Motorola Flipout Gets German Release Date
It seems that the Motorola Flipout is indeed Euro-bound, but the Android smart phone will initially be available in Germany. According to the latest reports, the new square Android handset from Motorola will be getting a July launch and it will be priced at about 350 Euros –pretty decent for a handset of this caliber.
The Flipout is most well known and recognizable for the unique form factor; it is almost perfectly square –if you do not count in the rounded, tapered edges. The screen is a 2.8 inch TFT capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels that sits in the center of the device. Also has an accelerometer that allows the screen to auto rotate when viewed in different orientations.
Hidden below the front screen is a physical QWERTY keyboard which literally flips downward (though it is a sliding-spinning motion as opposed to a clam shell style flip). The four row QWERTY keypad gives users convenience and ease when typing long messages and emails. Sadly, the buttons of the keyboard are packed in rather tightly, and some users might take a while getting used to typing on this phone. Thanks to the slightly raised buttons and the slight space adjustment between the “t” and “y” columns, typing with two thumbs seems a lot more efficient.
As expected, the device will be using Motorola’s very own Motoblur user interface which gives users access to live widgets. This feature allows you to customize the various contents that will be displayed onscreen. With only 150MB of internal memory, users will want to make use of a microSD card (the device can support up to 32GB cards). The 3.2 mega pixel camera takes great quality images and it also takes custom 352 x 288 videos at 30 FPS.
So far, Motorola has yet to confirm when the device will actually hit UK shelves, but many are predicting it to be within the same month as the German release.
