Confirmed: Motorola BackFlip coming to AT&T on March 7, $99.99 on contract
By Ilinca Nita on 18 Feb 10Motorola has just confirmed that AT&T’s first Android smartphone, the Motorola BackFlip, will be available starting March 7, as rumored.
Also announced in China and Italy, the Moto BackFlip will cost only $99.99 with an AT&T contract agreement for two years and after a $100 mail-in rebate.
As mentioned several times before, the BackFlip runs Android (version 1.5, apparently) and features a 3.1 inch HVGA touchscreen display, full QWERTY keyboard, MotoBlur with social networking integration (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter), HSDPA connectivity, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, and a 1,500 mAh battery.
Here’s an older (official) video preview of the Motorola BackFlip for AT&T:
AT&T might also launch the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 with Android 1.6, but there are no clear details about this at the moment.
Via Press release
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