Motorola continues to build on Android, exiting the Flipout, which rotates with the 2.1 version of the operating system, but which is primarily an original design: square and sliding pivoting keyboard. Is – this practice? It is a Motorola footprint: boldness in design, an ingredient often used in the design of their phones. Remember, the Razr.
So therefore, Motorola Flipout, their new smartphone under Android, is another example. The phone has the form of a parallelepiped with square base (less than 7 cm). A kind of small flattened cube which is pretty much in hand and in the Pocket, or bag easily. A bag of daughter.
Its rear hull changed with his want to color. The object therefore is fun. As the device opens in an original way: a true keyboard appears in swivel on the side! The art of save space.
But is it comfortable? Yes, testing, this full keyboard is satisfactory. It is so meritorious that we are still in the era of the tactile (triumphant?). Here the Motorola Flipout offers an additional interface for those who write lots of SMS and emails. Supplementary because the camera screen is touch, and capacitive. Its reactivity is good enough. And it allows to make the zoom +/-”to the iPhone” photos, Web pages, and Google Maps.
A note about opening system: more than once, people discovering the Flipout have asked if it was solid. We have not forced on them, but the strength seemed acceptable. However, damage that the hood is not metal. This same shell could also have a better fixation: there is a little game.
But mostly what we accuse the Flipout, is the definition of its screen. With its diagonal “2.8 and its lower calculated surface more of one third of that of the iPhone, its definition indeed was only 320 x 240 pixels. The display is very average. And the photos of the AFN (3 megapixel) are of the same order.
The Flipout met more side audio, with its mp3 player and little more, the presence of a FM radio. And most importantly, he rotates with version 2.1 of the Android operating system. What use, among other GPS of Google Navigation guidance.
More : Originality of design, compactness, physical keyboard, Android 2.1, FM radio.
Less : Resolution and screen, lack of firmness in the fixation of the rear hull.
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