Motorola Backflip

Motorola BACKFLIP review: Back and forth

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-saving blood transfusion for Motorola. Not only did the MILESTONE put them back on the map ? it gave them a license to experiment. They didn?t think twice to take it. So here we are, watching the BACKFLIP do the robot dance. This one is no ordinary droid, though at first it might look like a faithful follower of the G1. QWERTY keyboards fell out of Android favor soon after the G1 but we?re witnessing a strong comeback, much credit for which goes to Motorola. So, QWERTY it is but the Motorola BACKFLIP wants to have it its own way. So much so that it doesn?t seem to care what you think. Unique as in ?shame no one thought of it before? or in a freak of nature sort of way, the BACKFLIP won?t leave you indifferent. It?s got a one-of-a-kind form factor written into its name but the whole backflip thing seems to serve a higher purpose than simply drawing attention to an otherwise ordinary package. It all makes sense once you?ve used the BACKFLIP for a while.