Motorola Backflip

It looks like two rather lackluster Android handsets are meeting their demise on AT&T in the coming months. The Motorols Backflip will reach end-of-life on February 2nd, while the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will do the same come March 6th. Both phones fell short of anything spectacular, so it is questionable how much they will [...]

[Update]: Disregard everything I’ve said below. You can not get this update over the air, but Android 2.1 is still available. (Sorry for the confusion, guys. I don’t keep up with the version numbers for this phone.) Thankfully, you guys are quick to spot our inaccuracies and one of you have tipped us with an [...]

It wasn’t long ago that we told you that Motorola was looking for test users for the Android 2.1 update AT&T’s Backflip, but it is kicking off today. One thousand of those who applied to get the update early will receive it starting today, and provided all goes well all users should be start seeing [...]

Backflip owners, you’re finally right on the heels of the  promised upgrade to Android 2.1 for your devices. Just as they’ve done with devices before it, Motorola’s looking for testers to try out the upgrade before they send it out en masse. We’re not sure where a Backflip owner might have had to sign up [...]

Motorola has once again revised their software upgrade chart to reflect the latest timeline for their Android devices to receive their respective updates. Most notably the Motorola Quench has been deemed unfit for an upgrade after a previous iteration of the chart said its Android 2.1 update was “under evaluation” as well as the international [...]

Sharing is caring, or so says Motorola’s catalog of Android smartphones. After we learned that the Droid X’s and Droid 2′s root methods were one in the same, some other nifty hackers owning the Motorola BACKFLIP confirmed the exact exploit and method worked for their AT&T-branded device. Now I’m wondering if all of Motorola’s phones [...]

Telus is getting ready to roll out another OTA upgrade (which still isn’t Android 2.1, unfortunately) for their Motorola BACKFLIP and they’re looking for 200 participants to help test the upgrade and provide feedback on the process and changes. It’s going to be a game of chance as they’re offering it OTA until they’ve reached [...]

More and more Android smartphones are heading to or being announced for the Indian market. Today comes word that the Motorola Milestone XT720 and Motorola BackFlip will both be available, though both will see some steep pricing. The BackFlip is naturally the lower priced of the two, coming in at 22,990 INR (about $499) for [...]

Sometimes you just need to take what you can get, and in this case Motorola Backflip owners should at least be happy their phone is receiving some sort of update. Motorola has released a two-part OTA maintenance update for the Backflip that promises to bring certain enhancements and bug fixes to the handset. Among bug [...]

Over the weekend, it appears that Motorola has updated their chart outlining upgrades for several of their Android-based phones. Most phones are still only planned to be receiving Android 2.1 (Motorola Droid’s rollout has finished, while the Milestone is still currently being rolled out in stages for other international markets). For the Motorola Backflip, they’re [...]

We recently reported the Motorola BACKFLIP would be headed to TELUS, and what a short wait it was with the handset being announced for immediate availability today. The BACKFLIP is bringing MOTOBLUR along for the ride, along with its reverse-hinged 3.1″ HVGA capacitive touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard. It will be available for $99.99 on a [...]

Last month, Motorola announced that Canadians on the country’s major carriers would be receiving three MOTBLUR phones – the DEXT, the Backflip, and the QUENCH. It looks like TELUS could be the first up to the plate with Best Buy Canada throwing up a pre-order slide on their Mobile page for the Motorola Backflip. $50 [...]

Just in from the Motorola support forums is the announcement that the upgrade to 2.1 for the Motorola Backflip will take place in the third quarter of this year. With the second quarter just commencing the OTA is still not much closer, but at least the new update now has a definitive timeframe. Not the [...]

Back handspring, back handspring, back handspring, BACKFLIP! Motorola continues its acrobatic Android maneuvers around the globe, now bringing the Motorola Backflip to Germany. Ever since they launched their first Android – the Motorol CLIQ – they’ve been releasing new phones in new places at breakneck speed. The Backflip will be available for purchase through Mobilecom [...]

The Motorola Backflip has its lovers and has its haters – but lets put this particularly unique piece of hardware aside. A good portion of the phone’s criticism has come because of AT&T’s insistence on locking down Android. Not only do they bloat up you phone with ATTware, prevent you from removing/deleteing said bloat, but [...]

The Indian market is about to swallow up some Android opportunity, with the Motorola Milestone coming March 22nd and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 launching in the next week as well. And it won’t stop there – the Motorola Backflip and Motorola Dext are both expected to reach India by June. Both the Milestone and [...]

We were always worried about Verizon Wireless suffocating their Android handsets – but they didn’t. Over the weekend it was AT&T’s turn to launch their first ever Android handset, the Motorola Backflip, and customers are starting to complain about the phone being somewhat crippled. That is… AT&T has removed features that SHOULD be available on [...]

We knew about this back in December 2009 but for some reason the interwebz has just now deemed it newsworthy, so we’re reminding you – we didn’t miss it! With almost every Android handset out there a consistent theme underlies some of the core applications installed by default – Google. Whether it’s the Google Search [...]

Motorola just published a “triple play” press release of sorts, announcing Motorola BLUR on 3 handsets (Backflip, DEXT, QUENCH) to be available on all three major Canadian carriers (Rogers, Bell, TELUS). So I guess that would make it a double triple-play? We already know pretty much everything about each of these handsets and we’re all [...]

Germany hasn’t yet got to enjoy the love/hate relationship between Motorola’s BLUR Android build and the people loving/hating it – but they soon will. Motorola Europe’s Facebook page has just announced that the Motorola Backflip is headed to Germany. One would THINK this to be an exciting development, but comments suggest otherwise – they’ve only [...]