Motorola Flipout

Motorola Flipout
Manufacturer Motorola
Availability by country 17 October 2010 (United States)
16 June 2010 (United Kingdom)
26 January 2012 (Botswana)
Form factor Swivel smartphone
Dimensions 67 mm (2.6 in) (h)
67 mm (2.6 in) (w)
17 mm (0.67 in) (d)
Weight 120 g (4.2 oz)
Operating system

Android 2.1

(can be upgraded to unofficial Cyanogenmod 7.1 (Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread)
CPU 720 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP3410 processor
Memory 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Removable storage Supports up to 32 GB microSD
Battery 1170 mAh
Internal rechargeable removable lithium-ion battery
Data inputs capacitive touchscreen display, QWERTY keyboard
Display 320 x 240 px, 2.8 in (71 mm), QVGA, 256k color LCD
Rear camera 3.2-megapixel
Connectivity Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1, MicroUSB, A-GPS
Quad band GSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz GPRS/EDGE
Dual band UMTS 850 1900 MHz (US), UMTS 900 2100 MHz (UK) HSDPA/HSUPA (7.2/2 Mbit/s)

The Motorola Flipout (Model Number MB511, also styled FLIPOUT) is a phone made by Motorola and was released in June 2010. Its touchscreen is 2.8 inches in size. It also has a 3.2-megapixel camera and comes in a wide variety of colors such as "Poppy Red", "Brilliant Blue″, "Licorice Black and White are" and "Saffron", although in Australia, only Poppy Red and Licorice available. The Flipout runs on Android 2.1 (codenamed Eclair). Its square-shaped body has two parts that rotate near the bottom-right corner to reveal a five-row QWERTY keyboard below the screen. It has an accelerometer and includes a web browser with Adobe Flash Lite 3.0. It also has a 720 MHz processor with a QVGA 320x240 pixel display.[1]

General features

Specifications

The Flipout replaces the bigger Backflip. The specifications according to the Motorola website as of October 2010 are:[2]

Applications

Users may customize the phone by installing apps through the Android Market; however, some carriers (AT&T) do not give users the option to install non-market apps onto the Flipout (a policy they have continued with all of their Android phones and which was already in effect with the Backflip).[3] Users can circumvent this limitation by manually installing 3rd party apps using the tools included with the SDK while the handset is connected to a computer.

System upgrades

Android 2.3

Since Motorola won't provide further updates for the Flipout, CyanogenMod 7.2 (Android 2.3.7) is used to update the device beyond official releases.[4][5] Work was carried out at Xda-developers to update the Flipout to Android Gingerbread.[6]

Root access

The Flipout was successfully "rooted" (manipulated to provide Superuser access). This allowed installing and launching custom software, and root access on the phone using a Terminal emulator. Later on, the Flipout was rooted using APK applications such as Superuser Permissions.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Motorola Flipout with Motoblur". Motorola. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Motorola" (PDF). Motorola_US. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  3. ↑ "AT&T blocks non-market apps from Motorola flipout". FierceMobileIT. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  4. ↑ "CyanogenMod Downloads". download.cyanogenmod.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  5. ↑ "Motorola Flipout - cyanogenmod 7 (2.3.7)". www.htcmania.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  6. 1 2 "[HOWTO][CM7] Install 2.3.7 GB on MB511". XDA Developers. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
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