything. Why didn't Henry Ford sue other companies competing with his invention, the internal combustion car? Why isn't every First-Person Shooter game out there being seized by the creators of Doom? Why hasn't Motorola shut down other competitors after it made the first-ever mobile phone?

          Apple's cash cow iPhone is undoubtedly good, but not everyone's cup of tea. You can't just shove your opinion down everybody's throats as the supreme truth, because not everyone is like you.

          Face it, the iPhone is just any other phone out there and it just so happens to be hip and new at its time of introduction that it was raised to stardom. But know this: other brands do not blatantly copy the iPhone. In fact, they are trying to outsmart it by using more updated interfaces, cooler designs and better usability. This war isn't over until the iPhone is trumped. The Droid, N900 and Nexus One already knock against the iPhone's throne.

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            • jjsoviet
            • qJm
            • 22 Mar 2010

            Anonymous, 21 Mar 2010Samsung, Moto, and LG are such trying hard BS copying iPhon... moreOh yeah, watch your language bud. You know there's this Report button over to the right of your comment box just waiting to be pressed by anyone. Keep it clean.

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              • jjsoviet
              • qJm
              • 22 Mar 2010

              Anonymous, 21 Mar 2010You're just talking general which is stpd and nonsense. And... moreBasically you're telling me that the iPhone is a very innovative phone with features never before seen in a touchscreen device. And now as other companies try to best it, you're accusing them of blatantly copying Apple's "masterpiece?" The iPhone is not the second coming of Christ, you know.

              News flash bud, the Apple OS is a fail piece of software, even the Symbian and Android interfaces are much, much more feature-laden. It's just that the iPhone has loads of apps and eye candy stuff that make people go wow. Try looking at any Android phone and see if you can see any "similarity" between the Android OS and Apple OS. I say, differences are minimal to nil. Different software built for different purposes. Apples to oranges.



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                • Stop Copying from &a
                • pi3
                • 21 Mar 2010

                actually it is so silly to see everyday big companies such motorola .. samsung and etc making copies of iphone ! in my opinion Apple still leader of touch screen and apple always the 1st in finding new ideas and technologies ... and other companies make copies and try to develop apples ideas but i noticed FAİL of other companies in that!!! with my respect to all companies

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                  • Anonymous
                  • uSN
                  • 21 Mar 2010

                  Samsung, Moto, and LG are such trying hard BS copying iPhones. Gorss! Nokia's following too. They totally copied coverflow, image gallery, and more from iPhone on their soon OS. It's so disgusting. Really stpd.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • uSN
                    • 21 Mar 2010

                    jjsoviet, 21 Mar 2010Problem is that the iPhone was first to become a slab of sc... moreYou're just talking general which is stpd and nonsense. And, duh! Of course I'm talking about the ui, the deign and everything else. They're all the same sht copying the iPhone. It's disgusting.

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                      • jjsoviet
                      • qJm
                      • 21 Mar 2010

                      Anonymous, 21 Mar 2010Man, I totally hate how all the high-ends right now try to ... moreProblem is that the iPhone was first to become a slab of screen with a button on it. Take any touchscreen market phone out there and you will see that everything can resemble the iPhone, just with different control schemes. The main similarity: that big flat screen.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • uSN
                        • 21 Mar 2010

                        Man, I totally hate how all the high-ends right now try to resemble the iPhone. They look like those chinese shts who immitate the iPhone. It's disgusting. Samsung,Moto, and LG are such trying hard BS copying iPhones. Gorss! Nokia's following too. They totally copied coverflow, image gallery, and more from iPhone on their soon OS. It's so disgusting. Really stpd.

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                          • Coffee
                          • RNW
                          • 21 Mar 2010

                          If the divx and xvid play back is so rubbish, is anybody working on a dedicated 3rd party ap. I thought android was open source

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                            • Phoner
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                            • 21 Mar 2010

                            sx1, 21 Mar 2010I'm probably never gonna buy a motorola ever after some bad... moreIf Iphone is that great to you, why do you bother to read the review and comment, instead of playing with your Iphone.

                            If your choice is Iphone or nothing, I would advise you stick to the Iphone review and leave the rest of the reviews to us. We will help you to comment the rest, which are not good enough for you. Thanks.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 21 Mar 2010

                              great phone great spec and great price
                              i want this phone

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                                • ii1
                                • 21 Mar 2010

                                I'm probably never gonna buy a motorola ever after some bad experiences & i barely read the review.The only reason for me typing this is..
                                MY GOD IS THAT AN IPHONE OR WHAT!!
                                what a rip off, u'd expect some chinese company to do it not some well established well respected billion dollar company.

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                                  • jjsoviet
                                  • qJm
                                  • 20 Mar 2010

                                  vrk, 20 Mar 2010motorla seroiously needs a good design team . as theya re c... moreThey'll be more accused of copying other's designs then. I would rather let Motorola experiment with different designs first before coming up with a good one than it blatantly copying from other brands.

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                                    • 20 Mar 2010

                                    motorla seroiously needs a good design team . as theya re coming up with flawed designed on after the other .

                                    the droid keypad is useless.and now this impractical design .

                                    just make a phone with the htc touch pro2 keypad and a 4" screen and u have a winner .

                                    how hard is that to understand moto !!!

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 4Z6
                                      • 20 Mar 2010

                                      Anonymous, 19 Mar 2010is it me or does it look exactly like the iphoneIt's just you.

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                                        • Google
                                        • Ui{
                                        • 20 Mar 2010

                                        The box is not orange (non-AT&T) and there is Google? :)