Motorola BACKFLIP Android Phone

Powered by the Android OS and featuring the socially minded MOTOBLUR overlay, the Motorola BACKFLIP for AT&T features an original reverse flip design, 3.1-inch touchscreen display, spacious physical keyboard, and unique BACKTRACK touch panel located behind the screen when the device is folded open–providing you hands-free navigation of the phone without having to touch the display. It also boasts super-fast Web browsing on AT&T’s 7.2 HSPA 3G technology as well as Wi-Fi networking with access to more than 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots.

With MOTOBLUR, updates from Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter as well as e-mail are automatically delivered to the home screen and fed into easy-to-manage streams.

MOTOBLUR helps you to stay on top of both work and personal e-mail as well as keep tabs on all your Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter pals–all automatically delivered to the customizable home screen. You can also update your status to Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter simultaneously and sync your social network contacts with your phonebook and e-mail contact lists.

With integrated Google technology, the Motorola BACKFLIP brings one-touch access to the popular Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, GTalk instant messaging (with presence capabilities), YouTube, and Picasa. The BACKFLIP also provides easy access to both personal and corporate e-mail, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail.

This GPS-enabled phone can access Google Maps as well as the AT&T Navigator service for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions. The BACKFLIP comes with a 2 GB microSD memory card pre-installed, and it’s compatible with optional additional cards up to 16 GB in size. Other features include a 5-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for both hands-free communication and stereo music streaming, full HTML Web browser, and up to 6 hours of talk time.

Revolutionary Design

The BACKFLIP’s original design can be used in a unique tabletop multimedia mode so you can watch movies, TV shows or other streaming video on the 3.1-inch widescreen display–it’s also the perfect set up for using as an alarm clock. And the BACKFLIP’s full QWERTY keyboard makes sending messages fast and easy.

It also features another Motorola innovation–the BACTRACK rear navigation pad, which simulates a PC experience and makes scrolling and surfing effortless. With the rear BACKTRACK touch pad, you can flick through photos or Web pages for your friends without your fingers obscuring the home screen.



Key Features

• Fast 3G connectivity via AT&T’s HSDPA/UMTS network (850/1900 MHz bands; 3.6/7.2 Mbps speeds with network availability).
• Powered by the Android operating system (version 1.5) with deep integration of Google services and access to thousands of apps to customize your phone via the Android Market. (Learn more)
• Innovative widget-based MOTOBLUR overlay to Android automatically delivers Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Gmail, and work and personal e-mail updates to the home screen in easy-to-view streams so there is no need to open and close different mobile applications. (Learn more)
• Update Facebook, MySpace and Twitter at once instead of opening individual apps as well as upload your photos to Facebook, MySpace, Picasa and Photobucket.
• MOTOBLUR continuously displays your friends’ latest profile pics as part of your texts, calls, e-mails and address book.
• View your friends your way: MOTOBLUR lets you view friends from A to Z, by contact history or in groups you make yourself.
• Customize your home screen with your favorite widgets and short cuts
• Your information is continuously updated and backed up into a secure environment, so you’re connected and protected even if you lose your phone.
• GPS navigation capabilities via AT&T Navigator service includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options.
• Built-in accelerometer and eCompass for use with location and orientation apps.
• 3.1-inch touchscreen display (320 x 480 pixels, 65K colors)
• 5-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, LED flash, video capture (24 fps), and easy uploading of videos to YouTube,
• Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
• Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile–enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock. (Profiles supported: A2DP, HID, HSP, HFP, AVRCP and GAP)
• Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 32 GB (2 GB card included).
• Full HTML Web browsing
• Text, picture and video messaging
• Instant messaging via AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo!, and Google Talk
• Push e-mail via Google and Exchange with support for IMAP and POP, MSN Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL Mail
• Google and corporate calendar (supports Exchange 2003 and 2007 protocols)
• Back-up and security: Contacts, log-in information, home screen customizations, e-mail and social network messages are backed up automatically on the secure MOTOBLUR portal. The portal also allows you to use the phone’s fully integrated aGPS to help locate the phone if misplaced. Remote wipe easily clears information from a lost device.
• 3.5mm headset jack
• USB connectivity
• Dual microphone with noise cancellation
• Voice dialing capabilities
• 528 MHz processor, 256 MB flash memory

Vital Statistics
The Motorola BACKFLIP weighs 4.7 ounces and measures 4.25 x 2.09 x 0.6 inches. Its 1400 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of talk time, and up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T’s dual-band 3G network (850/1900 MHz; HSDPA/UMTS) plus 2100 MHz international 3G networks.

What’s in the Box
Motorola BACKFLIP handset, rechargeable battery, charger, 2 GB microSD memory card, quick start guide, user manual


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Google Follow Finder: Find some sweet tweeps

This morning we announced a replay feature in real-time search that helps you search the public archive of updates from Twitter. Now, we have more Twitter news from today’s Chirp Conference. We’ve just released a new experimental service in Google Labs called Google Follow Finder to help you expand your Twitter network. With Google Follow Finder, simply enter your Twitter account name and you’ll see a list of people you might be interested in following. You can also get interesting suggestions by entering other Twitter user names. Here’s what it looks like:

If you see someone you want to follow, just click “Follow on Twitter,” log in, and they’ll be added to your following list in Twitter. This integration is based on Twitter’s new @anywhere frameworks, which make it easy for any site to add Twitter functionality. We’re using the frameworks to provide dynamic information about Twitter accounts and one-click following.

The lists in Google Follow Finder are generated using public following and follower lists on Twitter. For example, if you follow CNN and the New York Times on Twitter, and most people who follow CNN and the New York Times also tend to follow TIME, we'll suggest TIME as a “Tweep you might like.” The list of “Tweeps with similar followers” is simply a list of accounts with similar follower lists to yours.

We hope you find some sweet tweeps.

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moodINQ - Programmable Tattoo System

It comes a time in a person’s life where he/she wants to have some body modifications done. By body modification, I mean getting piercings or having a tattoo. It is a fact of life though that there is discrimination against people who have these, but you cannot let your self expression be watered down! What you can do is have this new tattoo concept of moodINQ.

The moodINQ is a programmable tattoo system that allows you to have a tattoo having the design that you want when you want it. It is just like a tattoo sleeve with the option to choose any design and remove it anytime. You just have to get an e-ink grid done on your skin by the company’s partners in the cosmetic industry. The grid placement can depend on your preference – either on your arms, lower back, shoulders, etc. After about 2-3 days of healing period from the canvass implant, you can now put any design that you want. You just have to run the moodINQ wand over the canvass area and the design would already appear. You can get the classic “mom” tattoo or probably get that tramp stamp that you wanted ever since. When you are going to a trip at your parents’ home, you can easily remove the design using the wand and your skin will be back like it was before. Just choose a new design and run the tattoo over to have your tattoo back.

Each kit includes the moodINQ wand, computer software (Mac and PC), and a 2 year membership to moodINQ’s tattoo art database. The e-ink canvass implant is separate from this purchase and price depends on the size and placement.


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iPad apps: creativity unleashed

We love to create things: drawings, movies, photos, songs, and, on occasion, stunning literary imagery with the help of text styling. While Apple didn't necessarily blow us away with its offerings on this front for the iPad (no GarageBand, iPhoto, or iMovie, for instance), 3rd party developers are naturally happy to oblige. We were frankly surprised at some of the depth and functionality we discovered in the App Store, but while what we have here is a nice start, we're even more curious to see what sort of creativity these developers can coax out us with a few months of iPad experience under their belts and a better handle on the strengths and weaknesses of the system. For the time being follow us after the break as we run you through some of our existing favorites. Not enough apps for you? Check out some of our other roundups!

Drawing

 

Brushes ($9.99) - The "premiere" painting application for the iPhone has made its way to the iPad. Unfortunately, while the controls are nicely laid out and perfectly intuitive (we particularly like the way Brushes handles layers), the lines just don't look right. We wondering if this could have to do with a lack of time with the actual iPad hardware, since they app almost seems badly synced with the screen, though we didn't have this problem in Sketchbook or Quill. We'll be watching for an update to see if this app can be restored to its former greatness. Export options include iPad photo library, Flickr, email, and email recorded actions. [See in iTunes]

 

Sketchbook Pro ($7.99) - At the moment this is our iPad winner for basic drawing and painting. Not only is it cheaper than Brushes, but lines just look better on it. Unfortunately the menus are slightly less intuitive than on Brushes, and you have to tap a little nub at the bottom center of the screen to pull them up at all -- we think there's plenty of room to keep them up at all times, particularly for as often as we need to undo. Export options include iPad photo library, flattened, and .psd. [See in iTunes]

 

Quill ($0.99, universal app) - While bitmap drawing gets most of the love, we've always had a soft place in our hearts for the indestructible vector. Quill is a vector drawing app, which means none of those fancy paintbrush or pencil stylings of the better known drawing apps, but also means great flexibility for moving and re-ordering lines. It lacks layers, but each line can be moved up and down individually, so if you draw a fill it's not difficult to send it to the bottom of the pile. You can't edit actual vector points, like in Adobe Illustrator, but for $0.99 (for now, at least) we're hardly complaining. Export options include PNG, PDF, and SVG over email. [See in iTunes]

 

C64 Paint ($2.99) - We love pixel art, and C64 Paint makes it fun. Unlike the fast-and-loose lines from most iPad drawing apps, C64 Paint is about drawing pixel by pixel, with a few add-ons to make the process not completely arduous. It's not for everybody, but we imagine ourselves burning quite a few hours trying to out-eBoy eBoy. Export options include iPad photo library and email. [See in iTunes]

 

ArtStudio ($0.99) - In the war of the drawing apps, ArtStudio is... another drawing app. It has some great line smoothing, a very nice brush for the pencil, and a quick, intuitive interface. Unfortunately, it's not overly polished, with some cringe-worthy UI text and icons, and it doesn't offer quite the "quality" of brushes that can be found in Brushes and Sketchbook Pro. It might be a steal at the current entry level price, but if you want room to grow you might want one of the heavier hitters. [See in iTunes]

Photos

 

Masque ($5.99) - If you've seen a demo of Apple's new "Brushes" tool for Aperture 3, you might have a good grasp on what Masque does. Even borrowing some of the visual language from Aperture, Masque live applies one of an assortment of filters like blur or saturation or black and white with a resizable finger-controlled brush. It works intuitively and looks great, but unfortunately the feature set is rather restrictive at the moment. You can only apply one filter to an image at a time, and you'd actually have to save a photo to your photo library and then re-import it into Masque to apply another. It's also a one trick pony: if you need to crop or make other tweaks to your image you'll need to rely on another image app. Export options include iPad photo library, email, and Facebook. [See in iTunes]

 

Photogene ($3.99) - It's sort of silly to talk about a "Photoshop replacement" for the iPhone or iPad -- at least so far -- but Photogene does a good deal more than many of its gimmicky photo tweaking brethren. It includes all the main tweaks you need to make to a photo before shipping it out, including extensive color adjustment and levels, cropping, and precise rotation. It also tosses in some "toys" like frames and speech bubbles, but they don't detract from the experience and might add a nice bit of flavor in a pinch. Export options include iPad photo library, Twitter, Facebook, email, and clipboard. [See in iTunes]

Music

 

Looptastic HD ($9.99) - Ready to trance up the dance floor? Looptastic HD offers a super simple method of layering and mixing loops, with the ability to mix between to separate stacks, add live effects, and even record a performance. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of flexibility or import / export ability, outside of a way to download more loops online (all free, but we're sure paid loops will be coming). Also unfortunate, for folks who have paid $14.99 for the Looptastic Producer app on the iPhone, or any of the other myriad Looptastic flavors, Looptastic HD is a separate purchase. [See in iTunes]

 

StudioTrack ($39.99) - When you talk "creativity," what you don't want is "creativity on rails," which is all too common with iPhone and iPad apps. Studiotrack completely shatters that, offering a real, honest-to-goodness multitrack recording setup. You can layer up to 8 tracks, and bounce them down to add even more, and there are even a few easily-applied effects. We were frankly impressed with how good looking, responsive, and intuitive the app is -- GarageBand could really learn a thing or two -- and we multitracked our first session in minutes. $39.99 sounds like a lot, but when it bests anything on you laptop for "jotting down" song ideas, it's probably worth taking note of. Export options include WiFiSync (to any web browser), Mixdown to .wav, and AudioPaste to certain other apps. [See in iTunes]

 

Korg iElectribe ($9.99) - If you're at all interested in the idea of creating music on the iPad, you really need to spend the 10 bucks on this app. It's a perfectly faithful replica of the famous Korg Electribe R analog drum machine, and that means it's just as awesome as an Electribe. Sure, there's no MIDI integration, so linking this up with your performance rig is out of the question, but if you're just want to play around with creating beats there's nothing better -- and you get to use a real keyboard and interface to name and manage presets, which knocks the hardware version out of the water. [See in iTunes]

 

Beatwave (Free) - Sure, you don't really need a "review" of a free app, just download it for yourself! Still, we thought you should know about this little gem. You build loops out of individual light-up notes, very similar to a Tenori-On. The twist here is you have four different layers to choose from, plus a small selection of sounds -- which can be augmented by in app purchases, with everything easy to access with the iPad's nice big screen. The sharing options are unfortunately limited to emailing a link to the app to friends so they can play back your sounds, but pay $1.99 for the "Record Audio" add-on and you can export as .wav, .mp4, or m4r (ringtone). [See in iTunes]

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Simple Writing Status Update Facebook automatically

Probably because something matter or probably because you is super people of business, but you wish remain too looked to be exist in Facebook always update status every day. Way of best is by making status update automatically. What is the meaning (of)? Writing status update facebook automatically mean status schedule you have update far previous day. For example to one week to the fore you have drawn up status update counted 7, that of its meaning every day Status facebook you’d change, without you need login to Facebook. Enough you sit, enjoying your day, Facebook status you’d change on schedule you which have determine. Delicious none

Simple enough its way, first of course use service like SENDIBLE, if you not yet enlisted as Sensible member, high of JOIN NOW knob click if have there are remaining LOGIN

If first new you use Sensible remain click “ Set Up My Service” can also you click “ Add / edit Service” last choose service which you wish, because you wish to make status update facebook automatically become to choose “ Facebook Status” with clicking “ Add

At screen tag which emerge to remain click “Connect with Facebook” if you not yet Login to your Facebook, if you have previous Login remain click “Connect”

At “Request for Special Permissions” click “Allow” then “Allow Publishing” last “Allow Status Updates” afterwards “Allow Access

Hereinafter enamel input or your facebook username and click “Save Setting

To make Status Update schedule, step into menu “Message Box – “Compose Message”, choose service “” Facebook Status” at My Service

Write message / your status, click at “Scheduling” and determine when the Status will be delivered automatically to Facebook. Can 10 minute, 25 minute, 2 hour/clock forwards or can also you determine when specific for example date of and appropriate time of your desire at “A Specific Time At

After finishing, you remain easy goingly, Facebook status and relax you’d change on schedule which have been determined.

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Apple Acknowledges iPad Wi-Fi Issues

A number of Apple customers groaned this week about their iPad’s erratic behavior when connecting to Wi-Fi, and Apple has issued a bulletin with a recommended solution.

Apple’s support forum contains several reports from users complaining about their iPad’s behavior with Wi-Fi networks, Macworld first noted. Some complain their iPad’s Wi-Fi signal is very weak, while others say they’re unable to join their network after waking iPads up from standby.

In a support bulletin, Apple on Monday acknowledged an issue specific to dual-band Wi-Fi routers — those that are compatible with both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz spectrum bands.

“Under certain conditions, iPad may not automatically rejoin a known Wi-Fi network after restart or waking from sleep. This can occur with some third-party Wi-Fi routers that are dual-band capable when: Using the same network name for each network, [or] Using different security settings for each network,” Apple wrote.

Typically, dual-band routers transmit both the 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz bands as one network with the same name and password. Apple recommends splitting the bands into two separate networks, naming them differently and making sure that both networks use the same type of security (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc).

If all else fails, Apple recommends resetting network settings in the iPad’s Settings app (Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings).

In the past, some Apple customers have complained about slow, unreliable Wi-Fi performance with Apple’s iPhone 3GS as well. Traditionally, Wi-Fi problems have been difficult to diagnose, as performance varies among different types of routers, and signal interference can be caused by a number of factors (such as a large number of Wi-Fi units in the area using the same channel, or turning on a microwave, among other causes). For a deep dive on the different types of Wi-Fi bands, see Glenn Fleishman’s article “Understanding Wi-Fi’s two spectrum bands.”

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