This is probably the most boring Android Phone on the market and I don’t care for it much at all. I am happy to see that Android is on all four major US Carriers. That is an awesome step in the right direction, but Motorola really sold them selves short on this phone. I really don’t know what to say about it, so I’m going to bullet point aspects that are worth noting and then cry that I will never get the 15 minutes I am about to spend writing this back again.

Physical Phone:

• Slightly thicker than an iPhone.
• The flipping motion is really awkward. I like the creativity but the phone is too wide to flip like a normal clam shell phone. Also unlike other phones with flip action this thing flips to a straight 180 degrees unlike other phones that stop at 135 degrees.
• The display is average at 3.1 inches
• Camera and Flash are integrated on the keyboard. Yeah, I know. Ugly and weird.

Operating System:

• Android 1.5 already obsolete. Supposed to get upgraded sometime soon but the OS upgrade will probably make the phone extremely slow.
• Android Market. Yay now you can download Apps.
• MotoBlur Skin is okay. I don’t really care for it too much. I don’t stalk my friends’ every move on Twitter or Facebook nor do I update every one of my statuses that much to need to have an OS skin focused on Social Networking.

The Rest:

• 5MP camera with 4X digital zoom. Pretty good for the type of phone it is.
• MP3 Player and Video Capable. I still don’t understand why Android Phones don’t come with an all-in-one Media Player.
• Bluetooth, wifi, and full HTML browser. The standard.
• Speaker phone and noise canceling mic.
• Average battery life at 6hrs of straight usage.
• Only $100.00

So if you are madly in love with AT&T service and don’t want an iPhone or any Windows Mobile Phones then this is the phone for you. It is a steal at $100.00. It does everything anyone could ever want in a smart phone and it does it all at an unprecedented level of mediocrity. I think this would be a great gift for kids or someone who is looking to get into the smart phone market without having to pay a boat load of money. So go in today and trade in your old Moto Razr for the Backflip. You’ll be happy.

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