Motorola FLIPOUT, Swivel Handset Debuts with Android

Motorola has a plethora of mobile phones on the market and is doing very well with its line of Android devices. The latest Android handset from the maker doesn't look like the typical smartphone. The device looks like a feature phone with a cool and interesting design.
The handset is called the Motorola FLIPOUT. The FLIPOUT gets its name from the design of the keyboard, which rotates out from under the roughly square screen. The device is highly integrated with a number of social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. The handset also comes preloaded with other widgets and will filter messages and updates the user doesn't want.
The FLIPOUT runs Android with MOTOBLUR on top. One of the interesting apps on the device is Battery Manager that lets you manage power consumption of the device to optimize run time a Data Manager app is also feature to help you control your data usage. The handset features GPS and has full access to the Android Market.
Motorola claims the handset is good for 275 minutes of talk and 377 hours on standby with WCDMA networks and 357 minutes of talk and 365 hours of standby on GSM networks. The handset operates on WCDMA 900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 7/8) EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, HSUPA 2.0 Mbps, eCompass/aGPS, Version 2.1+EDR networks.
The FLIPOUT weighs 120g, measures 67 x 67 x 17mm and runs Android 2.1. The battery is an 1170mAh unit and the phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi, and a USB 2.0 port. The display is a 2.8-inch unit with a resolution of 320 x 240. Other features include video recording and playback, FM receiver, music player, and 512MB of internal memory. The handset ships with a 2GB microSD card.