The Motorola Flipout (Model Number MB511, also styled FLIPOUT) is a phone made by

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and 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", "White", and "Saffron". However, in Australia, only "Poppy Red" and "Licorice Black" are available. The Flipout runs on

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(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

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and includes a web browser with Adobe Flash Lite 3.0. It also has a 720 MHz processor with a QVGA 320x240 pixel display.

General features

* The phone is built on

, and features ''Motoblur'', which integrates multiple social network service sites on the homescreen.

Specifications

The Flipout replaces the bigger

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. The specifications according to the Motorola website as of October 2010 are: * Model MB511 * Screen size: 3.1-in. * Screen resolution: QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) * Weight: 4.2 oz (120 g) * Size: 53.0 × 108.0 × 15.3 mm * Input devices: QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen * Battery: 1170 mAh

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3.7 V Motorola BT60 * Processor: 720 mHz * RAM: 512 MB * ROM: 512 MB * Memory: up to 32 GB microSD *

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: 802.11b/g *

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: 2.1 + EDR and A2DP * GPS receiver, accelerometer * Dual microphone with noise cancellation * 3.1 megapixels

Applications

Users may customize the phone by installing apps through the

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; 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). Users can circumvent this limitation by manually installing 3rd party apps using the tools included with the SDK while the device is connected to a desktop.

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. Work was carried out at

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to update the Flipout to Android Gingerbread.

Root access

The Flipout was successfully "

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" (manipulated to provide

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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''.

Gallery

File:Motorola Android 2.3.7 via CyanogenMod 7.2.jpg, Motorola MB511 running CyanogenMod 7.2 File:Cynogen 7.2 running on Motorola Flipout.JPG, Motorola MB511 running CyanogenMod 7.2

References

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